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Bloc:
WorkDesk3 is the evolvement of my older theme WorkDesk2 - but with a more neutral color-scheme. It also comes with new or changed features, such as:

- able to switch between 3 iconsets for "new posts" on forum index.
- HTML content in several places
- RSS icons on boardindex
- Avatars on boardindex and messageindex pages
- Custom menu editor saving the entries globally across Blocweb themes
- Recent topics instead of recent posts on boardindex
- Able to show selected boards as "blog boards" or "gallery boards"
- PSD source files available

Demo:
http://www.blocweb.net/demos/index.php?demo=workdesk3

Comments are welcome.

The Craw:
How did you manage a menu editor without the use of source files? Or is there a mod that goes along with your themes?

Labradoodle-360:
I do believe that Bloc has almost a framework modification for his themes.

Bloc:
Well, almost now lol..but its really easy: an extra page thats called through SMF "catch action" feature is included with the theme, which you can run without any source file edits(its also linked to automatically in the admin menu). This page then saves the positions of existing menu items + saves the data for any new ones. Then the theme check these against what SMF serves it, and you got custom menus. As its saved with theme_id=1, it will work across themes...well,at least those themes that support those settings.

No modding, and no interfering with other mods/features customizations of the menu data. As far as SMF knows, its business as usual. :)

Below is a screenshot of the special page where you edit the menus(s).

Labradoodle-360:
Can I make the assumption that you worked that into 2.0 theming when you developed Curve so you could utilize it for such things? ;)

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