Time colour and topic colour

[protheory]

I'm having a few issues with my topic descriptions in various places. The time colour is different in some places than in others.

Like this.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...logy/time1.jpg

I've looked for ages at the code but I'd like to know how to spot the code controlling the time in each template then overload the colour method for each specific instance as and when I need to please.

Also I'm having trouble finding which code changes the colour of the cell containing my forum description, in this case my chat forum. I changed one of the alternating colours but I can't seem to isolate the instance of this cell in the code to change it to a different colour. I want the cell with the Chat Forum (under the navbar) to have a different background colour.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...escription.jpg


How do I insert a BR tag to move my new topic buttons and moderation dropdowns down a space?

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...picbuttons.jpg

Sorry about all the blobs, the black blob is my button but it's all a mess at the moment so I'm keeping it under wraps. I just want to move the button on the left down, the mod bit down, and the same at the top of the thread/forum where it says 'New Topic' above the displayed thread listing please.

I'd also like to put my banner inside its own cell inside another table. The problem I have is that I have a logo centred but it looks bad stretched so I would like to put it into its own cell and have this cell within another stretched cell with the same background image so that it blends in.

Thanks

[Jake Bunce]

The time color is set in your:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Main CSS (in the menu) -> Time Color

The rows of forums in the forum list are represented by these four templates:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Forum Home Templates -> forumhome_forumbit_*

When editing these templates you can use a conditional like this to show specific HTML code for forumid X:

<if condition="$forum[forumid] == X">

</if>

To add that break to the forumdisplay page, editing this template:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Forum Display Templates -> FORUMDISPLAY

Add the red code:

		</td>
	</tr>
	</tbody>
	<!-- end show no threads message -->
</if>
</table>

<br />

<!-- controls below thread list -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="margin-top:3px">
<tr valign="top">
	<td class="smallfont"><if condition="$show['newthreadlink']"><a href="newthread.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newthread&amp;f=$foruminfo[forumid]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/newthread.gif" alt="$vbphrase[post_new_thread]" border="0" /></a><else />&nbsp;</if></td>
	<if condition="$show['pagenav'] OR $show['inlinemod']">
		<td align="$stylevar[right]">$pagenav
		<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">

To edit the layout around the title image you need to edit this template:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Common Templates (in the menu) -> header

[protheory]

Thanks for the reply, the BR tag works perfectly but I can't seem to get the header table working. Here's my header template:

<br />
<br />
<table width="88%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="2"  align="center" >
<tr>
<td><!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<div align="center">
  <center>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" 

cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111">
<tr>
    <td width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
    <td width="100%" align="center"><br /><a 

href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img 

src="http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/example.jpg" width="95%" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" 

/></a></td>


    <td align="$stylevar[right]">
        &nbsp;

    </td>
</tr>
</table>



<!-- /logo -->

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output

I'd just like to put a table around my logo/banner image as mentioned above if possible please, so that I can put the code in for a matching image as the background for my new table or cell.

I need to know where to put the BR tags in my threadbit too please, the post reply buttons are now in need of spacing to match the forum buttons.

Thanks

[Jake Bunce]

I am not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to do in the header. Maybe you want to move the $spacer_open variable to the top so the page background area includes the title image.

To add a spacer to the showthread page, edit this template:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Show Thread Templates -> SHOWTHREAD

<div id="posts">$postbits<div id="lastpost"></div></div>

<!-- start content table -->
$spacer_open
<!-- / start content table -->

<br />

<!-- controls below postbits -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="top">
	<if condition="$show['largereplybutton']">
		<td class="smallfont"><a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$LASTPOSTID" rel="nofollow"><if condition="$show['closethread']"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply]" border="0" /><else /><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/threadclosed.gif" alt="$vbphrase[closed_thread]" border="0" /></if></a></td>

[protheory]

Thanks In my header I've got a stretched image and I'd like to overlay this image but with a matching background so it blends in giving the effect of an extended image. I just thought I could create a cell and have the background image in there and then put another cell inside this one with my current banner which would be overlayed on top. A cell within a cell, one cell with a background image and one with my banner in the middle should blend in nicely. Like the effect of nested quotes I think.

[Jake Bunce]

See this thread.

[protheory]

Thanks but that's not quite what I'm looking for but I'll be able to find another way around it I think no worries. Last thing I'd like to ask is how do I tile a category strip image?

I've already got a tiled CSS menu using the same image and I'd like to repeat just the image part in my category strips. I've searched all over but not found the right code yet. I understand that it's 'repeat something or other' but I'm not sure where to put the generic CSS tiling code for my strips.

Last thing I'll ask , I promise

[Jake Bunce]

The default style already uses a tiled category image:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Main CSS (in the menu) -> Category Strips

In the Background field there is this code:

#869BBF url(images/gradients/gradient_tcat.gif) repeat-x top left

You can see it references a gradient image that is tiled horizontally.

[protheory]

The default style already uses a tiled category image:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Main CSS (in the menu) -> Category Strips

In the Background field there is this code:

#869BBF url(images/gradients/gradient_tcat.gif) repeat-x top left

You can see it references a gradient image that is tiled horizontally.

That's just what I wanted, thanks