How to create good looking sign up buttons like this one?

[fredrikse]

Hi,

I wonder how I can create a good looking sign up button like the on in the picture below (orginally from http://www.bbsmiley.com/)?

 

[Geoffrey]

That entire box on bbsmiley is done via the Notices. They created that button using CSS, more than likely. You'll see a similar set up on my forum, I can send you the basic coding for it via PM if you'd like.

 

[fredrikse]

That entire box on bbsmiley is done via the Notices. They created that button using CSS, more than likely. You'll see a similar set up on my forum, I can send you the basic coding for it via PM if you'd like.

That would be very helpful. It will give be a base to start tweaking with

 

[Russ]

Here's one way: Style Properties -> Buttons -> Sign up Button CONTAINER

Remove the background color/image/repeat/position and the padding of (3px default i think)

Inside Sign up button INNER, add this to Misc Extra CSS:

box-shadow: 0px 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0, 0.2) inset;
background: rgb(143,200,0); /* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%, rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(143,200,0,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(143,200,0,1))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%,rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%,rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%,rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%,rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#8fc800', endColorstr='#8fc800',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */

And inside Sign Up Button INNER remove the background color/image/repeat/position as well.

Effect:


You can use this website:
http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/
for different colors too, and just replace that existing code

 

[Geoffrey]

That would be very helpful. It will give be a base to start tweaking with

I'll send it to you in the next couple of days.

 

[fredrikse]

Here's one way: Style Properties -> Buttons -> Sign up Button CONTAINER

Remove the background color/image/repeat/position and the padding of (3px default i think)

Inside Sign up button INNER, add this to Misc Extra CSS:

box-shadow: 0px 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0, 0.2) inset;
background: rgb(143,200,0); /* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%, rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(143,200,0,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(143,200,0,1))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%,rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%,rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%,rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(143,200,0,1) 0%,rgba(143,200,0,1) 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#8fc800', endColorstr='#8fc800',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */

And inside Sign Up Button INNER remove the background color/image/repeat/position as well.

Effect:
View attachment 34465

You can use this website:
http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/
for different colors too, and just replace that existing code

Thanks for a great answer! I tried to follow you instructions and this is what I came up with:



The link to colorzilla was great and very helpful in creating own custom gradients

I'll send it to you in the next couple of days.

Great!

 

[dtmcl]

Thanks for a great answer! I tried to follow you instructions and this is what I came up with:

View attachment 34469

The link to colorzilla was great and very helpful in creating own custom gradients


Great!

Add some padding to that code

 

[fredrikse]

Add some padding to that code

Thanks. I'll try

 

[fredrikse]

This is the new result...



How do I alter the CSS so that I get the bottom part of the button farther away from the bottom of the sidebar container?

 

[dtmcl]

margin-bottom: 10px;

 

[Russ]

Looks like you may of removed the margin on the container, just remove the padding from it not the margin

 

[fredrikse]

I found this which was helpful to me: http://www.cssbuttongenerator.com/

This is the code that I managed to generate without any images:

<a href="#" class="classname">Bli medlem nu!</a>
 
<style type="text/css">
.classname {
-moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff;
background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ededed), color-stop(1, #dfdfdf) );
background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ededed 5%, #dfdfdf 100% );
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#dfdfdf');
background-color:#ededed;
-moz-border-radius:6px;
-webkit-border-radius:6px;
border-radius:6px;
border:1px solid #dcdcdc;
display:inline-block;
color:#777777;
font-family:arial;
font-size:15px;
font-weight:bold;
padding:6px 24px;
text-decoration:none;
text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #ffffff;
}.classname:hover {
background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #dfdfdf), color-stop(1, #ededed) );
background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #dfdfdf 5%, #ededed 100% );
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#dfdfdf', endColorstr='#ededed');
background-color:#dfdfdf;
}.classname:active {
position:relative;
top:1px;
}
/* This imageless css button was generated by CSSButtonGenerator.com */
</style>

Should the code go into extra.css?

 

[Chris D]

The bit inside the style tags (excluding the style tags themselves) can go in EXTRA.css, yes. And recommended so the CSS is minified etc.

 

[fredrikse]

Alright. What element name should I use to tie the element itself and the css code together?

 

[Chris D]

Anything you like really.

Anything that describes what it does. Maybe "joinNowButton" just anything descriptive. Basically anything is better than "classname"

 

[fredrikse]

But still I must reference the sign up-element in the template to apply the css style? I mean something like this:

.xenForoSkin .mceSplitButton a.mceOpen {