Forum Style - e-Default Style - Separate Title/Views/Replies/Posts [Tables]

Mark as Installed if you use this

This is based on vBulletin 4 Default Template.

EN Version

• Forum Display : Click Here
• Category : Click Here
• Home Page : Click Here

RTL Version [Arabic]

• Forum Display : Click Here
• Category : Click Here
• Home Page : Click Here

Demo User : vB.OrG
Demo Pass : testing


I added tables to the style & modified a lot of template files to make it show separated thread information like many vb.org users has requested.

This has taken more than 4 hours of work in total, please mark as installed if you use it.

I will explain how to install the template in 2 different ways.

USE A OR B Depending on your needs, DO NOT FOLLOW BOTH WAYS

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A. Simple, Automatic clean installation [ As A New Style ]

[ USE THIS METHOD IF YOU WANT A DEFAULT NEW TEMPLATE, YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE IT LATER ]

For this method you only need to download: e-Default_Style_v1.1.xml

1. Login to your Admin CP
2. Styles & Templates > Download / Upload Styles
   • Under : Import Style XML File
   • Click Browse & select e-Default_Style.xml [Download From Attachments]
   • Merge Into Style: (Create New Style) [IMPORTANT]
   • Ignore Style Version [ Select YES ]
   • Parent Style: No Parent Style [IMPORTANT]
   • Leave Everything Else As is..
3. Click Import

Method A Done, now go to your Forum home page & choose the eDefault Style from the drop down & That's all.

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B. Manual Edits [ Advanced Modifications ]
[ USE THIS METHOD IF YOU WANT TO APPLY THOSE MODIFICATIONS ON YOUR CURRENT STYLE ]
[ BE CAREFUL EDITING A NON-DEFAULT TEMPLATE FILE, A.K.A "MODIFIED" ]

[ BACKUP - BACKUP - BACKUP - BACKUP - BACKUP - BACKUP - BACKUP - BACKUP - ]

For this method you only need to download: e-Default_Style_Advanced_v1.1.zip

1. Login to your Admin CP
2. Find All Templates In The Downloaded Zip Folder & Replace The Contents Inside Them With The Ones You Find In The Zipped Folder.
3. Add The CSS Codes in additional.css into you current additional.css
4. You're Done !!

NOTE: If the attached templates are already modified I suggest you use a code compare program & find the edits needed to be applied.

Method B Done.
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This template is tested on a Fluid style, however it should work perfectly with both Fluid & Fixed Styles.


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HISTORY

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July 8, 2010 v1.1
UPDATE : Attachments are now updated to the latest version.

Changes :

• RTL Support [ FOR RTL FORUMS DOWNLOAD FILES NAMES BEGINS WITH RTL_ ]
• Replaced All Text With Original VB Language Phrases
• minor bug fixes

RTL FILES ARE ONLY FOR NON ENGLISH FORUMS THAT USES RTL LANGUAGE [ARABIC]
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[eSekar]

Reserved for future updates.

[abualk]

WoW, great work, and that's what we we looking for from the developers. Thank you very much.

Here I hava some small questions :

- Threads & Posts expressions did't take the forum language as that on the FORUMDISPLAY, it is not a problem but just a small note
- How do I remove the date of starting of the thread?
- How do I move the date of the post to be on the left under the poster's name?

The link of the screenshot for explanations:
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/928/texplanation.jpg

- Also, I want this to be combatiple with those using RTL languages as shown on the screenshot :
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/9...planation2.jpg


Thank you again.

[eSekar]

Originally Posted by abualk

WoW, great work, and that's what we we looking for from the developers. Thank you very much.

Here I hava some small questions :

- Threads & Posts expressions did't take the forum language as that on the FORUMDISPLAY, it is not a problem but just a small note

I'm glad you liked it, I made it in hurry after seeing some members asking for it & Yes, it's not, but you can create the phrases in any language you want and add the phrase variable instead of the words I added in the templates.

Originally Posted by abualk

- How do I remove the date of starting of the thread?
- How do I move the date of the post to be on the left under the poster's name?

Search in the template for those 2 lines & change the text-align left or right as you wish:

PHP Code:

.forumbit_post .forumlastpost .lastpostdate 


PHP Code:

.forumbit_post .forumlastpost 


Originally Posted by abualk

- Also, I want this to be combatiple with those using RTL languages as shown on the screenshot :
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/9...planation2.jpg

Thank you again.

Honestly, (Even tho my Forum is Arabic [RTL]) I made this Style for English-Language forums and it won't look well for RTL pages, however with small edits you can make it work, almost all custom text aligns are in the additional.css

RTL issues + Language phrases is the reason I put this Style as "Still In Beta"
Hopefully I'll update it later on when I have time to make it Perfect for English or RTL Forums.

Cheers.

[abualk]

RTL issues + Language phrases is the reason I put this Style as "Still In Beta"
Hopefully I'll update it later on when I have time to make it Perfect for English or RTL Forums.

I tried to serach about the vars you gaves and change the align but nothing changed, so I am waiting for your help. Because it will be difficult for me to check everthing but for you, as the developer, it will be much easier.

I will summaries what I want :
- Making the last post part on forumhome combatiple with RTL.
- Moving the date of the last post to be on left exactly under the poster's name "on forumdisplay" .
- To know from where to change the color of the box containing "last post & posts count" on forumhome.
I hope that these three points are not very disruptive, and I apologized for the inconvenience.

[eSekar]

Originally Posted by abualk

I tried to serach about the vars you gaves and change the align but nothing changed, so I am waiting for your help. Because it will be difficult for me to check everthing but for you, as the developer, it will be much easier.

I will summaries what I want :
- Making the last post part on forumhome combatiple with RTL.
- Moving the date of the last post to be on left exactly under the poster's name "on forumdisplay" .
- To know from where to change the color of the box containing "last post & posts count" on forumhome.
I hope that these three points are not very disruptive, and I apologized for the inconvenience.

I will make a new Style & Customize it for "RTL" Language (Like Arabic..) & I'll keep in mind your above notes.

I'll do my best to work on it today

[abualk]

Thank you, I appreciate your help.

This template is tested on a Fluid style, however it should work perfectly with both Fluid & Fixed Styles.

I tested it on a Fixd style and it worked greatly as well as on a Fluid style.

[eSekar]

Style is now updated, please use the new attached file.

abualk, Regarding THIS Request, sorry I didn't remove the Author name from below the Thread title, cause I don't think anybody would like that.

However, you may remove it yourself if needed
In threadbit Template, Find & Remove the following code:

PHP Code:

{vb:rawphrase started_by_x_y_z_a, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:raw thread.starttime}} 


[abualk]

Everything works great, thanks.

But, the last thing, I want to know how to change this color:
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4623/testfo.jpg

[eSekar]

Originally Posted by abualk

Everything works great, thanks.

But, the last thing, I want to know how to change this color:
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4623/testfo.jpg

You welcome,

Regarding the background color in your attached image, in additional.css :

PHP Code:

background-color:#efefef; 


It's repeated in there for many places, change them all to the same color (any color you want)