Board Optimization - Digital Point Better CSS

About
This is something we use on digitalpoint.com to make the CSS better and more efficient.

Installation

• Upload the contents of the upload folder to your installation
• Install the product-digitalpoint_css.xml product under AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product

You can see a live version in action here (on any page really): http://forums.digitalpoint.com/

Details
Rounded Corners
vBulletin 4 only supports rounded corners for Firefox, Chrome and Safari. This plug-in makes rounded corners also work in Opera and Internet Explorer.

Gradients
It appends some CSS markup to your primary CSS file that makes use of CSS3 gradients (gradients defined right in the CSS file itself). vBulletin uses 5-7 gradient images per page view normally, and this eliminates the need for the browser to download those images. CSS3 gradients are supported in Safari, Firefox, Opera and Chrome. For browsers that don't support CSS3 gradients, they will simply fall back to the normal image-based CSS gradients that vBulletin uses by default.

Notes
This plug-in is useful for sites that use vBulletin 4 default styles, or at least styles that utilize the same classes and methods for doing things within the CSS files.

This plug-in does NOT add any extra CSS files, nor does it edit your existing ones. Instead it appends some new info to the end of your main CSS file that comes from it's own template. It also adds an attribution link.

You can find more info here: http://products.digitalpoint.com/vbulletin-css.php

Changes
1.0.2

• CSS3 Gradient support for IE10 (early, I know... but it's there)
• Handles gradients in vB Suite Blog and CMS
• Works properly for CSS stored as files

Uninstallation: Automatic uninstallation is a bit of a catch 22... you need to compile templates to uninstall it, but vBulletin has no function built in to compile a group of templates. So uninstalling it removes the code needed to uninstall before the uninstall code is executed. So in order to uninstall this, disable just the one plug-in that is part of this product at the template_compile location, and then run Compile CSS Templates option under AdminCP -> Maintenance -> Update Counters. Once you do that, you can uninstall the whole product without any problems.

[djbaxter]

^^^ Thanks.

I still got the error messages about /includes/class_core.php when uninstalling the old version (after disabling that plugin as instructed) but it didn't seem to affect anything and the reinstall worked as advertised.

[digitalpoint]

Yeah, the instructions wouldn't really apply to the old version since well... you can't go in and undo the uninstallation code that was in place with that first version. So just applies going forward with the new version.

[Taurus1]

Can I just update (With overwrite) to the new version?

[digitalpoint]

Yep... that should be fine.

BTW - if someone has it running on their site, gimme the URL and I'll skim through your site and see if there are any gradient definitions I missed (possible since there are a ton and we don't use all functions on digitalpoint.com... so things like the sidebar I wouldn't have tested against).

[Taurus1]

OK, I installed it now without any problems on my new site. I have 8 custom skins installed here.

http://windows8theme.org/forum/

I will PM you a test account if you want to check it out. I will also install this on my main site, where I have about 25 custom skins installed. And report back on how that installation went.

Thanks again for this!

[Special Pages]

Originally Posted by billstelling

did not work, and what the hell is with the ++++ing footer links. I get rid of any mod that has them. if not there would be 20 links in my footer.. you all need to quit with the frickin links. We will tell everyone if your stuff is good. this mod did zip.. nada.. home page still squared in explorer.. had high hopes for this one, but even if it worked, I would still be uninstalling it..

I totally agree with you. LOL I hate it when it says

{Mod Name} by {Mod Author}
{Mod Name} by {Mod Author}
{Mod Name} by {Mod Author}
{Mod Name} by {Mod Author}
{Mod Name} by {Mod Author}
{Mod Name} by {Mod Author}
{Mod Name} by {Mod Author}

[zelnik]

Originally Posted by digitalpoint

Yeah, the instructions wouldn't really apply to the old version since well... you can't go in and undo the uninstallation code that was in place with that first version. So just applies going forward with the new version.

Hi DP,

Just to triple check!

I have the first version you released installed.. If I upgrade to the latest build and followed the instructions I would have no issues uninstalling it if I were ever decide I needed to? Say if IB get their finger out and implement it themselves for example.

No SQL errors etc?

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by ChemicalKicks

His tone is completely wrong but don't be so quick to jump to conclusions, maybe like me he has paid to remove the copyright. The last thing you'd want to do is add something to the footer again.

I think a footer link is a very small price to pay for a free mod.

[digitalpoint]

zelnik - correct.

[CK]

I've installed this then disabled it, I gather the disable function doesn't really work, running the first version. I notice now though that the footer link is gone