This is a concept theme I have been working on called "UrbanLife".
- added boardindex, messageindex, dropmenu, display, poll, profile(1-3 variations), profile stats/posts, admin, calendar.
This is epic! I was planing something for SMF 2.0 but postponed to 2.1 :P
No problem with that :) ..but IMHO 2.0 is what people use right now, although 2.1 will surely be the future. I just think we can't wait that long if interest are to re-woken for SMF themes in general. Its perhaps more tempting too, to port 2.0 themes to 2.1(when that time comes) than the other way around.
Porting SMF 2.0 themes to 2.1 will be bit (:P) pain, because I changed the systematic (more div-based not table).
https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/pull/1471
https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/pull/1477
https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/pull/1551
Really good looking! :)
Nicely done! ;)
Thanks. :)
- Added detail pictures of the main dropdown menu + a user menu that will come down from the left top avatar.
Quote from: Antes on April 26, 2014, 07:11:15 AM
Porting SMF 2.0 themes to 2.1 will be bit (:P) pain, because I changed the systematic (more div-based not table).
https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/pull/1471
https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/pull/1477
https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/pull/1551
No doubt. :D
- added concept pictures for messageindex and display templates, all full-size attachments.
- added poll conceptual idea.
- Changed the name to "UrbanLife", since there is already a theme called Urban(by DzinerStudio), so as to avoid confusion in the future.
That's just...sexy... In a weird way. :) :)
- Added the profile concept template.
Here I went with more "dazzling" approach, just to separate the profile to the rest, accentuating the user involvement. There are 3 examples of backdrops, last being a light one and also how "show posts" will interact with the backdrop. Lastly, the (admin)menu system here will be the one used in admin/pm/moderate templates as well. It may change - I am getting a feel for it while I work at more templates.
I always love it when people create innovative theme's like this, great work this looks fantastic. :) In fact it would probably be the most innovative theme I have seen to date if submitted.
Quote from: mcblaber on May 06, 2014, 04:46:14 AM
In fact it would probably be the most innovative theme I have seen to date if submitted.
^^ This :)
Stunning... but only a true test will determine functionality!
Its a concept art, i don't think it'll be released to public at some point.
Oh true... It reminds me of Bloc style themes.
And who is he LOL ;)
Quote from: mcblaber on May 06, 2014, 04:46:14 AM
I always love it when people create innovative theme's like this, great work this looks fantastic. :) In fact it would probably be the most innovative theme I have seen to date if submitted.
+ 1
very nice and different template. Congrats Colby67
Indeed it looks like it would require a lot of template rewriting to get those concepts.
That isn't what Herman's Mixen was trying to say. He was trying to not point out what is otherwise a fairly obvious fact ;)
you are the best
Looking real nice be interesting (in good way) to see it live when you get their.
Quote from: Arantor on May 07, 2014, 11:02:30 PM
That isn't what Herman's Mixen was trying to say. He was trying to not point out what is otherwise a fairly obvious fact ;)
That...
- Added revised profile(and admin) menus + profile posts/stats concept pages. Additionally one page from admin section, showing what will go in the GenericMenu template.
Next up are the calendar/memberlist and personal messages pages, after which the concept will more or less be ready for coding.
Impresionant theme! the profille view is awesome!!
- added revised templates + calendar.
This concept is now ready for coding. All updated concept images have ben updated in first post in this topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=521771.0) and all intermediate ones have been removed.
Thanks for all comments so far. :)
Really liking what you've done with the calendar, though I don't recall a single bad theme you've ever done.
Quote from: Arantor on May 12, 2014, 06:36:34 PM
Really liking what you've done with the calendar, though I don't recall a single bad theme you've ever done.
Thanks :)
This is entirely a bitmap concept right? I mean you don't have an actual theme from the looks of it. But regardless, the concept is incredible!
Quote from: Dragooon on May 13, 2014, 05:30:15 AM
This is entirely a bitmap concept right? I mean you don't have an actual theme from the looks of it. But regardless, the concept is incredible!
Yes, its all graphics. But the ideas and styles are tuned to be "doable" and not just "anything goes". I favor creating themes this way, because there are less distractions from limitations and problems with the coding at this stage(there are none lol). But always keeping in mind that it has to work as a real theme too.
Do you do freelance designing?
Not actively, no.
New site is up that will have news - and eventually downloads - for the theme concept: http://urbanlife.bjornhkristiansen.com/index.php
nice site :)
From the blog of UrbanLife - Progress so far (http://urbanlife.bjornhkristiansen.com/index.php?topic=220)
From the blog of UrbanLife - Support for subthemes (http://urbanlife.bjornhkristiansen.com/index.php?topic=221)
Love the subthemes feature! :)
Thanks for the update! ;)
Hmm. This looks interesting.
Quote from: Herman's Mixen on May 07, 2014, 11:44:47 AM
And who is he LOL ;)
Oh, just some crazy Viking. Drinks mead and does things to code sometimes.
Its not me!!
From the blog of UrbanLife - Dawn - new concept/subtheme (http://urbanlife.bjornhkristiansen.com/index.php?topic=223)
It's nice but only a concept. You can be called the "Concept Guy" because you can do only concepts, as you did the last 3 years. Only nice concepts that you never finish.
Quote from: aksal on August 04, 2014, 02:23:42 PM
It's nice but only a concept. You can be called the "Concept Guy" because you can do only concepts, as you did the last 3 years. Only nice concepts that you never finish.
Aksal, you want something from me that you cannot have, and like a kid who is refused candy you resort to insults instead.
So tell me, why should I "help" you?
Quote from: aksal on August 04, 2014, 02:23:42 PM
It's nice but only a concept. You can be called the "Concept Guy" because you can do only concepts, as you did the last 3 years. Only nice concepts that you never finish.
More important question, why he needs to finish it? I find your comment so pointless.
No guys, pointless is what you are doing here. What's the point o presenting ideas for years and never never finish them? It seems that you Bloc present things here, just because you love or need compliments from your SMF-friends, need to hear how good you are....in Mock-ups.
SMF used to be innovative and modern, but this 10 years ago. It's a shame that this forum is stuck in time with no perspective. You don't even have a mobile theme or social integration, when this things are so important, since 5 years now. And this is a betrayal to this community. Instead you do nothing but supportion each athers pointless ideas (or lack of ideas). - "oh great...this is such a super idea...." - this is what you are doing here.
And no, I don't need anything from you, just can't see anymore this kind of things in a community i used to love.
well, there are other one's written in the past as you are speaking of social integration , mobile themes, and personaly i would not use one of them as it wil NOT fit into a forum concept in general.
If ya need social interaction use those sites as twitter,instagram,facebook what ever they called they useless to me anyway :P
I like the things BLOC does, and yes its pretty hard to do that job on your own as sometime you need a team arround you to get things done !!
so yes "askal" your comment is pretty pointless
And of course the current in-development branch of SMF is not doing anything at all towards a responsive theme (oh wait, yes it is)
Social integration is something that is actually less desirable than you'd think in practice.
Bloc has made some great templates, including Urban Life. We can not know if it will ever be finished or released ... I'm not a developer or a designer but certainly seeing that kind of comments will not not help Bloc to release this template, specially for free
Quote from: aksal on August 05, 2014, 02:33:19 AM
No guys, pointless is what you are doing here. What's the point o presenting ideas for years and never never finish them? It seems that you Bloc present things here, just because you love or need compliments from your SMF-friends, need to hear how good you are....in Mock-ups.
SMF used to be innovative and modern, but this 10 years ago. It's a shame that this forum is stuck in time with no perspective. You don't even have a mobile theme or social integration, when this things are so important, since 5 years now. And this is a betrayal to this community. Instead you do nothing but supportion each athers pointless ideas (or lack of ideas). - "oh great...this is such a super idea...." - this is what you are doing here.
And no, I don't need anything from you, just can't see anymore this kind of things in a community i used to love.
Wow, what an eye-opener this post was...I feel so much wiser now that I know why I post these topics. I need the comments, that why of course... ::)
Its actually funny to read your attempt at somehow setoff an emotion from me(or maybe its more of thing meant to the whole community, then I would suggest a general topic, not many read this particular topic) like..."oh I must get it done now so aksal will be happy, and not having just team members saying nice things about it".
Let me tell you a secret :) its the team members whole most likely will reply because THEY ARE HERE EVERY DAY. Not like a member with under 30 posts who come here a few times a month. So yeah, they comment, and I am grateful for that, and also to everyone else that leave a little feedback on it. It doesn't decide what I will do with it. So let me educate you a little in how this works(and I sure many other devs/modders and themers will agree)
1) A theme/mod/feature in all its entirety can take weeks to finish. And its certainly 90% out of self-interest that keeps you going, maybe 10% the interest from others. Why? Because we do it for free. Who would bother spending free time on something they dont even LIKE to do? No. And that means the feedback is less important than you think. Its the icings on the finished cake - not the cake-building itself.
2) Most creative people, be it in code,design or just graphics, make a lot more stuff/ideas/attempts than you will ever see. You think because I stopped several projects that I start from scratch each time? Or that I don't finish them just because I choose to not offer them to others? Wrong. The code is made - even on UrbanLife. But its not 100% finished and I don't set any deadlines on it.
3) In addition most creative people(again in code/design etc.) are also perfectionists. Who wants to be associated with inferior works of art, of buggy things that many people will probably use? Meaning, again, what you call "air projects" are most times projects that might well be used as they are - but they are not perfect yet. And "perfect" is a relative term here.
There not much more for me to say, really. If you reply with yet another "word of wisdom" you only prove that you really have no insight at all - and you probably never have.
This templete has really good ideas indeed :)
Quote from: aksal on August 04, 2014, 02:23:42 PM
It's nice but only a concept. You can be called the "Concept Guy" because you can do only concepts, as you did the last 3 years. Only nice concepts that you never finish.
Oh get lost, concepts are as appreciated as actual implementations/templates. Someone might be good at adapting designs but not at actually thinking of them (like me), I always appreciate concepts such as these.
Bloc, I hope to be wrong, but I'm very sure that you will close this project, will delete your current account here and everything else related to this 'project'. Again. As you did last 4 years.
Cheers.
Quote from: aksal on August 07, 2014, 12:32:30 PM
Bloc, I hope to be wrong, but I'm very sure that you will close this project, will delete your current account here and everything else related to this 'project'. Again. As you did last 4 years.
Cheers.
Seems to me that you are simply here to cause trouble. Believe it or not, everybody is here for reasons other than to to impress you or to meet up to your personal expectations.
Are you a designer? Let's see what you have created. ???
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=436282.0
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=475477.0
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=499036.0
What exactly are you trying to prove? And how does any of that relates to this concept?
If you don't like the concept or the person, do us all a favor and do not participate in this topic. You are only trying to start a flame war and that will not happen ;)
Just a final word and I will move on.
Quote from: aksal on August 07, 2014, 02:20:22 PM
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=436282.0
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=475477.0
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=499036.0
Apparently you don't understand the time and work it takes to create quality designs.
My thought is, you are wanting Colby67 to finish his designs asap (as seen here and in your other posts) so you can use his code work to implement into your own designs.....because you don't know how. I have seen this behavior many times and can spot it a mile away. Have a great day. ;)
Fin.
Quote from: aksal on August 07, 2014, 12:32:30 PM
Bloc, I hope to be wrong, but I'm very sure that you will close this project, will delete your current account here and everything else related to this 'project'. Again. As you did last 4 years.
Cheers.
Sigh.
Ok, I really don't want to be a lecturer once again - but understand this: none of my actions or decisions have been taken lightly by myself. They are a bit more complicated in origin than just "I am so over this now". Closing down sites happened after years of keeping them alive. Sure, the bwportal,viennabbs and bloqs projects were shortlived, but they were all evolutions into Protendo - and that isn't gone either, not the code and usage of it anyway(I am using it on a couple of sites). I haven't decided what to go with it further, but its not "abandoned" as you seem to think. Neither is Urbanlife theme code, I actually have transferred some its code already to Protendo, simply because they work better there too.
Why did I delete my account here? Well, again, several reasons, but one of them was posts like yours, actually. I am not proud of admiting that critisism affects me, but I try most times not to, and there were also other RL reasons to keep the distance. Then again, I've been a member here since 2003 with the name "bloc", and visited the site almost every day since then, made many themes for SMF 1.1 and 2.0.x and started and maintained Tinyportal before Brad took over when I was at a stage where I had other concerns, like health.
Whats it to you if I deleted my account or sites? If anything, by coming back as another user using a old test account I left here "just in case", I showed that although I don't want to be "bloc" anymore, I am still here, at this site, posting work I could easily just keep on my harddrive. I have no incentive to NOT do that, the premium/paid stuff I did was never something I liked, and ultimately also quit doing...so whats left of reasons to do it? Getting 4-5 good comments?
You decide.
Quote from: Develope on August 05, 2014, 01:43:02 PM
This templete has really good ideas indeed :)
Thank you. :) I realized just now that you are working on the Twitter-SMF theme. If you like something you like to use in your own work, feel free to do so. Its not shown here, but I have coded about 80-90% of the theme, so if you wonder how anything specific is coded, again, just ask. That goes to anyone working with theme work really. (not that I am a know-it-all-themer, just..having some experience :) )
I like the concept very much. Just a thought, but have you looked at implementing Twitter's Bootstrap for the theme? It has some awesome UI components that can be used for many things such as graphs and percentage bars and whatnot that I see you've used in the concept.
Building Bootstrap into SMF is a pain in the crotch, having tried it. It's marginally better in 2.1 but not a lot.
Quote from: ‽ on August 07, 2014, 05:53:07 PM
Building Bootstrap into SMF is a pain in the crotch, having tried it. It's marginally better in 2.1 but not a lot.
True. I tried it when attempting to make a more responsive/mobile-friendly theme for SMF a while back. But, if you can do it, all the tools are there to make designing things a breeze.
The main problem is rewriting all SMF templates to fit the Bootstrap layout. The easy part is deleting SMF's default CSS :P
Bjorn, I'm rude with you not because I hate you or have something personally with you, or because you abandoned these projects, but because is wrong, very wrong how you abandon your projects and promises you make. Trust me, is not ok. You can not make promises (oh yes you promised something everytime you presented something new) and then disappear, and come again as it was nothing between. And this not once or twice, but a few times year after year. This is wrong. I don't know how it is for you personally or your folk in Norway, but in the rest of the world this kind of acting is arrogant and disrespectful. You can go with - "Peace out sucker, I don't want anymore" - come again with - "Hey, Hi, I'm here. Let's try it again" - This is fine. But you can't just go, and come as it was nothing. This is not cool. And if many here don't tell you this, is because they see you as weirdo or odd. - "this is bloc, he goes and comes....".
Maybe I'm telling something that you don't understand, just as americans don't understand that their bread is sweet and tastes like cake. Or telling Sheldon Cooper he is a social idiot. But I have to try.
Second, you are a missed opportunity for SMF. The only innovative guy here. You have done things alone, when the SMF staffers take years for adding no features at all. And here you are wrong again because you work alone. But you can't do something awesome alone. You can start it, but can't finish, because it is impossible. There are so many folks here who would be happy to work with you, for your concepts and ideas. Let the others be part of you projects.
And, being rude with you maybe will help you this time finish what have started. Let me be wrong. ;)
Quotewhen the SMF staffers take years for adding no features at all.
I resent that remark, very strongly, because I totally didn't add thousands upon thousands of lines of code to 2.1 adding new features or anything.
There are more kinds of innovation than just in theming.
Askal people come and go when they want that or need a break, in other words its a showcase nothing more than that, bloc shows the rest what he is working on and he never said he would release it in general to the public....
If you have some problems with that, its on YOU !!
Do not post to topics if your not like the idea period.
For those that wonder if this concept will be converted to a proper theme: it will. But it will not be for SMF, rather a theme for my on-going project Protendo, a fork of SMF 2.0. Updates about that will be posted as I finish it up. There is existing code for SMF 2.0 but it will be too much work to support such a theme within SMF. Protendo doesn't have modding capability at all so its less of an problem there.
Further more, any new discussions around my person in this topic will be ignored.
Last, big thanks to those that commented on the concept so far! :)
Quote from: aksal on August 05, 2014, 02:33:19 AM
No guys, pointless is what you are doing here. What's the point o presenting ideas for years and never never finish them? It seems that you Bloc present things here, just because you love or need compliments from your SMF-friends, need to hear how good you are....in Mock-ups.
SMF used to be innovative and modern, but this 10 years ago. It's a shame that this forum is stuck in time with no perspective. You don't even have a mobile theme or social integration, when this things are so important, since 5 years now. And this is a betrayal to this community. Instead you do nothing but supportion each athers pointless ideas (or lack of ideas). - "oh great...this is such a super idea...." - this is what you are doing here.
And no, I don't need anything from you, just can't see anymore this kind of things in a community i used to love.
OFFTOPIC: I kind of agree, SMF is stuck in time. However don't blame Bloc, blame the team.
Dig out a month-old topic for that? Yay...
Hmm... I'll prepare Curve2 for SMF 2.0 immediately and put inside SMF 2.0.9... or or click here (https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1)
hmmm... lol... put it in the first public beta (SMF 1.0) ...
or do not release at all just for the wankers / winers ...
people do what people do... still nice showcase goodluck all ;)
great theme, well done!...:D
So... When this theme will be available?
When the approximate timing of the release of a steep template?
Quote from: goutm on November 01, 2014, 12:48:56 PM
So... When this theme will be available?
Quote from: motosimak on November 06, 2014, 04:06:07 AM
When the approximate timing of the release of a steep template?
Uhm, not sure what a "steep template" is, but I guess you are asking for the same thing, and the answer is:
no idea. I'll only work on things I feel inspired to do, and right now UrbanLife isn't one of them.
Do you think the progress to this theme? :)