Stealth

[matt1122]

Link to the theme


A simple and somewhat minimalist light-on-dark theme based heavily upon curve. In addition, the menu and horizontal sub-menu have been fixed to the top of the page so that they are easier to find and do not move when scrolling or changing pages. There are two packages. The "classic" version maintains more of the Curve style, while the main package has more minimalist borders and a fully relocated header (as opposed to just the main menu).

Note: The SMF logo must be replaced with text for things to lay out correctly. In a future update, I'll change it so that it looks right before this is done. You can make this change by going to Admin > Configuration > Current Theme, and entering a site slogan.

Please see theme page for demos and the latest updates!

[Crip]

gotta Demo?

[matt1122]

Unfortunately, I don't have a full working Demo up at this time.  It's on my list of things to do.  In the meantime, you can see a bit what it looks like as implemented on my World of Warcraft guild's website here:

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

Edit:  The user-selectable wallpaper thing is done to keep our users' ability to check the forums from work from being blocked by the Dungeons & Dragons nature of the site.  The gray background it comes with by default is bland, but I don't have the rights to redistribute the images I use for the background on that site.  You can download the script to switch CSS sheets here: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/stylesheetswitcher.htm

[ARG01]

Looking good so far. 

[matt1122]

Alright, a demo is now available at stealth.theshinyblue.com.  I have also identified two small problems which can be fixed as follows for anyone currently using this theme:

Version 0.9b for SMF2.0 RC3

Problem:	Buttons appear on top of the menu bar as you scroll down the page rather than below it.
Fix:	Open /css/index.css and find #main_menu.  Add the text z-index: 50; between the { brackets }.

Problem:	With certain background images in place, the borders to the left and right of the main content section of each page will show as a different color from those along the rounded top and bottom borders.
Fix:	Open /css/index.css and find #content_section.  Add the text border-left:1px solid #444444; border-right:1px solid #444444; between the { brackets }.

I will try to release a new version in September or whenever the next version of SMF 2.0 is released which fixes these bugs and any others.

[ControlledBurn]

An index.template.php would be awesome.

[lucas-ruroken]

Good theme but your forum containz xhtml errors

[matt1122]

An index.template.php would be awesome.

I left index.template.php out because all of this theme's modifications to curve are done using CSS and image replacements.  If you want to make changes to the template files, you can just copy one into the folder and go to it.

Good theme but your forum containz xhtml errors

Our guild website? Yeah, it's got issues.  Some of them seem to be from SimplePortal, others from custom modules and other modifications I've used on that site.  You'll note that the demo site (http://stealth.theshinyblue.com/) validates fine!

As far as making these changes to the theme goes, I've taken up some other projects and will get back to this as soon as I can!  This includes the one css validation error.

[actmind]

Why did it give me: Unable to load the 'html_above' template.
when i installed the theme?

[matt1122]

I'm not sure, however the theme itself should not be the problem, as it does not contain an html_above subtemplate.  In fact, it doesn't include an index.template.php file at all.  The theme uses only css and image files to modify the appearance of the default template and shouldn't cause any php errors at all under any circumstances (since the theme doesn't contain any PHP code).

What version of SMF are you using?
What modifications?

Based on the fact that the next theme you were using had problems as well, I suspect that there's something wrong with your index.template.php, perhaps as the result of modifications to this file by yourself or any packages you've installed.

[matt1122]

I finally got around to doing a clean install of RC4 and updating this theme to work better with that version.

[matt1122]

The latest (2.0 Release) version of SMF is compatible with this theme as-is. Please let me know if you are using the latest version (0.9d or the one currently posted) and are having any problems.

[matt1122]

Had to fix an issue with the QuickReply and Editor boxes in SMF 2.0. Maybe this used to be hard-coded?

I've kept the classic version of this theme up-to-date, but some changes have been made to the layout in the latest version. Curve borders have been removed from the main content area and the entire header is now fixed at the top of the page. I'd love some suggestions to make upper_section less intrusive.

[Pentaxian]

Stealth Classic 2.0b doesn't function in 2.0.

[matt1122]

It definitely does, see the working demo:

http://stealth.theshinyblue.com/classic/

If you're having a problem installing, let me know the error you're getting.

[DGkoruptedMINDS]

okay i got 2 questions. first off ive been looking for someone to help me with coding because i have minimal knowledge in it. well my questions are 1) how could i change the graident color in the background to a photoshopped background? and 2) can someone modify the index for me to make SMFPACKS SHOUTBOX appear and function with this theme? ive been looking for a clean theme to work with that and id be happy! i am running 2.0 by the way.

any help would be amazing!!
-keith q.

[matt1122]

To change the background, you will need to edit the /css/index.css file. You want to go to the body { } element and then change the background property. If you give me the URL of the image you want to use (once it's uploaded) and tell me how you want to have it displayed (non-repeating, centered, on the left and repeating vertically, etc.) I can try to give you the exact code you would need to replace. For more general information and/or to learn how to do it yourself, see the W3Schools guide to the CSS background property: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp

As far as the shout box goes, this theme doesn't actually require an index. All of the styling is done in images and CSS. If you delete index.template from the theme folder, it will use the default index template, meaning any mods that work on the default theme will then work with this one.

[DGkoruptedMINDS]

To change the background, you will need to edit the /css/index.css file. You want to go to the body { } element and then change the background property. If you give me the URL of the image you want to use (once it's uploaded) and tell me how you want to have it displayed (non-repeating, centered, on the left and repeating vertically, etc.) I can try to give you the exact code you would need to replace. For more general information and/or to learn how to do it yourself, see the W3Schools guide to the CSS background property: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp [nofollow]

As far as the shout box goes, this theme doesn't actually require an index. All of the styling is done in images and CSS. If you delete index.template from the theme folder, it will use the default index template, meaning any mods that work on the default theme will then work with this one.

AWESOME!! your the ONLY person that has even answered  me! here i just whipped something up its a black and red themed site that the forums are associated with but here ( http://tinypic.com/r/160syrr/7 [nofollow] ).

thank you thank you thank you!
keith q.

[DGkoruptedMINDS]

also i installed the theme and it did not work i guess it cleared everything and left just stacked text on the page. :/

[matt1122]

Sounds like it didn't install properly for some reason? Is there anything in the /themes/stealth/ folder?