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[HOW TO - vB4] Stylebridge vB3.8 -> vB 4.0
Coroner
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Coroner Coroner is offline 01-21-2010, 10:00 PM
This article is for all coders, who want's a quick port of the mods into vB4.

What does this means ?
You can use you vB 3.8 templates in a vB 4.0 include the stylevars.
You need to change ALL the conditions and ALL vars.
This bridge is only for the style !

What must I do before starting ?
You need to create 2 new templates. I call 'em stylebridge.css and stylebridge_headinclude.



You can do this simply by importing the attached product (it will only create those two new templates).
  • stylebridge.css
    this templates contais the new style for the templates (tcat, thead, alt1, alt2 ....)
  • stylebridge_headinclude
    this is the original vB4 headinclude templates without reset-fonts.css and vbulletin.css and some other .css.
How to modify my mod (PHP) ?
Somewhere in you mod, you will find this line
PHP Code:
require ("./global.php"); 
The trick is now, to change the "headinclude".
Simply add below:
PHP Code:
$alt1_color = $alt2_color = substr (vB_Template_Runtime::fetchStyleVar('body_color'), 0, 7);
$alt1_background = substr (vB_Template_Runtime::fetchStyleVar('threadbit_background'), 0, 7);
$alt2_background = substr (vB_Template_Runtime::fetchStyleVar('threadbit_alt_background'), 0, 7);
 
$templater = vB_Template::create('stylebridge.css');
    $templater->register('alt1_color', $alt1_color);
    $templater->register('alt2_color', $alt2_color);
    $templater->register('alt1_background', $alt1_background);
    $templater->register('alt2_background', $alt2_background);
$stylebridge = $templater->render();
 
$templater = vB_Template::create('stylebridge_headinclude');
    $templater->register_page_templates();
    $templater->register('stylebridge', $stylebridge);
    $templater->register('custom_global_css_reference', $custom_global_css_reference);
$headinclude = $templater->render(); 
some Differencec/changes
If you are using class="page" inside a template, you should change it to: class="body_wrapper".
Also, there are two border classes: One for tcat and the other for thead.
Here comes an example:
Code:
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="{vb:raw padding}" cellspacing="{vb:math {vb:raw padding}/2}" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">enter your text here</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="tborder2" cellpadding="{vb:raw padding}" cellspacing="{vb:math {vb:raw padding}/2}" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="thead">enter your text here</td>
</tr>
</table>
Footnote:
Remember that this won't work for ALL mods.



This could be while:
  • you're mod doesn't use "global.php"
  • you are using vb3 and vb4 styles at the same time
  • ... anything else
I've tested it with only one of my mods on a vB4 containing 4 different styles.

If you have any excitations, please let me know.
It would also be greatfully, if you gave me feedback how it works.

Regards
Coroner

EDIT: Fixed the Style when the CSS is stored as files
Attached Files
File Type: xml stylebridge.xml (34.6 KB, 68 views)
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This has helped me out a lot.
I'm having 2 problems, maybe you've run into it?

My tables don't have a inner border anymore. All the rows look like one cell now. Also, if I have say 4 columns, if I use thead, the first column uses as much space as possible even though it's only set to width of 5% and the other 3 are squished.

Any ideas?

EDIT:
I figured out part of the problem.
$alt1_background and $alt2_background aren't registered in the example so I wasn't getting the background colors. For the width I just set the class in the TR instead of TD. Now I just need to figure out what is making my logo image have a border
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That's a think, I've fixed later (sorry, I haven't upgraded the file yet).

To fix the image border problem, just insert (into the style) the following part:
Quote:
.img {
border: 0;
}
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That's a think, I've fixed later (sorry, I haven't upgraded the file yet).

To fix the image border problem, just insert (into the style) the following part:
I ended up changing the

PHP Code:
$headinclude = $templater->render(); 
to
PHP Code:
$headinclude .= $templater->render(); 
And it worked. I'll switch it back and try adding the img css property.
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Old 02-19-2010, 04:39 PM
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I've change the Stylebridge now for vB 4.0.2 (incl. the image patch).
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this worked great for switching a 3,8 to 4.0.2 but the only problem i had is that it made the stuff on my forum home page bigger...
any ideas on what i can do to shrink in half...

thanks
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Can you explain this a little bit further? Does it mean that old VB3 styles can be used in VB4 with this bridge?
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really the old style for VB was more good for my members and me too

I wish I can use the old blue style again with VB 4
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Can you explain this a little bit further? Does it mean that old VB3 styles can be used in VB4 with this bridge?
No, he created this as a bridge for mods, so a vb3 mod can easily be moved over to work on vb4.
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I see. So how about VBexperience and VBCredits, do they work well after installing this addon?
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No, this article is geared towards developers. It doesn't help end users much trying to get a vb3 mod working on vb4. There is still work that needs to be done to get a mod to work. This just saves a ton of template recoding.
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