illustrative

[Fussilet]

Link to the theme


illustrative is modern SMF2 theme

demo: www.smfdesign.net

[Crip]

Nice theme bro ,

  Congrats

[Fussilet]

thanks Lord

[Hydro-CCleaned]

Thanks your theme is way good.

However on my site how do I center the header.jpg? I can't find Header in the styesheets nor anywhere else I can only find it in index.template.php

[Wh1teLeopard]

Love the theme! Just wondering, the buttons in places such as admin, profile and help (the ones that aren't in the menu bar at the top) you can't read them on my forum. They are there because you can read it when you highlight it, so I'm assuming they are white on a white background. Where are they in the style sheet? I can't work it out 

I've uploaded screen shots of what I mean here:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v661/Wh1teLeopard/Illustrative%20theme%20problem/

They appear on mouse over, and are there when you highlight them, but otherwise you can't see the other options.

[Fussilet]

open style/index.css

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find:
.dropmenu a
{
display: block;
color: #eee;
text-decoration: none;
}

replace with:

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.dropmenu a
{
display: block;
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
}

[Wh1teLeopard]

Yay! Thank you so much 

[Chas Large]

Nice looking theme but found the same problem. Shouldn't have to hack the CSS for the buttons to be seen correctly. Why wasn't this tested before approval?

Also all these options are missing:

Logo image URL:
(leave blank to show forum name or default logo.)

Site slogan:
Add your own text for a slogan here. It will replace the SMF logo.

Forum width:
Set the forum width. Examples: 950px, 80%, 1240px.

So cannot change the Logo, Slogan, Width. Can't be doing with hacking the code to add a logo.

[Gary]

Chas, like I said in the other topic which you accidentally posted in, and probably missed:

Shouldn't have to hack the CSS for the buttons to be seen correctly. Why wasn't this tested before approval?

It's a minor CSS bug, and Fussilet probably uses the sidebar menu over dropdowns and it slipped his mind to check the dropdowns. It's a minor fix, it'd generally be pointed out during approval, but it wont be something that'd hold it back. At least, not when Runic and I were handling them.

Also all these options are missing:

Logo image URL:
(leave blank to show forum name or default logo.)

Site slogan:
Add your own text for a slogan here. It will replace the SMF logo.

Forum width:
Set the forum width. Examples: 950px, 80%, 1240px.

So cannot change the Logo, Slogan, Width. Can't be doing with hacking the code to add a logo.

Supporting those options is not a requirement for approval, so they are very much allowed to be removed, some themes are even designed in such a way, that it can't support the features anyway. Many themes previously left the settings in and they did nothing, so a new guideline was made that if the features did nothing, they should be removed.

[Chas Large]

Chas, like I said in the other topic which you accidentally posted in, and probably missed:

Shouldn't have to hack the CSS for the buttons to be seen correctly. Why wasn't this tested before approval?

It's a minor CSS bug, and Fussilet probably uses the sidebar menu over dropdowns and it slipped his mind to check the dropdowns. It's a minor fix, it'd generally be pointed out during approval, but it wont be something that'd hold it back. At least, not when Runic and I were handling them.

Also all these options are missing:

Logo image URL:
(leave blank to show forum name or default logo.)

Site slogan:
Add your own text for a slogan here. It will replace the SMF logo.

Forum width:
Set the forum width. Examples: 950px, 80%, 1240px.

So cannot change the Logo, Slogan, Width. Can't be doing with hacking the code to add a logo.

Supporting those options is not a requirement for approval, so they are very much allowed to be removed, some themes are even designed in such a way, that it can't support the features anyway. Many themes previously left the settings in and they did nothing, so a new guideline was made that if the features did nothing, they should be removed.

Thanks, I didn't miss the comments I just didn't reply to them because I posted in the wrong place.
OK, understood that a CSS error crept in but as it was such a major one, I felt it needed pointing out.
Well I've built a few themes and they have always incorporated the settings mentioned above. Mind you, this has been by duplicating the default. For users who are not necessarily programmers, I think not to have the ability to change the logo is a big showstopper. Look at how many support topics there are that ask the question "How do I change the logo". Still if it's OK not to include these settings then who am I to argue.

[Wh1teLeopard]

Sorry, me again!

I've noticed a lot of the modifications are using white text on the lighter backgrounds for titles etc, and I'm not sure to whom I should address this one, so thought I'd start here.

Example:

http://keikarsinthepark.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;area=aeva;sa=settings;u=10

Each of the light bars on that screen should have words on them, and they are there like the highlighted 'recent items'. It's not limited to the aeva gallery, and I've tried really hard to sort this out myself, and even went through and changed every single white item in the style sheet just in case, but had no luck. Can you help me again if possible please if you can work out which part the modifications are using!

Thank you in advance

[Fussilet]

open css and find

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.titlebg, .titlebg2, thead tr.titlebg th, tr.titlebg td, tr.titlebg2 td
{
color: #fff;
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 1.1em;
font-weight: bold;
background: url(../images/theme/main_block.png) no-repeat -10px -120px;
}

replace with

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.titlebg, .titlebg2, thead tr.titlebg th, tr.titlebg td, tr.titlebg2 td
{
color: #444;
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 1.1em;
font-weight: bold;
background: url(../images/theme/main_block.png) no-repeat -10px -120px;
}

[Wh1teLeopard]

It's still the same sorry 

I tried looking into the modifications themselves to see if they are deliberately using white text, but I couldn't see anything (doesn't mean it wasn't so mind). Sorry for creating extra work for you, but I really do appreciate you helping me out! 

[Hack-King]

What about adding the user's avatar image to the upper box;

Hello 'user'
Show unread posts since last visit.
Show new replies to your posts.
Xxxxxx xx, 20xx, xx:xx:xx XX

?

[Chas Large]

I see the button CSS issue has not been fixed in the current release, it would help others if it was fixed there rather than people still having to hack the CSS sheet.

[EDIT]
I can't seem to fix it correctly, CSS is not my strong point, maybe complaining is Anyway, the problem I have is that some buttons in the member's profile are missing until the place where they should be is hovered over. Attachment 1 shows the missing button and 2 shows the button when the mouse is hovered over the place where it should be.

Can you explain how to fix this please.
Sorry, fixed as per your instructions above.

[Hack-King]

please how do I install Google Adsense and Custin Search bar for this theme?

[mikhey]

[Sun Feb  6 10:40:22 2011] [error]  File does not exist: /Themes/illustrative/images/theme/nadv-r.jpg
[Sun Feb  6 10:40:23 2011] [error]  File does not exist: /Themes/illustrative/images/theme/navd-l.jpg
and /Themes/illustrative/images/wrap.png
navssi-r.jpg
navssi-l.jpg
navd-l.jpg
navd-r.jpg


Where to take these files?

[Chas Large]

[Sun Feb  6 10:40:22 2011] [error]  File does not exist: /Themes/illustrative/images/theme/nadv-r.jpg
[Sun Feb  6 10:40:23 2011] [error]  File does not exist: /Themes/illustrative/images/theme/navd-l.jpg
and /Themes/illustrative/images/wrap.png
navssi-r.jpg
navssi-l.jpg
navd-l.jpg
navd-r.jpg


Where to take these files?

I reported that these files were missing to Fussilet back in December in the support area for this theme, they have not yet been made available.

Please Fussilet, please just attach them to a post here.