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Title: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 06, 2018, 10:48:35 AM
So im working on this 2.0 theme. It uses SMF responsive mod (thanx team for doing this). Responsive dropdown menu, blah blah blah mobile friendly. ...and as always, simple themes are better.

Demo: https://idesignsmf.com/demo/index.php  This is my dev site, things will be broken from time to time,


Edited per request. ~ Steve
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: SychO on August 06, 2018, 10:58:20 AM
That's a beautiful looking theme, I love the colors :)
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 06, 2018, 11:00:10 AM
Quote from: SychO on August 06, 2018, 10:58:20 AM
That's a beautiful looking theme, I love the colors :)
Thanx bro... i'm crazy about flat colors/design :)
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 06, 2018, 03:55:39 PM
For some reason i cant modify my own posts....

Here are some more screenshots..

(https://www.idesignsmf.com/demo-images/geekmobile.png)

(https://www.idesignsmf.com/demo-images/geekmobile4.png)

(https://www.idesignsmf.com/demo-images/geekmobile2.png)

(https://www.idesignsmf.com/demo-images/geekmobile1.png)

(https://www.idesignsmf.com/demo-images/geekmobile3.png)

Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: SychO on August 06, 2018, 04:14:10 PM
You can't modify ? Are you referring to the quick edit option by any chance ?
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 06, 2018, 04:17:19 PM
Quote from: SychO on August 06, 2018, 04:14:10 PM
You can't modify ? Are you referring to the quick edit option by any chance ?
first post... i dont see an option to modify.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: SychO on August 06, 2018, 04:22:50 PM
You must've done smthn in the display template
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 06, 2018, 04:24:02 PM
Quote from: SychO on August 06, 2018, 04:22:50 PM
You must've done smthn in the display template
no no no,  i cant modify my own post (first one) in this section here in SMF.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: SychO on August 06, 2018, 04:26:08 PM
Oh man, you confused me lol
Yea you can only edit after a short amount of time of posting the post/Topic
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 06, 2018, 04:28:25 PM
Quote from: SychO on August 06, 2018, 04:26:08 PM
Oh man, you confused me lol
Yea you can only edit after a short amount of time of posting the post/Topic
Oh. Well that's new to me. lol
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: GigaWatt on August 06, 2018, 07:51:35 PM
Quote from: SychO on August 06, 2018, 04:26:08 PM
Yea you can only edit after a short amount of time of posting the post/Topic

I think it's a day (24 hours).
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Steve on August 07, 2018, 06:40:03 PM
First post edited per your latest request, Mick. :)
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 07, 2018, 06:43:15 PM
Quote from: Steve on August 07, 2018, 06:40:03 PM
First post edited per your latest request, Mick. :)
i was looking for a 'like' button lol, thanx bro
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Steve on August 07, 2018, 07:14:06 PM
Anytime. :)
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: lurkalot on August 08, 2018, 03:35:33 AM
Nice job on the theme Mick.  Not a lover of pink  8) but wanted to give it a try and see how it hangs out with the now responsive Tinyportal installed, have to say it works nicely. 

I have one small issue though, for me the blue text in the welcome area (top right) is a bit difficult to see against the dark background. Other than that it's very clean and great looking.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Antes on August 08, 2018, 04:22:15 AM
Its always nice to see talented people to create new things in SMF :) and I'm glad responsive_curve helping theme authors to shape their base responsiveness.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 08, 2018, 06:46:42 AM
Quote from: lurkalot on August 08, 2018, 03:35:33 AM
Nice job on the theme Mick.  Not a lover of pink  8) but wanted to give it a try and see how it hangs out with the now responsive Tinyportal installed, have to say it works nicely. 

I have one small issue though, for me the blue text in the welcome area (top right) is a bit difficult to see against the dark background. Other than that it's very clean and great looking.

Thanx bro... yea, im not a fan of pink either lol, heck my site is green and i dont like it either, im more of a blue type of guy lol. The color in the user area is easy to change. This template is plain, it has nothing extra like social icons, google ad placement like ive done on my other themes. This theme is very lightweight, under 400kb. Not like most themes that are over a 1000kb.My theme dont use images, just colors since that's my style. Simple and flat without the clutter. Ive seen people using bootstrap for the mobile menu, i didnt use it. Personally i dont like how the responsiveness takes the simpleportal blocks and drops it below the forum in mobile view, it should be display: none.

Quote from: Antes on August 08, 2018, 04:22:15 AM
Its always nice to see talented people to create new things in SMF :) and I'm glad responsive_curve helping theme authors to shape their base responsiveness.
I wish i had known about responsive_curve before. Until 4 days ago, i found it in the mod site. I made my site responsive years ago but never ventured the admin area and profile. Im glad the team did, they saved me a lot of time lol and themes can be cooked out much faster.

btw, this theme has been in the cue for approval here or you can get a copy at my site.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: d3vcho on August 08, 2018, 06:48:52 AM
It looks very good! It's nice to see a SMF Friend getting back to 'action' :P
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 08, 2018, 06:51:09 AM
Quote from: d3vcho(void) on August 08, 2018, 06:48:52 AM
It looks very good! It's nice to see a SMF Friend getting back to 'action' :P
Hahahaha thanx man, i took a 4 year leave, now that im back, things have changed for sure, trying to dabble SMF again.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: -Rock Lee- on August 08, 2018, 12:33:05 PM
I like the base very much :P I will probably use it for the new version of my site... I'll see if I take time! ... great work @Mick.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Kindred on August 08, 2018, 04:08:03 PM
not bad. :)


It's clean, but a little angular/cornered for my tastes.

I'm a fan of low image designs... but you can accomplish a whole bunch without images that don't look quote as blocky. :)

For example: The only images we use on fx-sabers is the background and the header.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 08, 2018, 04:31:22 PM
Quote from: Kindred on August 08, 2018, 04:08:03 PM
not bad. :)


It's clean, but a little angular/cornered for my tastes.

I'm a fan of low image designs... but you can accomplish a whole bunch without images that don't look quote as blocky. :)

For example: The only images we use on fx-sabers is the background and the header.

Yup, i dont use images at all. My style is a template without the clutter, Simple is better lol  Yeah,, rounded corners, easy fix.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Biology Forums on August 08, 2018, 11:34:51 PM
What are your thoughts on Bootstrap-based themes? It makes creating columns almost too simple, and really helps keeping themes responsive with little effort
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 08, 2018, 11:58:55 PM
Quote from: Study Force on August 08, 2018, 11:34:51 PM
What are your thoughts on Bootstrap-based themes? It makes creating columns almost too simple, and really helps keeping themes responsive with little effort
you don't need bootstrap to make it responsive. My site is responsive with no bootstrap. It's all css work. Then again, I've not ventured how these other themes are using it
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Antes on August 09, 2018, 08:58:12 AM
Quote from: Study Force on August 08, 2018, 11:34:51 PM
What are your thoughts on Bootstrap-based themes? It makes creating columns almost too simple, and really helps keeping themes responsive with little effort

Bootstrap requires complete rewrite for each of the template otherwise it won't be as effective as you think.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Mick. on August 09, 2018, 09:12:54 AM
Quote from: Antes on August 09, 2018, 08:58:12 AM
Quote from: Study Force on August 08, 2018, 11:34:51 PM
What are your thoughts on Bootstrap-based themes? It makes creating columns almost too simple, and really helps keeping themes responsive with little effort

Bootstrap requires complete rewrite for each of the template otherwise it won't be as effective as you think.

I download a copy of bootstrap generic template yesterday. It seems to make it effective, you would have to modify the main files, display.template, profile.templeate, index.template, board.index and so on and leave admin alone. Admin duties should be performed behind desktop instead of mobile device.. That's a lot of work. When adding mods, this could be a problem. Nah, im not using bootstrap. I dont need it.
Title: Re: Me too getting in the responsive theme game
Post by: Biology Forums on August 09, 2018, 10:22:07 PM
Just love how simple it is to implement buttons, sign-in modals, 
carousel, etc. I think once implemented, everything else becomes easy, except the hard part is its implementation to which I understand your point.