Black Rain

[shady586]

Can someone help me with a few things regarding this BlackRain theme?

I'm using SMF 2.0 RC1.2

I am trying to make changes to two things withing the board index of this theme.  I want to put images as my board titles which have a background that spans across 4 images and will connect when the images are placed on top of each other.  But I run in to two problems when attempting to do this.

I put the hyperlinked board title images in the DESCRIPTION box of "modify board" but I cannot figure out how to remove the TEXT LINKS which still appear above each image on the board index.  How do I remove the original board title links without messing up their identity on the rest of the board?  I tried putting the image link in the Board Title box instead of description but that messes all of the indexing up and shows the image wherever that board title appears obviously.

The second problem is figuring out how to remove the PADDING from the board index so that the images will connect.  I want it so that the backgrounds of the board title images will connect on their tops and bottoms.

Here is an exact example of what I want to do.  Although it seems to be a different theme you can at least tell what I'm trying to do.

newgnr.com/forum/index.php

I want there to be no padding and no board title links.  Just images as links.  Any help is appreciated.

[Crip]

I suggest you update 2.0 RC2 asap!

[okae]

hi, what is the latest version of this theme? blackrain_RC?

[Crip]

2.0 RC2

[Hardcase]

I have searched this topic for the answer to a previously asked question.

SMF 1.1.10
TP 1.0
BlackRainV2
with several mods, flashchat, custom action mod, etc

I have lost my visual verification using this theme, it works fine in the default theme but not in BRv2 can someone point me in the right direction as to why this maybe happening?

If you need any other information please ask.

[Crip]

I really have no idea why ?? .... it should work..

[chaosweapon]

There are some minor bugs. I'll mention them here so that you can fix them. (SMF2RC2)

Large text is not displayed correctly. For example the bottom part of 'y' is not displayed. The problem gets worse when you place large text in a marquee.

Some images are missing:
mirrortab_active_back.gif
mirrortab_last.gif
mirrortab_active_first.gif
mirrortab_active_last.gif
mirrortab_first.gif
admintab_back.gif
admintab_active_right.gif
admintab_active_left.gif
admintab_right.gif
admintab_left.gif
(this means i get a 404 for the above images when using the Black Rain theme)

Thank you for the theme. I like it .

[xtole]

Very nice theme. Would like it better if the NEW post icon had more contrast or color from the NO NEW post one. Hard to tell them apart at a glance.

[Crip]

Both 11.11 and 20 RC2 versions has been updated.

[Snailx]

Hello Crip!

First of all, nice theme ! ! ! 
Now the questions xD :

Is there any possibility that this theme could have a version with a little less width?

I mean, so that the scrool bar doesn't appear...
If you'd answered this before i'm sorry

[movingfeet]

Sigh..

It's part of the theme options in every version of SMF.  Admin > Themes and Layout > Theme Options > select BLACK RAIN > scroll down till you see the field for forum width.

[Snailx]

Lol I choose to use the V2, but thx anyways

[Rockermann]

Same here on the width. Seems fixed... doesn't re-size with the browser window. Entering a width in the theme settings doesn't seem to make any difference.

Is this truly a fixed width theme? I believe it re-sized before?

[movingfeet]

Lol I choose to use the V2, but thx anyways

"lol"  What is so funny?  Or do you merely use it as a prefix to your sentence?


I am using V2 as well.  It is present in all versions of smf.  I have personally changed it that way and it works.  Enter it in percentages.  Ex:  90%.  You must enter the percentage sign.

[Rockermann]

I am using V2 as well.  It is present in all versions of smf.  I have personally changed it that way and it works.  Enter it in percentages.  Ex:  90%.  You must enter the percentage sign.

I tried using pixels dimensions and percentages (50%, 75% & 90%) and neither had any effect on how the forum was displayed.

[movingfeet]

I see.

Then you need to edit it in the index.css file.  Are you familiar with css?

[movingfeet]

Can someone help me with a few things regarding this BlackRain theme?

I'm using SMF 2.0 RC1.2

I am trying to make changes to two things withing the board index of this theme.  I want to put images as my board titles which have a background that spans across 4 images and will connect when the images are placed on top of each other.  But I run in to two problems when attempting to do this.

I put the hyperlinked board title images in the DESCRIPTION box of "modify board" but I cannot figure out how to remove the TEXT LINKS which still appear above each image on the board index.  How do I remove the original board title links without messing up their identity on the rest of the board?  I tried putting the image link in the Board Title box instead of description but that messes all of the indexing up and shows the image wherever that board title appears obviously.

The second problem is figuring out how to remove the PADDING from the board index so that the images will connect.  I want it so that the backgrounds of the board title images will connect on their tops and bottoms.

Here is an exact example of what I want to do.  Although it seems to be a different theme you can at least tell what I'm trying to do.

newgnr.com/forum/index.php

I want there to be no padding and no board title links.  Just images as links.  Any help is appreciated.

To do the thing with the images and text links.  You need to first change what background style each category is going to use in the Themes\default\BoardIndex.template.php file.  That's the file and location for 2.0 RC2.  I'm assuming it's similar for RC1.  I hope.

Anyway.  The way it works is that since categories can be created and deleted, the background style is generically generated between two alternating styles.  These two styles are identified and created in the Themes\default\[theme name]\css\index.css file.  For RC2 it is .windowbg and .windowbg2 .  To do what you need, you may have to create several background style definitions of your own then work it out in the board index php file.  Main reason is that .windowbg and .wondowbg2 styles are also used for alternating topic list (when viewing a board), post background styles, and single page generation (like the Help page, etc).  As you can see, it would be a rather complex ordeal. 

Good luck.

[Rockermann]

Then you need to edit it in the index.css file.  Are you familiar with css?

Somewhat... I'll check it out. Thanks.

[movingfeet]

No problem.  It should be located somewhere in the beginning of the file.  When you modify the width in admin, it probably doesn't work because Crip has a specific width set in the css file.  It seems that the css file specifications take precedence over soft mods made using the admin center.  I think that if you remove the width setting altogether from the css file that the soft mod will work for you.  That or you can modify it in the css file directly from now on.  Your choice.

[Crip]

It's near the bottom of teh css/index.css

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#br_wrap {
width: 1240px;         <===Set your Width Here===>
background-color: #222222;
border: 1px solid #000;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0px 30px 30px 30px;
}