My next theme
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@Tanner You can download it by doing
npm install nodebb-theme-vanilla..........
A more serious answer. I wouldn't say no to a home.tpl plugin that utilises mixitup, something like psychobunnys classic homepage themeplugin. But with Mixitup support.
However for a proper answer, I think people would really like an old style forum view. Maybe something like IPBoard or Xenforo. Just for the purists.
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I am in fact already working on something very close to that as we speak! Like a monstrosity of NodeBB to make it look old and decrepit
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Maybe you might find some inspiration here: http://www.rockettheme.com/phpbb/styles
It's still the traditional forum look, but a more modern looking approach to it. Would be nice to see a proper traditional design going
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@psychobunny I really like this design http://demo.rockettheme.com/live/phpbb/index.php?style=117/
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You can find some inspiration here aswell
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@Tanner In term of UX it's nice, maybe the dar grey bar under the header should have verticaly aligned text.
In term of UI it's too monochromatic and sad but if you plan in changing the colors accordingly to one defined at the start it could be very nice.
For instance I choose pink all the black is replaced by pink and the greys with a lighter pink color. (just an idea).I don't feel like the shoutbox is at the right place. (Or you need to get rid of the margins or add some on top).
And that Avant Garde Logo is not right.
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I'm thinking of using #0E887E as the base color for this theme instead of the pink. Will upload screenshots of it later without the ~avant garde~ logo
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@Tanner said:
I'm thinking of using #0E887E as the base color for this theme instead of the pink. Will upload screenshots of it later without the ~avant garde~ logo
The closest websafe colour to that is #033, so I'd go with that if you want consistency.
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I suppose you're right haha
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Wow you're quick. Looks good man, great start.
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@esiao That's what I've got now, after some deliberation. There will be a default colour of course but the color will be able to be changed by altering the
@brand-primaryvariable.There's still a tricky thing I'm trying to fix where the footer starts at the end of sidebar, but the sidebar doesn't always go the length of the main body. I put "custom links" in the sidebar to push it down but not everyone will want those. Would providing instructions on setting the height of the last widget be sufficient?
Edit: Scratch that, changed the height variable on the category area and fixed it!
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@Tanner Put the text on the photo in white
That's nice so far, for the header image have you planned to be able to change it via ACP ? I'm asking this because my theme will use a header image + another feature linked to that and I'm wondering if I do a plugin or just part of a plugin in my theme. -
@esiao You'd do that with an additional plugin, not in the theme itself. I'm considering doing that with this one but it might be too complex for a theme that's meant to be old-school
Edit: as far as I know, but I could be wrong.
