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Title: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 30, 2007, 07:12:37 PM
As if anyone could miss it, the forum has switched over to a Halloween theme which was originally put together back in 2005 by SMF member Bloc for his own forum (I've just added a few small tweaks here and there to make it more compatible with our forum), and it is now the default theme. Mystic Night, the previous default theme, has vanished into that mystic night. It may or may not return, depending on whether or not I can finally find the time to upgrade our older themes for SMF 1.1.4.

In addition to this HalloweenNight theme, a theme entitle Web will be introduced later today (as soon as I finish tweaking it) for anyone who might like to try that Halloween theme instead.  [hall2_smiley]

And, of course, anyone who hasn't gotten into the spirit of Halloween yet is certainly free to choose any of the other available themes. Though any DS fan who doesn't want to enjoy the Halloween season for as long as possible, well, what can actually be said about such a person?  [hall2_rolleyes]  [hall2_grin]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 30, 2007, 07:26:24 PM
I've just noticed that the HalloweenNight theme looks best with a monitor resolution of 1024X768 or above. It will still work with 800X600, but the text will be very large and some of the background graphics in the header will display incorrectly (though I'll try to see if I can adjust that). However, people who are afraid that setting their monitors to 1024X768 (which, as I've said before, has really become the defacto default resolution these days with more and more Web sites expecting it) need not worry that the text will be too small to read because it's still really quite large. Larger, in fact, than Mystic Night was...
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: arashi on September 30, 2007, 07:41:32 PM
Wicked slick! I'm loving the change!
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: adamsgirl on September 30, 2007, 09:00:28 PM
I totally love this! Very cool! [hall_grin]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 30, 2007, 09:02:25 PM
The Web theme is now is place and it seems to work well with all resolutions. To try it out, follow the steps laid out in this topic:
Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on April 25, 2005, 07:51:19 PM
Choosing A Theme
and substituing "Web" for "Variations on Blue".  [hall2_wink]

Also, HalloweenNight should now display correctly in all browsers.  [hall2_smiley]

Enjoy!
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Gerard on October 01, 2007, 02:06:37 AM
I can't wait to see what you come up with for Christmas!  (Love it!)

Gerard
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: barnabasjr on October 01, 2007, 03:10:28 AM
Bitchin! [hall2_cool]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Brandon Collins on October 01, 2007, 04:25:44 AM
Love the new theme. Won't change it. EVER.
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Mary on October 01, 2007, 08:27:32 AM
This is awesome!  Woo hoo!  [hall2_smiley] [hall_grin] [ghost] [dancing_skeletons]
Title: I LOVE THE NEW LOOK NICELY DONE!
Post by: Annie on October 02, 2007, 12:53:03 AM
Hi Midnite , Dom and MB  just wanted to say i love the new look  you all did a great job.
                    Love Anne [hall2_kiss]
Title: Re: I LOVE THE NEW LOOK NICELY DONE!
Post by: Julianka7 on October 02, 2007, 01:24:42 AM
I agree! Perfect for the season  [hall_smiley]
Good work!   [hall2_smiley]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Patti Feinberg on October 03, 2007, 01:37:31 PM
MB.....You ROCK!
This look/layout is terrific!!

Thanks alot for all your hard work & effort!

           [hall2_cheesy]          [hall2_cheesy]            [hall2_cheesy]


                   [hall_grin]           [hall_grin]

Patti
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: PennyDreadful on October 03, 2007, 04:32:05 PM
Brilliant!!!  I love it!

~Penny Dreadful~
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: MagnusTrask on October 03, 2007, 05:05:32 PM
I'm sure it will look great when I take my accessibility features off so I can see it.... I miss the big scary special emoticons though, the skull with the candle on it, etc..
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 03, 2007, 05:19:59 PM
Quote from: MagnusTrask on October 03, 2007, 05:05:32 PM
I miss the big scary special emoticons though, the skull with the candle on it, etc..

Oh, they're coming. It's only that I haven't gotten a chance to bring them back yet.  [hall2_smiley]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: barnabasjr on October 04, 2007, 02:55:16 AM
Bug report: Using the Halloween theme, I've noticed that in the latest versions of both Firefox and IE7 that the caption for the first slide of the daily slideshow is hidden until I click the "next" arrow button. The caption then appears right before switching to the next slide.
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 04, 2007, 03:06:50 AM
Yeah, the same thing happens in the SMF default theme, which the Halloween themes are based on. And unfortunately there isn't a way to fix it because of the way those scripts are written. The best thing to do is just click on the slideshow's forward button and then on the back button and the first caption will appear under the first capture in the slideshow. And also, these Halloween themes will only be in use until the end of October, so the slideshow will get back to normal in November.
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Janet the Wicked on October 04, 2007, 03:19:24 AM
I love it too! Reminds me of home.
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 07, 2007, 07:30:10 PM
Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on October 03, 2007, 05:19:59 PM
Quote from: MagnusTrask on October 03, 2007, 05:05:32 PM
I miss the big scary special emoticons though, the skull with the candle on it, etc..

Oh, they're coming.

They're back. And some new ones might show up as well IF I can remember where I put them. That's the problem when one finds things out of season and then one puts them "in a safe place."  [hall2_undecided]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 07, 2007, 08:17:59 PM
I found them.  [hall2_grin]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: rainingwolf on October 08, 2007, 03:42:39 PM
WhoooHooo! These are Fabulous! Great job!
[8_1_210] [8_1_215] [8_1_202] [skelleton_runs]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Patti Feinberg on October 10, 2007, 07:46:38 PM
please indulge me....it's for  [hall2_kiss] Tommy, he LOVES it!

 [8_1_203]




 [8_1_1]



 [bonny_hand]

Thanks!!

Patti
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 03, 2007, 10:38:41 PM
Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on September 30, 2007, 07:12:37 PM
Mystic Night, the previous default theme, has vanished into that mystic night.

And it has been replaced with Arcane Magic, a theme that was created for SMF by SMF member The Great Orator - though I've made several modifications to it, and I may make a few more.

Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on October 04, 2007, 03:06:50 AM
Quote from: barnabasjr on October 04, 2007, 02:55:16 AM
Bug report: ... the caption for the first slide of the daily slideshow is hidden until I click the "next" arrow button. The caption then appears right before switching to the next slide.

... these Halloween themes will only be in use until the end of October, so the slideshow will get back to normal in November.

And so it has.  [hall2_wink]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: barnabasjr on November 03, 2007, 10:57:32 PM
Thank youse. [hall2_cool]
Title: Re: Halloween Theme(s)
Post by: Josette on November 04, 2007, 09:10:02 AM
The "new" designations are now very obvious!!  I hated the last one - it was SO hard to tell which were "lit up" and which weren't.  However, the actual "new" tag in the post listings isn't as clear.  Could that still be blue or something, like before?

By the way, the overall look is quite elegant!