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How to Create VBulletin Styles

by luxifia
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  • WEB DESIGN
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How do people do it? I know i can go in and edit every graphics file and the settings colors, but it seems there is an easier way, do people use some kind of program to create the style and then break it down into the different folders ect?

Like in dreamweaver you make a site the slice it and save, and it saves in needed folders that talk to eachother?


I really could use any advice in regards to this as i need to fully customize a site i have and it doesnt make money yet so i cant justify the expense of paying someone, plus like they say learn how to fish and you wont be hungry, lol

Thanks for any help you can give.
#create #styles #vbulletin
  • Profile picture of the author wcardinal
    Creating a skin for vBulletin is a little more complicated that that. Your best bet is to use the firebug plugin for firefox to identify the graphics you need to replace, open them in photoshop, make the adjustments you need and save them back out. Of course, make a copy of the skin you started with in case you make a mistake.

    There are plenty of tutorials for firebug

    Page 13: Firebug-Web Design Tutorial
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  • Profile picture of the author JaspervBulletin
    Hey luxifia,

    vBulletin offers a "Style Generator" within the admin panel for quick and easy style editing...


    We also offer tons of video tutorials to help you style your forum....
    https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/cont...theming-videos
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  • Profile picture of the author sang6iru
    great video from jasper... i wish i could save the video...
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  • Profile picture of the author umarshafiq2012
    Originally Posted by luxifia View Post

    How do people do it? I know i can go in and edit every graphics file and the settings colors, but it seems there is an easier way, do people use some kind of program to create the style and then break it down into the different folders ect?

    Like in dreamweaver you make a site the slice it and save, and it saves in needed folders that talk to eachother?


    I really could use any advice in regards to this as i need to fully customize a site i have and it doesnt make money yet so i cant justify the expense of paying someone, plus like they say learn how to fish and you wont be hungry, lol

    Thanks for any help you can give.
    dear i can help you in learning vbulletin custom skinning, I am a professional vbulletin designer. If you pay me then i will teach you step by step.....
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  • Profile picture of the author Sam Rob
    Nice Video Jasper. Thanks For Sharing that. Will Try it Out Very Sooon!
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    • Profile picture of the author umarshafiq2012
      Originally Posted by Sam Rob View Post

      Nice Video Jasper. Thanks For Sharing that. Will Try it Out Very Sooon!
      Dear this video has some useful information. but when you try yourself. You will face many design issues.. Because vbulletin style generator works automatically. In the style generator you just have to choose two or three colors. and it automatically generate skin of these colors. But if you want to change a color of desired area of the vbulletin skin.. You can't... So i think it fails to generate the best results......
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      • Profile picture of the author JaspervBulletin
        Originally Posted by umarshafiq2012 View Post

        Dear this video has some useful information. but when you try yourself. You will face many design issues.. Because vbulletin style generator works automatically. In the style generator you just have to choose two or three colors. and it automatically generate skin of these colors. But if you want to change a color of desired area of the vbulletin skin.. You can't... So i think it fails to generate the best results......
        Hi,

        You can change any color on the site by utilizing the "stylevar" system built into the template.
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        • Profile picture of the author umarshafiq2012
          Originally Posted by JaspervBulletin View Post

          Hi,

          You can change any color on the site by utilizing the "stylevar" system built into the template.
          Yeah jasper you are right, vbulletin basic stylevar are building blocks of vbulletin skin, we can change the colors of most of the areas in vbulletin, But in custom skins you have to made your own stylevar.... Because standard vbulletin stylevars are also fails in some areas. We need to create new for that purpose....
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Dybka
    Originally Posted by luxifia View Post

    How do people do it? I know i can go in and edit every graphics file and the settings colors, but it seems there is an easier way, do people use some kind of program to create the style and then break it down into the different folders ect?

    Like in dreamweaver you make a site the slice it and save, and it saves in needed folders that talk to eachother?


    I really could use any advice in regards to this as i need to fully customize a site i have and it doesnt make money yet so i cant justify the expense of paying someone, plus like they say learn how to fish and you wont be hungry, lol

    Thanks for any help you can give.
    There are templates that you can buy for VBulletin,do a Google search for VBulletin templates or VBulletin themes,there are tons of different styles out there.


    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author iidesu
    JasperVbulletin provided us with an lucid and excellent video tutorials, many thanks!
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