Suite Style - [ThevBNinja.com] Pure Christmas 2012 (Add-ons Snow with options, light, countdown)

Hello everyone,

Christmas is coming and we've decided to bring you guys here an early gift.

The very first Christmas Style that offer you totally flexibility to custom the style with many value add-ons and you got them all for FREE!

Theme features:

• Fixed and Fluid (Note: the Fixed version works best - recommended).
• Theme made for vbulletin 4.1.8 but it should works with ealier 4.1.x versions as well. (Report me if you found any conflict).
• Suite compatiable - CMS / Forum / Blogs
• Custom layout
• Custom logo (included text font and PSD).
• Custom icons.

Theme add-ons:

• Countdown to christmas
• Snow effect
• Christmas Light

Screenshot: via attachment
Live demo : here
Live demo Fluid: here

Installations

• Download and unzip the attachment from vbulletin.org
• Upload folder "xmas" to your forum/ images/styles
• Import the XML, remember to stick "ignore style version" if needed.
• Mark as installed.

Add-ons Installations
1. Snow on your forum with options to control: Demo
Using jquery snowfall from here

• Uninstall the old snow add-on if you did the install by remove this line from "headinclude' template
  
  

  <script type="text/javascript" src="images/styles/xmas/snow/snow.js"></script>

• Download and unrar snow2.zip from attachment.
• Upload the folder "snow2" to yourforum/ images/styles/xmas/
• Go to your ACP/ Styles & Templates/ Search in template/ Search for "headinclude".
• In the end of template headinclude add these line

<!-- Snow by thevBNinja.com -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script src='images/styles/xmas/snow2/snowfall.min.jquery.js'></script>
	<script type='text/javascript'> 	
		$(document).ready(function(){
			//Start the snow default options you can also make it snow in certain elements, etc.
			$(document).snowfall();
			
			$("#clear").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear'); // How you clear
			});
			
			$("#round").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear');
				$(document).snowfall({round : true, minSize: 5, maxSize:8}); // add rounded
			});
			
			$("#shadows").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear');
				
				
				$(document).snowfall({shadow : true, flakeCount:200}); // add shadows
			});

			$("#roundshadows").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear');
				$(document).snowfall({shadow : true, round : true,  minSize: 5, maxSize:8}); // add shadows
			});
			
			$("#collection").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear');
				
				
				$(document).snowfall({collection : '.collectonme', flakeCount : 250});
			});
		});
		 </script>
<!-- End Snow by ThevBNinja.com -->

In template "forumhome" search for

{vb:raw template_hook.forumhome_wgo_pos5}

add above it:

<div id="wgo_snow" class="wgo_subblock section">
<h3 class="blocksubhead"><img src="images/styles/xmas/snow2/snow.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_statistics, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" />Snow Effect Options</h3>
                <input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="clear" value="+ Click to clear"/>
		<input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="round" value="+ Rounded"/>
		<input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="shadows" value="+ Shadows"/>
		<input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="roundshadows" value="+ Rounded Shadows"/>
		<input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="collection" value="+ Snow Collection"/>
			</div>

You are done. Use the options at the end of statistic box to change the snow.

2. Christmas Light: Demo
- Using christmas light from Schillmania

Download and unrar light.zip from attachment
Upload the folder "light" to yourforum/images/styles/xmas
Go to your ACP/ Styles & Templates/ Search in template/ Search for "headinclude".
In the end of template headinclude add this line

<!-- for the Snowstorm homepage, allow the demo to run on iPhone and mobile devices. -->
<script>snowStorm.excludeMobile = false;</script>
<script src="images/styles/xmas/light/soundmanager2-nodebug-jsmin.js"></script>
<script src="http://yui.yahooapis.com/combo?2.6.0/build/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js&2.6.0/build/animation/animation-min.js"></script>
<script src="images/styles/xmas/light/christmaslights.js"></script>

In your header template:

After:

<div class="above_body"> <!-- closing tag is in template navbar -->

Add:

<div id="lights">
 <!-- lights go here -->
</div>

Add the following css to your additional.css

/* Christmas Light for vBulleti by thevBNinja */

#lights {
 position:absolute;
 border-top:1px solid #006600;
 left:0px;
 top:0px;
 width:100%;
 height:205px;
 overflow:hidden;
 z-index:1;
 display:none;
}

.xlsf-light {
 position:absolute;
 margin-top:-1px;
}

.xlsf-fragment {
 position:absolute;
 background:transparent url(images/styles/xmas/light/bulbs-50x50-fragments.png) no-repeat 0px 0px;
 width:50px;
 height:50px;
}

.xlsf-fragment-box {
 position:absolute;
 left:0px;
 top:0px;
 width:50px;
 height:50px;
 *width:100%;
 *height:100%;
 display:none;
}

.xlsf-cover {
 position:fixed;
 left:0px;
 top:0px;
 width:100%;
 height:100%;
 background:#fff;
 opacity:1;
 z-index:999;
 display:none;
}

.special {
 display:none;
 font-size:x-small;
 color:#999;
}

In the same additional.css

find

.toplinks {
right: 90px;
}

change it to

.toplinks {
right: 90px;
z-index:999999;
}

You are done!

3. Countdown to Christmas: Demo
This will add a very simple countdown on your site, it made it to fit this xmas skin and I love it to be simply, if you are looking for more fancy countdown (bigger with effect), just wait, I'm working on a template modification for this.. Now here we go

In your "header" template:

Find:

<div id="header" class="floatcontainer doc_header">

Add below:

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

dateFuture = new Date(2011,11,24,0,00,0); //set time

function GetCount(){

        dateNow = new Date();                                                                        //grab current date
        amount = dateFuture.getTime() - dateNow.getTime();                //calc milliseconds between dates
        delete dateNow;

        // time is already past
        if(amount < 0){
                document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML="Merry Christmas!";
        }
        // date is still good
        else{
                days=0;hours=0;mins=0;secs=0;out="";

                amount = Math.floor(amount/1000);//kill the "milliseconds" so just secs

                days=Math.floor(amount/86400);//days
                amount=amount%86400;

                hours=Math.floor(amount/3600);//hours
                amount=amount%3600;

                mins=Math.floor(amount/60);//minutes
                amount=amount%60;

                secs=Math.floor(amount);//seconds

                if(days != 0){out += days +" day"+((days!=1)?"s":"")+", ";}
                if(days != 0 || hours != 0){out += hours +" hours"+((hours!=1)?"":"")+", ";}
                if(days != 0 || hours != 0 || mins != 0){out += mins +" min"+((mins!=1)?"":"")+", ";}
                out += secs +" until Christmas!";
                document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML=out;

                setTimeout("GetCount()", 1000);
        }
}

window.onload=function(){GetCount();}//call when everything has loaded

//-->
</script>
<div style="color:#FFF;font-weight:bold;margin-left:110px;margin-top:10px;position:absolute;z-index:20000;" id="countbox"><!-- Countdown by thevBNinja --></div>

Done!


Copyright:

• Used some graphics from site5. We have approval from them to do that.
• Template designe and code by thevbninja.com. You are free to re-post, releases it anywhere outside vb.org but you Must keep the copyright text in the footer of theme.

We've worked hard on this to bring you a real good theme so if you enjoy and use it in your forum, please

*** Mark it as installed ***

*** Rate it 5stars ***

*** Nominate it ***

like or even a thanks is means a lot to us so we can continues release free themes here at vb.org.

Also donation is very welcome, we can't not give you any extras thing as we're giving out all the features here as free, but we will give you a warm thank you and the right to remove our copyright text on the theme.

Lastly, Merry Christmas Early and Wish you a Merry Christmas and may this festival bring abundant joy and happiness in your life!.

Regards,
ThevBNinja Group

Q&A

[S]Q: Why don't you make a more fancy background?
A: We don't want your site will be something with load of graphics and full of colors.
You may want to do the background yourself with related content to your site. Anw if the request is high, I will make it.[/S] As requested, a SET of background will be available soon, mark as install to get the latest update.

Q: Does these add-ons slow down my forum?
YES and YES. I do not recommend you to use it expect the count down script. Or you can put it in your site just for one day like Xmas. It should be better.

Q: Why don't you intergate all these add-on to the style, it save us ton of time!
A: Because I want you are the one who decide what's needed for your site, each of add-ons here can be release as a seperate template mod but I included them all here for you, you can get exactly what you need faster and easier.

History:
21.11: Addon Snow version 2 with the options to turn on/ off, rounded snow, add shadow to snow.
20.11: Addon Countdown to Christmas
20.11: Addon Christmas Light added.
19.11: Addon Snow falling on your forum added.
19.11: Update fluid version
18.11: Releases

[ThevBNinja]

Can you PM me with a link to your site?

Thank you

hmm that didnt work i have it in this forums/images/lights

Already answered

If you are talking about the add-on then absolutely Yes, just upload the folder to the correct place and it works

here is "images/styles/xmas/snow".

and "images/styles/xmas/light".

If you are going to upload it to different folder then you must to edit christmaslights.js and the links in headinclude to correct the url as well.

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by ThevBNinja

Can you PM me with a link to your site?

Thank you



Already answered



If you are going to upload it to different folder then you must to edit christmaslights.js and the links in headinclude to correct the url as well.

ok pmed you.

[ThevBNinja]

Countdown added!

[GMan55]

This is truly amazing vbninja. Nominated for MOTM!

Can you help me with one issue though? When the snow effect it on, the scrollbars seem to keep jerking. This happens if I move the mouse towards the left, right and bottom of the screen. Any ideas how I can fix that.

Also, if it's not too much to ask, is it possible to make a user-based option to enable and disable the snow-effect? Not sure how hard it is, but it would be awesome if that was added. So users with slow PCs can turn it off if they want and it won't lag on their PC.

This is truly an amazing piece of work! Hats off!!

[ThevBNinja]

The javascript as I noted will slow down your PC and based on browser's render. It works fine for me in this case, can I have an url to your site?

I will think about an options to switch it on/off as it will be more flexible.

Thank you for your support and kind words, really appreciated.

Regards,
ThevBNinja

[thecore762]

Awesome template!

[ThevBNinja]

As requested, an option to turn on/off snow effect for member and background will be available to download soon.

Regards,
ThevBNinja

[Papa Bear]

Excellent design..Marked as installed..

[ThevBNinja]

Thank you guys for your support!

New snow effect with options to turn on/off will be release today, keep on touch.

Also mark as installed and rate it if you enjoy my style.

Regards,
ThevBNinja

Note: Add-ons installation will be moved into a .txt after to save place.

[GMan55]

Awesome!!
BTW, vBNinja - it seems there is still a snow scroll jerking issue.. I've reinstalled the fluid style with no changes and the issue is still there, bud..
Sorry to trouble you again, but any clues on that?

Thanks.

EDIT: Nevermind, I got it fixed!