Don Kuramura

Advanced Styling using Templates: A Visual Dictionary for CMS and Forums (PDF)

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on Wed 25th Nov '09 at 6:21am (21994 Views)

We have created 2 new PDF documents that empower customers and our developer community to make advanced customizations to their vBulletin 4.0 powered site.

1). Forum Templates Visual Dictionary
2). CMS Templates Visual Dictionary

These Templates Visual Dictionary documents will help you "visually" identify templates used on each page or module. By understanding a template structure for a given page/module , you will be able to control the layout and design of every item on the page. If you want to radically change the UI to fit your theme and style or you decide to display only certain data on a page , this is completely possible with the vB4 template system.

Here's what other documents we are currently working on:

Blog Templates Visual Dictionary

Blog StyleVar Visual Dictionary

CMS StyleVar Visual Dictionary

Updated Forum StyleVar Visual Dictionary

Ok, that's all for now. I hope these documents will make customizing and skinning easier for you.

Thank you everyone for your great suggestions and overwhelming support.

Don

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Comments

Floris - Wed 25th Nov '09 6:57am

Is the vbulletin.com/docs/ section getting updated to link to these resources? That would possibly be a handy place.
interfx - Wed 25th Nov '09 7:03am

Awesome!
PitchouneN64ngc - Wed 25th Nov '09 7:34am

Great, I'll into it more in proof when I have some time
Eidolon - Wed 25th Nov '09 7:35am

Thank you Don.
abroad - Wed 25th Nov '09 7:47am

where can I change the background color of the navbar (the area below the tabs), where you find "My Blog" "Recent Entries" ???
Scott - Wed 25th Nov '09 8:20am

Thank you!
Been Told - Wed 25th Nov '09 8:41am

Originally Posted by abroad

where can I change the background color of the navbar (the area below the tabs), where you find "My Blog" "Recent Entries" ???

Maybe ask that in an appropriate forum rather than in a comment for a blog entry?
Been Told - Wed 25th Nov '09 8:52am

Thanks for the PDFs - I hope they'll clear up a couple of questions I'm having with the skinning of forumhome.
cam2 - Wed 25th Nov '09 9:14am

Fantastic! Keep them coming!
Stilgar - Wed 25th Nov '09 9:26am

Great stuff. Thanks!
abroad - Wed 25th Nov '09 10:21am

Originally Posted by Been Told

Maybe ask that in an appropriate forum rather than in a comment for a blog entry?

have asked but nobody had an answer on this
Shelby - Wed 25th Nov '09 10:58am

Only thing missing is an explination of what the doc_background vs page_background and how the two are opposite what you might think.
Andrew Elkins - Wed 25th Nov '09 12:08pm

Originally Posted by abroad

have asked but nobody had an answer on this

In the stylevars: NavBar -> navbar_background
abroad - Wed 25th Nov '09 2:04pm

Originally Posted by Andrew Elkins

In the stylevars: NavBar -> navbar_background

Does this also change the part below the navbar tabs or only the part above the navbar tabs?
PixelFX - Wed 25th Nov '09 3:44pm

thank you
*sayed* - Wed 25th Nov '09 4:03pm

Thanks a lot
anthonyparsons - Wed 25th Nov '09 4:43pm

Excellent potential from this system... will be interesting to style.
HondaATC - Wed 25th Nov '09 10:08pm

Thank you Don, I'm reviewing these .pdf's right now and am going to play with them on my test forum some in my one style I've already been working with
sportsfi - Thu 26th Nov '09 8:12am

Thanks for this Don, hopefully it will answer many of the questions people keep posting in the forums
Wiking - Thu 26th Nov '09 2:07pm

Excellent potential from this system I think !