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Title: [Theme] "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 09, 2005, 06:31:40 PM
Well i decided it was about time i tried my hand at a theme. It`s  all monochrome.

There`s a seperate file that contains all the buttons and icons etc. And a bunch of alternative bits too.


Live demo: http://hamburger-deluxe.co.uk/smftest/index.php

As soon as 1.1 is out i`ll update should anyone be interested.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Elmacik on November 09, 2005, 07:48:42 PM
Not too bad :) And usable
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: 1MileCrash on November 09, 2005, 07:59:36 PM
I like the range of greys. The gradients work really good.

Also, try modding boardindex.template. Probabally the easyest file to modify, but has a great impact on the look of the forum home.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: xenovanis on November 10, 2005, 01:25:32 AM
Nice  :)
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 10, 2005, 02:21:27 AM
Thanks guys  :D

The Boardindex template looks a bit scarey to me Tipp  ;)
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: 1MileCrash on November 10, 2005, 07:00:50 AM
meh, just ignore most of the first chunk. THat's just linktree, newsfader, etc. look at the foreach statments. "foreach category, do this:" basically. and it's just simple tables from there.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 10, 2005, 07:06:31 AM
Lol
Don`t forget i cannot code  ;)

Anyway, can you tell me how to centre the logo please?

               <span style="font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;"><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/mono_logo.jpg" border="0"></center></span>';

I tried the "basis graphics guide and ended up with a parse error.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: 1MileCrash on November 10, 2005, 07:10:13 AM
that's because there was an error in the code on the basic graphic faq. try this.

<center><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/IMAGE.GIF" align="center"></center>

double quote where should be single quote.

you really dont neeed all of the span stuff. I usually eidt it out. Then again, i usually edit out the whole headerarea div anyways.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 10, 2005, 07:22:54 AM
That worked  :D

Thanks Tipp. I think i`ll leave it at that for now.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 10, 2005, 12:24:16 PM
Ok i`m done.

How now does one submit it up etc?
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: 1MileCrash on November 10, 2005, 12:38:47 PM
email the archive to me, and ill attatch it to the post
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 10, 2005, 12:43:08 PM
Archive?
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: forsakenlad on November 10, 2005, 12:43:50 PM
He means package it up as a zip or a tar.gz "archive" and send it ;)
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 10, 2005, 12:46:37 PM
Ahhhh duh me. Thanks  ;)
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 10, 2005, 12:49:59 PM
Ok, and this is done as a backup type thing? Sorry but i`ve never done this sort of thing before.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 10, 2005, 06:09:39 PM
Can someone please explain to me how i can get this theme zipped up and ready.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 10, 2005, 07:06:12 PM
Ok
Almost ready to be put up for grabs, thanks to Tippmaster. I`ll tidy up this thread too  ;)
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: 1MileCrash on November 10, 2005, 07:59:04 PM
hey, cheese burger. You need theme_info.xml in the theme's root directory. Ill create one for you.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: JayBachatero on November 10, 2005, 08:01:30 PM
Well ZIP it up.  use WinZIP and send it to Tipp or to me.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: 1MileCrash on November 10, 2005, 08:04:19 PM
he already sent it to me..

attatched.
Title: Re: Theme in progress.....1st attempt. Maybe called "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 11, 2005, 03:10:46 AM
Thanks Tipp  ;D
Title: Re: [Theme] "Mono"
Post by: J. Williams on November 11, 2005, 12:54:53 PM
You going to make it for 1.1 rc 1?
Title: Re: [Theme] "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 11, 2005, 01:17:16 PM
As soon as i can get a safe upgrade to RC1 i`ll do it no worries.

My problem is that i`m **** scared of code lol.
Title: Re: [Theme] "Mono"
Post by: J. Williams on November 11, 2005, 01:21:22 PM
Just backup your old smf & sql files in case of any errors during the process
Title: Re: [Theme] "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 11, 2005, 01:26:11 PM
Maybe i`ll ask a kindly person to help me out ;) Either that or wait for the Package Manager
Title: Re: [Theme] "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 12, 2005, 09:41:38 AM
Wahoo  :D

Somebody liked it enough to download it.
Title: Re: [Theme] "Mono"
Post by: egames on November 12, 2005, 09:49:52 AM
bad  :-\
Title: Re: [Theme] "Mono"
Post by: Cheese-Burger on November 12, 2005, 10:39:35 AM
Quote from: egames on November 12, 2005, 09:49:52 AM
bad  :-\

Because?