Aethera 2.3.12 Rev 4b

Included with Eggy All Access (monthly or annual), or available as a one-time purchase.

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Aethera

Aethera is a premium dark XenForo 2.3 style built around an orbital glass visual identity, electric cyan illumination and restrained violet energy accents.

Designed as a complete style rather than a simple colour variation, Aethera gives XenForo its own distinctive atmosphere while preserving the familiar structure and usability your members already know.

Aethera also gives admins a choice between two desktop presentations, allowing the same visual identity to suit both wide modern communities and more traditional forum layouts.

Built for XenForo 2.3

Aethera has been designed specifically for XenForo 2.3.x and includes custom styling throughout the forum experience.

• Forum index and category presentation
• Forum nodes and unread states
• Thread lists
• Posts and author areas
• Navigation and secondary navigation
• Sidebars and widgets
• Buttons and form controls
• Menus and overlays
• Notices and pagination
• Editor styling
• Member and profile areas
• Custom Aethera branding
• Exclusive orbital hero artwork

Two Desktop Layouts
Aethera includes two selectable desktop layouts which can be changed directly from the XenForo Admin Control Panel.

Full width
The original Aethera presentation and the default setting. This provides the wider desktop experience Aethera was originally designed around.

Narrow width
A more traditional centred forum presentation with a reduced desktop width, aligned navigation, single column forum rows and typography adjusted specifically for the tighter layout.

Admins can switch between the two layouts without editing templates or CSS.

To change the layout:
ACP > Appearance > Styles > Aethera > Style properties > Page setup

Choose either Full width or Narrow width and save.

Desktop and Mobile

Aethera is fully responsive and includes dedicated mobile UX rather than simply shrinking the desktop layout.

Mobile behaviour covers navigation, forum categories, nodes, thread lists, posts, author information, page headers, controls, forms, editor elements, overlays and narrow phone layouts.

Touch interaction, viewport safety and reduced motion preferences are also taken into account.

The Full width and Narrow width choices apply to the desktop presentation while tablet and mobile behaviour remains fully responsive.


Visual Identity

Aethera combines:

• Deep navy and near black surfaces
• Electric cyan structural accents
• Blue violet illumination
• Restrained magenta highlights
• Dark glass and orbital inspired interface elements

The result is a futuristic style that remains readable and practical for everyday community use.

Installation

1. Upload the contents of the included upload directory to your XenForo installation root.
2. Import the supplied style.xml through the XenForo Admin Control Panel.
3. Select Aethera as required.
4. Choose Full width or Narrow width from Style properties > Page setup.

No existing Eggy style folders are required before installation.

Compatibility

XenForo: 2.3.x
Desktop: Supported
Desktop layouts: Full width or Narrow width
Tablet: Supported
Mobile: Supported
Responsive: Yes

Updates
The initial purchase includes 12 months of updates.
Renewal after the included update period is $10 USD per year.

Aethera — your community, somewhere beyond the ordinary.