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#115793 - 03/09/04 08:39 PM design question
DocDoom Member Registered: 09/09/01 Posts: 64	Currently, my board uses a left frame to give the site a sidebar. I did it that way so the sidebar would remain static when the forum pages reloaded. But I notice most UBBs including this one use tables to incorporate a sidebar instead... what is the reason/advantage of this approach? thanks in advance for any insight. _________________________ my board :^)
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#115794 - 03/09/04 09:21 PM Re: design question
AllenAyres I type Like navaho Registered: 03/10/00 Posts: 25580 Loc: Texas	UBB doesn't always play well with frames... plus it's an easy thing for someone to break your site out of frames as well, which may or may not lose any ads, navigation, etc that are important to you and your site. _________________________ - Allen - What Drives You?
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#115795 - 03/09/04 10:35 PM Re: design question
PrimeTime Member Registered: 11/06/01 Posts: 1046	I like (and use) iframes. _________________________ Members Spotlight Winner bac-Clan --------------------
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#115796 - 03/13/04 08:08 AM Re: design question
Ian Spence Master Hacker Registered: 01/25/03 Posts: 3765 Loc: Saint Johns, PA	Frames = bad if the UBB is in the frame, but frames that are on the side of the UBB should be fine
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#115797 - 03/16/04 08:48 PM Re: design question
DocDoom Member Registered: 09/09/01 Posts: 64	thanks all _________________________ my board :^)
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#115798 - 05/08/04 04:18 PM Re: design question
GATOR420 Member Registered: 01/31/03 Posts: 118	I would like to use both a left and right table and have the bulletin board in the center.. Do I just add the html from the sidebar thread for both left and right sidebars in the footer? Also, if anyone has any idea where in the code I need to fix my category strip colors for the mods I have installed I would be most grateful... LINK HERE _________________________ -GATOR "Pain is temporary, Pride is forever"
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#115799 - 05/09/04 05:04 AM Re: design question
CTM Moderator / Da Masta Registered: 11/23/01 Posts: 2567	Well, it looks like you got the right sidebar sorted... For the left sidebar, just use the same HTML and put it in place of "UBB goes here". And the category strip colours look fine to me... What were you trying to do with them?
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#115800 - 05/09/04 08:01 AM Re: design question
GATOR420 Member Registered: 01/31/03 Posts: 118	Thanks CTM, when I view the board, It starts with recent visitors, with a white link and a blue background. Good Newsfader, dark blue background, light blue link, bad Forum, same background as recent visitors, white text. good Statistics, dark blue background with a dark blue link, bad Authority list, dark blue background with a dark blue link, bad Or at least this is the way I seem them and others have said they seen them... I'm just trying to get complete color scheme... Thanks! I also tried to add the header text for Left Nav into the header for my board in conjunction with Right Nav and it put a Top, Right, and Bottom table in the top middle in the header part of the board. That didn't quite work like I thought it would... _________________________ -GATOR "Pain is temporary, Pride is forever"
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#115801 - 05/09/04 08:36 AM Re: design question
Gizmo Wizard Registered: 01/10/00 Posts: 5354 Loc: Portland, OR, USA	Play with the values for "Text Colors" under "text" in your styles settings. _________________________ UBB.Dev - Where you too can render your UBB install completely useless... UGN Security, Elite Web Gamers & VNC Web Design & Development President UBB.Threads: My UBBSkins, UBB.Sitemaps
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#115802 - 05/09/04 09:09 AM

Re: design question

Ian Spence Offline

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Registered: 01/25/03
Posts: 3765
Loc: Saint Johns, PA

for statistics, in ubb_statistics.cgi,

find:

Code:

				<font size="$vars_style{TextSize}" face="$vars_style{FontFace}" color="$vars_style{CategoryStripTextColor}">
					<b><a href="$ULTIMATEBB{"ubb=statistics"}">$vars_wordlets{statistics_header}</a></b></font>

replace with:

Code:

				<b><a href="$ULTIMATEBB{"ubb=statistics"}"><font size="$vars_style{TextSize}" face="$vars_style{FontFace}" color="$vars_style{CategoryStripTextColor}">
					$vars_wordlets{statistics_header}</font></a></b>

then in public_forum_summary.pl,

find:

Code:

<font size="$vars_style{TextSize}" color="$vars_style{CategoryStripTextColor}" face="$vars_style{FontFace}"><b>
<a href="$vars_config{CGIURL}/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=authority">$vars_wordlets{auth_list}</a></b></font>

replace with:

Code:

<b><a href="$vars_config{CGIURL}/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=authority">
<font size="$vars_style{TextSize}" color="$vars_style{CategoryStripTextColor}" face="$vars_style{FontFace}">$vars_wordlets{auth_list}</font></a></b>

that should fix both of them

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#115803 - 05/09/04 09:38 AM Re: design question
GATOR420 Member Registered: 01/31/03 Posts: 118	Yay! It worked. Thanks so much. Now at least Newsfader, Statistics, and Authority List all have the same colors. If I wanted to change the colors of them to another color theme, is that adjustable through the styles applet in the control panel? Or would I have to go mess around in the code every time I wanted to change the top strip and link color? _________________________ -GATOR "Pain is temporary, Pride is forever"
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#115804 - 05/09/04 10:20 AM Re: design question
Ian Spence Master Hacker Registered: 01/25/03 Posts: 3765 Loc: Saint Johns, PA	that's available in the styles applet
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#115805 - 06/16/04 12:27 PM Re: design question
DocDoom Member Registered: 09/09/01 Posts: 64	ok, another design question -- I just upgraded to 6.7. I had been using JCTemplates, "high-tech blue," which had looked very nice on my board. Now I'm back to stock and it's kind of ugly. Has anyone adopted JC's templates for 6.7, or is there an alternative with a similar look/feel that I could try? _________________________ my board :^)
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#115806 - 06/16/04 12:37 PM Re: design question
Ian Spence Master Hacker Registered: 01/25/03 Posts: 3765 Loc: Saint Johns, PA	no one has ported his templates to 6.7, and there are currently no alternate templates released. However, it's possible an alternate template set would be released in a couple weeks
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#115807 - 06/16/04 01:14 PM Re: design question
DocDoom Member Registered: 09/09/01 Posts: 64	thanks, I'll keep my eyes peeled. _________________________ my board :^)
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#115808 - 06/16/04 10:11 PM Re: design question
Gizmo Wizard Registered: 01/10/00 Posts: 5354 Loc: Portland, OR, USA	As I recall the JCT hooks where removed from the stock code also _________________________ UBB.Dev - Where you too can render your UBB install completely useless... UGN Security, Elite Web Gamers & VNC Web Design & Development President UBB.Threads: My UBBSkins, UBB.Sitemaps
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