Mystic Jade

[Bikken]

Link to the theme



Mystic Jade is a modern dark - grey theme for SMF.

http://demo.dzinerstudio.com

[sunnyslp]

superb theme,after i have searched through lot of themes i can say this is one of the best 

i have a small request can you tell me how to increase the width of the theme
i have no php/css programming skills so plz tell exactly what changes i need to make

thanks in advance

[Bikken]

Hi,

Open the file style.css and find these lines:

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#main{
margin: auto;
width: 80%;
min-width: 720px;
border-left: solid 1px #252525;
border-right: solid 1px #252525;
border-top: solid 1px #252525;
}

then change the width to whatever you like. Use % or px.

[sunnyslp]

thnx

it looks cool now

[king redder]

hey bikken
how would i add an arcade and a shop button?

and change the banner/logo to my banner/logo?

[Dumpling]

Hi,

I am having a lot of trouble trying to install mods on this theme. The package installer obviously wouldn't work. I have attempted manual installation following the instructions in the SMF Docs: Manual Installation of Mods and with the assistance of the SMF Package Parser. However, this theme does not contain all the files that certain mods require to be edited. Also, the codes/scripts in this theme's index.template.php file are quite dissimilar than the ones in the default theme. How may I install mods on this theme?



PS: Thank you for this beautiful theme; it is simple, yet sophisticated.

[Bikken]

hey bikken
how would i add an arcade and a shop button?

and change the banner/logo to my banner/logo?

For the buttons, open index.template and find:

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if (in_array($context['current_action'], array('search', 'admin', 'calendar', 'profile', 'mlist', 'register', 'login', 'help', 'pm')))

add 'arcade', to that array. Then find:

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if ($context['current_action'] == 'theme')
$current_action = isset($_REQUEST['sa']) && $_REQUEST['sa'] == 'pick' ? 'profile' : 'admin';

add after:

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// Begin SMFShop code
if ($context['current_action'] == 'shop')
$current_action = 'shop';
if (in_array($context['current_action'], array('shop_general', 'shop_items_add', 'shop_items_edit', 'shop_cat', 'shop_inventory', 'shop_restock', 'shop_usergroup')))
$current_action = 'admin';
// End SMFShop code

Then add these lines somewhere between the other buttons:

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// SMFshop
echo '<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=shop">Shop</a></li>';

// SMF Arcade
echo '<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=arcade">' , $txt['arcade'] , '</a></li>';

To change the logo, just replace logo.png in /images with your logo.

[Bikken]

Hi,

I am having a lot of trouble trying to install mods on this theme. The package installer obviously wouldn't work. I have attempted manual installation following the instructions in the SMF Docs: Manual Installation of Mods and with the assistance of the SMF Package Parser. However, this theme does not contain all the files that certain mods require to be edited. Also, the codes/scripts in this theme's index.template.php file are quite dissimilar than the ones in the default theme. How may I install mods on this theme?



PS: Thank you for this beautiful theme; it is simple, yet sophisticated.

What mods are we talking about?
You only have to edit this themes index.template file. The other files are used from the default theme.

[Dumpling]

Hi Bikken,

Thanks for the clarification about how "the other files are used from the default theme." That actually helped me figure out some of the "problems."  I'm still really new to this whole forum thing; sorry for being a noob Now, I'm only having trouble with one mod, Ad Management v2.3.


Edit:
Here are the mods that I was trying to install (I didn't have trouble with all of them, but several -- they gave me quite a headache )
Contact Page    1.1    [very easy to install; installed on Mystic Jade]
PaypalDonations    1.7    [ had some problems on both Mystic Jade and default theme, but it's fixed now]
Prevent Adding Signature Images And Links    1.1    [installed on default theme, but seems to work fine on Mystic Jade]
Profile Comments    1.3.5    [installed on default theme, but seems to work fine on Mystic Jade too]
Referrals Mod    1.4    [installed on default theme, but seems to work fine on Mystic Jade too]
SMF 1.1.4 Search "brd" Bug Fix    1.0    [I think this one doesn't have anything to do with the theme...right?]
VisualWarning 1.4.1     [installed on default theme, but seems to work fine on Mystic Jade, too]

[Bikken]

No problem Dumpling, glad i could help. 

For Ad Management mod, you might want to read this topic. 

[Dumpling]

Wonderfully helpful! Thanks Bikken.

Side-tracking: I love the theme on your site (blue!!!). I love the other themes, too. One was kind of hard on my eyes, but it's still really pretty. I hope you would write a tutorial on how to create pretty themes.

PS: I'm not trying to butter you up. I really do love the simple/modern look.

[grforums]

Hello. Your theme is really great and, after a long time of searching, I thought I ve found the ideal for me. The Ad manager MOd though, doesn't work at all. I still see the package, I'm able to make all the settings, add ads, modify them etc, but then.... I don't see them !! ?? Is there anything i can do so that I can use the theme ?

[Bikken]

Well, it's working for others so you must have done something wrong.

Did you made the edits in this themes index.template file? Have you set the correct permissions for the mod?

[Mr Blah Man]

You know how theres separators like this:

The Blood Vultures Clan Forums Forum Index » Main Category » Rules & Announcements

Well... Mine look like this:

The Shadow Legion Forums  �  Main Category  �  Rules & Announcements

How do I change those ?'s?

[Bikken]

Yes this was a bug that has been fixed already.

If you want to do it yourself, open index.template file and look for this (around line 332):

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// Don't show a separator for the last one.
if ($link_num != count($context['linktree']) - 1)
echo ' > ';

Replace your code with the above.

[Antechinus]

While you're around I was also wanting to enlarge the post text on Mystic Jade.
Could you please point me at the relevant style.css code block?

ETA: Nevermind. Figured it out. I just wasn't sure if it'd be the same format as Outline since the margin code was different. All sorted now. I found 14 point works best on this one.

[Antechinus]

Ok, two more trivial details for me to obsess over (don't get me started on design and aesthetics).
First, can the search box background colour be changed to the same dark grey as the background?
The white sorta sticks out like dog's nuts (to use the Australian colloquialism) and having it in grey would be a nice touch if it isn't going to entail massive coding problems. The "search text" could be in the lighter grey.
The other minor point is I'd prefer to have the toolbar ends vertically aligned with the category ends. The slight discrepancy bugs me. Apart from that I think the theme is damned near perfect for its style although I may still do some minor changes to font sizes to balance things a bit now that I've gone to 14pt post text (which I found was best for my 15" flat screen).

ETA: Some way of making new posts stand out a bit more would also be good, but I assume the coding for this will be basically the same as Outline and I've already asked about it in that thread.

[gizmonel]

Love the template and have chosen it for my community but want to change the color's.

How can I find out the colors of this template that is easy to understand and change if it does not workout? Or am I dreaming here LOL.

Maybe my first change I want to do is the dark grey border that surrounds the pages, where can I find the hex code for this please.

Thank you kindly.

[gizmonel]

HMM! Can anyone help me to figure out why my search page is off?

Thank you!

http://www.theweightingroom.com/forum/index.php?action=search

[gizmonel]

I fixed it!