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[TIPF]

Hi

Firstly, I'm not a coder but have wanted a custom skin for my photography forum for a long time now. I was pleased when IPB introduced the Virtual Editor but it is limited in what it can do.
I found my way here from a link posted on the IPB forums and I am sooo pleased I did, the effort put in by Broni is fantastic!

I've managed to move the Search box from the instructions here now I am trying to tweak the colours for my new skin. I'm following the instructions Here (obviously for the 3.2) but my edits refuse to show. I'm clearing my browser cache but still no luck.

Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

[Broni]

Can you post a link to your site and another link which shows not working area?

[TIPF]

I can post a link to my site TIPF but you won't see the new skin until you register and I give you Mod status as the skin isn't live yet and only open to staff. It's the View Member profile that isn't doing as it's told. There's also the Fast Reply that I've tried to edit unsuccessfully.

[Broni]

Create temporary login for me and PM me with the details.

[Broni]

OK, now I can login.
Is it Black Pearl skin?
Give me a screenshot with some indications (arrows) which area you want to change.

[TIPF]

It's the light blue and whites areas here.

[Broni]

Changes to the above may affect other board parts so you'll have to check.

white background:

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.general_box {


background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FCFCFC !important;
}

light blue....

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.general_box h3 {


background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #DBE2EC !important;
color: #204066;
}

[TIPF]

What a star, thank you

[TIPF]

I think I'm finally getting to grips with things.

One final problem. I don't recall changing sizes anywhere but I have a problem with alignment. If you log in you'll see it's the same down the board on both sides.

[Broni]

Delete line in red:

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.maintitle {


background: url("http://www.tipf.org.uk/forums/public/style_images/master/maintitle.png") repeat-x scroll center top #2C5687;
border-color: #316897;
border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px 1px 0;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #528CBC inset;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: 300;
padding: 10px 10px 11px;
}

[TIPF]

Spot on! Thank you again

[Broni]

Cool beans :)

[TIPF]

Hi Broni, me again :)

I'm having another small problem. I was determined to sort it myself but... failed again! :(

I'm trying to get Report/Unapprove/Delete/Edit to have a box background the same as Multiquote/Quote/Selective Quote:

[Broni]

That would require template edit and it may affect other parts of your board.

If you want better visibility I'd rather remove "opacity" line here:

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.post_block .post_controls li a {


-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out 0s;
opacity: 0.5;
}

[TIPF]

Thanks for the response :)

-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out 0s; doesn't exist in either my ipb_styles.css or ipb_skingen.css

[Broni]

Search for:
.post_block .post_controls li a {
and remove "opacity" line.