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[THEME] Ocean Depths; The FIRST time changing theme for Zeta
Topic Started: Nov 27 2008, 05:12 PM (3,428 Views)
Skiggs
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Theme: Ocean Depths
Type: Seasonal (Summer)
Creator: Skiggs (thats me)
Preview: Clicky
Note: This theme uses Javascript to change the theme based on the time of day, which can be customized, and will be explained later. It uses a single graphics set for those not controlled by the CSS, which are colored in just a way that they go with both times of day. The theme default is set for GMT -5 times, but changeing it to fit your board is easy, and will be described later. I worked to try and finish this for today, the ZB Anniversary, and am posting it for you all here. Please, let me know if you like it or decide to use it.

Previewing each theme can be done by changine the time of your computer clock, or simply waiting. It is set to change between the 6'Oclocks.

The CSS:
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Board Layout, Controls Time and Change
Theme Layout, Time Change Enabled
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The Board Layout (USE ONLY IF you don't want the theme to change with the time!)
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The Images:
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Customizing the change to work with your board:
If you look at the Java code for the time changine theme, you will see a line that looks like this:
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((hourofday > 10 && hourofday < 23))) {

The 2 numbers there, (10 and 23) are the times that control the change. The 10 is when the normal theme displays, and the 23 is when the Dark theme displays. To find which numbers to put in which place, all you need to do is click here, and complete a time conversion for your time zone. Any questions and I'll be glad to help.

Please let me know what you think! I'm making a spring theme based on the same concept, so look for that in the future too!
Edited by Skiggs, Nov 27 2008, 07:32 PM.
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peteh
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Looks good except for the large gap between the banner and the forum
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Skiggs
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That was done intentionally, as the logo space, but I might change that if too many people find it annoying.
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You should link to Viral's ACP image pack uploader so people know what to do with the images.
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skiingiggy
Nov 27 2008, 07:30 PM
That was done intentionally, as the logo space, but I might change that if too many people find it annoying.
How about a third less tall ?
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Skiggs
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That may work actually, I'll experiment with it.
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Amanda
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Very pretty :)
Reminds me of the theme I use in gmail, Phantasea, that changes according to the time of day too.
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Amanda
Nov 28 2008, 07:16 PM
Very pretty :)
Reminds me of the theme I use in gmail, Phantasea, that changes according to the time of day too.
I have one of the beach themes in gmail that does the same too.
To bad there is not a way to have this theme change based on a users set time so it would reflect the right time for each member.
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HA HA Actually, that was my general inspiration! I use the Phantasea too, and I thought how awesome it would be to have something similar to that for zetaboards :D for a first time try with this concept it came out rather well I think :D I plan on making one more time changing theme set, just not sure which one yet.
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I really like this skin, but is there a way I can make the space between the top and the forum itself smaller for now? So I won't have that huge gap on the skin? Because I would never have a logo that big.

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Some other questions. Is there a way to get the skin to get it 800px wide without it looking a bit weird? So the table would resize too, because if I put it on 800pix, the forum itself does get smaller, but the table thingy stays the same width. Sorry for being so annoying, but I want my forum to be perfect before I open it XD.
Edited by ShinLi, Nov 29 2008, 10:07 AM.
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Well, If you find the #Logo, I'll allow people to edit the Height attribute to a number of there choosing, the only thing I see as a problem is that it might change how fluid the theme is. As for changing the width of the board, find the following below in the theme:
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#main_content {width:80%;margin:0px auto;}


Now, where you see the width:80%, set that to 800Px, or choose a different percent, that should do what you want. Although, that includes the borders, which are 25px, so you decide. For 800Px total, replace the line in the code above with this:
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#main_content {width:800px;margin:0px auto;}


Edit: To anyone else wishing to modify this to fit there board, That is fine with me as long as it dosn't get reposted or you don't start changine images and things.
Edited by Skiggs, Nov 29 2008, 12:55 PM.
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cool a theme that changes with the day and night. 10/10..how do you do that
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A Javascript code, that gets placed before all other content in the board. When a users clock reads a certain time, the code will display different content. Normally something like this would be used to display actualy content on a page based on 2 time sets, as the content for on and off can change, but I used it to load a different CSS file before the rest of the site loads that in turn changes the theme.

Hopefully that is an edequate explanation, if not I'll take another stab at it.
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hay i want to use this theme but am having trouble using it, first board i made here and first time using someone else's theme too.

( i really don't know jack about producing code, but i know enoughs to figure out this goes to that )

can you tell me how to install it on my page?

i think i got the css and the java done right but the images are giving me trouble, is there a way i can just copy and paste the list of images into my them settings or do i have to do them 1 by 1

( a straight forward list of "select this, copy here" would be great. but if i need to do it line by line just tell me so and I'll do it. )

thanks.
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I'm currently using this skin, and I love it.
I had to edit the CSS slightly so there isn't a big gap between the
Banner and the forums though.
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