Suite Style - Avenger Blue Style by TheLastSuperman

Introducing Avenger Blue

A vBulletin 4.2.1/4.2.2 (Confirmed working on 4.2.3! *Simply select ignore style version when installing style) Suite style from www.innovationbyinstinct.com including some of these features:

• The forumbits, search and other areas have a mouseover hover effect.
• Custom statusicons for forum_new and forum_old.png along with custom pagination and other image replacements.
• Custom toplinks i.e. "Welcome, Username Notifications etc etc" location.
• Custom Login area w/ hover effects.
• Custom Sidebar collapse image replacements etc.
• CMS Widget and Forum & Blog Sidebar styles match 100%.
• CMS, Forum, Blog compatible this is a Suite style and can also be used on Forum Classic naturally.
• Fluid and Fixed Width available!
• Perfect style for resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 or larger!

Demo?
Sure! View Avenger Blue Fixed Width OR Fluid Width Demo.
*Please Note: The Demo site has a custom CMS Layout in place therefor normal CMS layout sites will see a CMS/Articles page resembling the screenshot.

Questions and Answers

Q. So what do we have here?
A. Well that's simple! It's a dark blue style for vBulletin 4.1.4 Suite (or Forum Classic).

Q. Anything in particular that I need to know about this style?
A. Simple - I don't advertise a lot, there are no advertisements shown when I make styles however I do know due to the centering of the logo, if you currently utilize the header ad locations you'll need to make changes if utilizing this style otherwise it will not display properly. *Fix planned for the 4.1.5 version and I'll patch this 4.1.4 version then as well, basically I'll be moving the header ad locations just above the normal below navbar locations to remedy this .

Q. This is 4.1.4 style why did you not release a 4.1.5 version and will you release and keep this updated unlike other styles on here?
A. Yes, unlike some other styles in the past I've released this is branded by our company and we do plan on supporting this style indefinitely.

Q. I see two different downloads available, which one do I use?
A. Simple:

- For vBulletin 4.1.4 through 4.1.7 use the file titled - Innovation_by_Instinct-Avenger_Blue-Compressed.zip
- For vBulletin 4.1.8 use the file titled - Innovation_by_Instinct-Avenger_Blue-vB4.1.8-Compressed.zip
- For vBulletin 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 use the file titled - Innovation_by_Instinct-Avenger_Blue-vB4.2.1-4.2.2-Compressed.zip

Q. I'm using a version for vBulletin 4.1.8 or up, why is the logo not clickable?
A. Well we have navtabs w/ a Home, Forum, and Blog button so why do we need more and more of the same links? Well I know some prefer it so here is a way to make it clickable:

You can utilize the transparent 1x1px transparent image to make the logo clickable again. *Please note this is not a default feature, to make the logo clickable you must edit template header and find:

                    <div class="ablogo" align="center">
<div class="abimage"><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}"><vb:comment><img src="images/avenger_blue/misc/home.png" width="960px" height="150px" alt="{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}" /></vb:comment></a></div>
</div>

Remove the <comment> codes as shown in red:

                    <div class="ablogo" align="center">
<div class="abimage"><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}"><vb:comment><img src="images/avenger_blue/misc/home.png" width="960px" height="150px" alt="{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}" /></vb:comment></a></div>
</div>

This is how the code should now look:

                    <div class="ablogo" align="center">
<div class="abimage"><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}"><img src="images/avenger_blue/misc/home.png" width="960px" height="150px" alt="{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}" /></a></div>
</div>

*If you use a different logo than the stock "Avenger Blue" and your making it clickable via the method above, please change the width="#" and height="#" to the correct values i.e. the same width and height as your new logo .

Q. Why is there a .zip inside the .zip?
A. Well the forums here have a max of 3.0MB file size limit on .zip files so I made it a .zip then added that one into another .zip, this reduced the file size from the 3.17MB down to 2.69MB! Now simply extract the main -Compressed .zip then extract the inside Innovation_by_Instinct-Avenger_Blue.zip and your ready to rock and roll!

Q. You have a link to your site in the footer, can I remove that?
A. You are not allowed to remove the link to our site i.e. "branding" unless you pay for a Branding Free Version. If I find someone running this without the copyright in place I will contact your host and file a DMCA complaint period the end. *Furthermore, we will not host discussions nor reply to any sort of inquiries on here in regards to paid or branding free versions so please do not bring up the subject of either in this thread.

*Click on the images below to view in a new tab/window, once in said window you can click the image again to zoom once more and see it clearer, providing a more accurate representation of the style .

Updated Forumhome screenshot for 4.1.8:

ForumHome:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/..._ForumHome.png

ForumHome Mouseover effect:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/..._MouseOver.png

CMS:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/..._Fixed_CMS.png

Blogs:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...Fixed_Blog.png

ForumHome w/ Sidebar Active:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...ctive_Open.png

ForumHome w/ Sidebar Closed:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...ive_Closed.png

Search Input default colors:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...nputColors.png

Search Input active/hover colors:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...olorsHover.png

Postbit colors:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/..._PostStyle.png

New Post icons on forumhome, please note that forums with new posts show a white icon, the old post remains as a grey color:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...umNewvsOld.png

Login Area when logged out:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...eLoggedOut.png

Login Area when logged out Hover effect:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...edOutHover.png

Login Area when logged out Help/Register Hover effect:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...OtherHover.png

ForumHome New Appearance:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...rumHomeNew.png

ForumHome New Category Description Hover:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...ptionHover.png

ForumHome New Hover Effect:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...meNewHover.png




Donations from:

• Eurobeat2
• Kat-2
• -

Thanks for your support, it's certainly not required however I appreciate the sentiment .


Notes & Update Information can be found here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....82&postcount=2

Restrictions:
This style is not meant for use on http://www.carbonracecars.com otherwise have at it!

*IMPORTANT*

To install the style:

1) Upload the contents of the UPLOAD Folder.
2) If for example you want the Fixed style installed then import the file:
*Please note, if you do not use the vBulletin Suite and have the Forum Classic version you only need to install the file vbulletin-style_Avenger_Blue_Fixed-Forum.xml.
a) Import the vbulletin-style_Avenger_Blue_Fixed-Forum.xml file first.
b) Merge in the vbulletin-style_Avenger_Blue_Fixed-CMS.xml (Options when uploading a style allow you to merge into a existing style, choose to merge this into the new style you just created using the Forum.xml.
c) Merge in the vbulletin-style_Avenger_Blue_Fixed-Blog.xml into the style, this has now updated the style for all three major products and the installation is complete!
3) Enjoy!

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Mike, should you do decide to include it, I am sure there is a better way to do it, I just did a quick and dirty fix.

Understood, will check it out tomorrow and revise this along w/ the highlight color.

Originally Posted by pityocamptes

I figured it out. Thanks...

Always remember to share HOW it was fixed, if it was related to a issue with this style or not because one day someone could be looking for the same fix and stumble across your post while searching to only find "I figured it out" know what I'm saying?

[pityocamptes]

No problem. I had to have the main as a category, create a new forum or category and then all my forums beneath this became child to the new forum/category.

On a side note, how do I incorporate Ozzys html markup for the top line where it says welcome and XXXXXXXXX user name? The html markup works everywhere but here... thanks.

[TheLastSuperman]

Hmm unless Ozzy did it his own way, plugin method etc this should work - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=277561

[pityocamptes]

I guess more specifically, where is the code for the user name at the top? I have the code from the mod that will change it, just don't know where the code is for your template. Thanks.

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by pityocamptes

I guess more specifically, where is the code for the user name at the top? I have the code from the mod that will change it, just don't know where the code is for your template. Thanks.

Ohh well it's still the toplinks code, so that is in the header template . All I did was tell the toplinks via css to move down to where you see them in the style.

[coolhula]

Hi, I just installed your style and it appears if my users choose to use the style they are unable to change to another (there is no drop down menu) Now do I fix this?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by coolhula

Hi, I just installed your style and it appears if my users choose to use the style they are unable to change to another (there is no drop down menu) Now do I fix this?

The drop-down menu is certainly in the footer template so not sure why it's acting up. This could be due to a plugin you could be running or your browser. Is it happening to you alone or to everyone? If to you alone, have you asked others?

I know Internet Explorer is just silly, I bet you're using that although I could be wrong but try:

There are two ways of killing browser cache in IE (I’m using IE 11) There is the simple, click on this menu, check these boxes, click submit button that will delete “most” but evidently not all of the browser cache and cookie information. Even though the menu selections say it is deleting everything. To get the rest you have to go into developer mode in IE (F12) and then do Ctrl-R to completely flush the browser cache. Close browser, re-open and now you can set and keep my style choice in the drop down. (the funny blank line may still there though).

So no matter what, all-in-all i.e. in the end it's not a style related issue with this style but more so the forum and/or browser of choice.

[K4GAP]

Originally Posted by coolhula

Hi, I just installed your style and it appears if my users choose to use the style they are unable to change to another (there is no drop down menu) Now do I fix this?

I checked my site using this style with FF, IE, and Chrome. Everything looks good to me.

[K4GAP]

One of the things great about this style is the header/banner options you can do with this style. I've made up and tried at least 20 different designs to place in the header area. Everything from multiple colors and info blocks to the very simplest as I am using now.

I honestly believe this is the VERY best free dark style available for vb4. So, if you are a fan of dark styles, ya gotta at least give this one a try.

If you try it and want some header ideas, let me know. I'm freelance so I accept NO MONEY for personal site work.

Thanks for the GREAT style Superman!

[Almightychucho]

on my root, where do I upload the files? 1) Upload the contents of the UPLOAD Folder? Can you please tell me where they should go?