FreshBlue

Following the Gold release of 3.6, here is an updated version of my FreshBlue template.

Demo: Link
Download: See attachment.

I have not had a great deal of time to test this yet, but given that FreshBlue for 3.5 has had no reported problems for a very long time and the only changes have been the necessary 3.6 updates, everything should be working perfectly. If not, just let me know in this topic.

As before you are welcome to use this template on as many sites as you wish at no charge, but please leave the 'designed by' note and link in place. Thanks.

Enjoy!

[onewaydom]

I would like to tighten the margin of the entire forum, include the images. Where can I adjust that. Bring all the sides and top in by about 100 px, including the corner images.

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[Dom.S]

I've just updated the template for 3.6.1 compatibility. You can download it at the top of the page.

Originally Posted by mlucek

Very nice !! I like it

There still appears to be problem with vBAdvanced 2.2.0 & VB 3.6.0.

Either the header doesn't fill out the page, or it's the sideblocks pushing out the left/right columns. 1st pic shows VB default style, 2nd pic shows FreshBlue style, see how the left/right columns are pushing out the borders.

For details on how to setup vB Advanced please see my previous post. I just tested vBA compatibility on a fresh install of the software and it's working fine (link) now that the spacer_open and spacer_close fix has been applied. Make sure that the template 'adv_portal' is not customised. If it is then click revert.

You may wish to fix a small problem- your images for forum status (maybe post too) are using vaya.ws as a source!

Free templates and free hosting, aren't I generous. (Fixed, thanks for the heads up)

I would like to tighten the margin of the entire forum, include the images. Where can I adjust that. Bring all the sides and top in by about 100 px, including the corner images.

Go to the edit CSS page and adjust the margin value for 'CSS Selector: body'. That will push everything in/out/all about. Be warned though, you will have to also adjust the dropdown menu CSS as it will also be affected. Details on that here.

Also, is there a way to add in a logo to the top (I've removed the text at the top, and want to replace topleft.gif with a larger version with a logo in).

Find:

  <h1 id="sitetitle"><a href="index.php">vB 3.6 Template Demo Forum</a></h1>

... in the header template and replace it with the image that you would like to appear in its place. Do not modify topleft.gif, as that is guaranteed to result in big headaches all around. As with the change mentioned above, you may need to alter the dropdown menu CSS if the height of your logo is greater/less than the height of the standard text.

Phew.

[mlucek]

Originally Posted by Dom.S

I've just updated the template for 3.6.1 compatibility. You can download it at the top of the page.

For details on how to setup vB Advanced please see my previous post. I just tested vBA compatibility on a fresh install of the software and it's working fine (link) now that the spacer_open and spacer_close fix has been applied. Make sure that the template 'adv_portal' is not customised. If it is then click revert.

Hmmm, still didn't work, I'll have to reload and see where I'm screwing up, I appreciate your work in this template and your browser compatibility testing !

One thing I noticed is that the Button Images Folder is set to:

http://www.vaya.ws/forum/images/fres...ate/statusicon

and the Item Status Icon Folder is set to:

http://www.vaya.ws/forum/images/fres...ate/statusicon

Obviously, you want those to be links local to your site.

[Dom.S]

Originally Posted by mlucek

Hmmm, still didn't work, I'll have to reload and see where I'm screwing up, I appreciate your work in this template and your browser compatibility testing !

One thing I noticed is that the Button Images Folder is set to:

http://www.vaya.ws/forum/images/fres...ate/statusicon

and the Item Status Icon Folder is set to:

http://www.vaya.ws/forum/images/fres...ate/statusicon

Obviously, you want those to be links local to your site.

Thanks. Those were actually both changed in the latest release as the same thing was pointed out by JamesHarrison.

[swimclub]

Dom.S - Great style! I have it as the main style on my site here: www.swimclub.co.uk

Can I ask you two quick questions (as someone who's pretty poor with html/php ......)

1. How/where can I remove the "SwimClub.co.uk Forums" link that appears at the very top of the page?
2. Is it possible to put my vbulletin3_logo_white.gif logo above the SwimClub.co.uk Forums that appears at the top of the forum?

Thanks,

Chris

[Dom.S]

Glad you like it Chris.

It would require quite a bit of tweaking to do exactly what you're asking, but replacing the 'SwimClub.co.uk Forums' with an image link would be fairly simple. Just find the following in the header template:

  <h1 id="sitetitle"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vboptions[bbtitle]</a></h1>

And replace with:

   <h1 id="sitetitle"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="yourtitleimage.jpg" /></a></h1>

I think that the best height for the replacement banner would be 34px, as that is the height of the text. If your replacement banner is taller/shorter than that then you will need to edit the menu CSS (see the first page of this thread for info).

Cheers,
Dom

[corn]

VERY nice skin !!
only one question:
the default forum width is 100%, but I want to use a fixed with, eg 800pix.
Is there a way to change it fast ? or do I have to change a lot of templates ?

[Dom.S]

I'm afraid it's a bit trickier than just editing the main width setting as there are other other settings in the CSS. If you're familar with HTML and CSS it would not be particularly hard to achieve though; just a little trial and error.

[corn]

I'll give it a try

[tinnktp123]

This Style support 4 VBB 3.6.2 version ?