XF 1.0 Playing With Color

In a previous video, we looked at various style property options and also touched briefly on the XenForo color palette.

The color palette is an integral part of the style property system, and so it is open and extensible, allowing interaction and extension through the add-on system.

This video shows an add-on defining a new color and adding it to the global palette, and then shows a few of the tools XenForo provides for quickly and easily manipulating the palette, so that administrators can create the basis for new styles in seconds.

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[Markos]

I have some idea.
We can add permission for groups. Example john is in registered groups. He can creating new style and he can use it. The other group members can't create new style style. And he can sent the new style to admin. Admin seeing and admin can aprove the style. After the other members can use this style.

I think it's not a good idea. If we need some personalization, we can create as admin 10/20 recolor of the basic skin, and offer the choice to the users.

 

[atomjani]

Yes. But we can show favorite style list.

 

[Omar]

nice
thancks

 

[Onimua]

This is not current functionality within XF? If not (and I've not delved deeply into the admin side due to RL overwhelming me), when can we anticipate it coming out?

This is. Just look under the Appearance tab and look for the color palette.

 

[Neeto]

Hey, now. That' sweet. You guys have some interesting stuff here....

 

[melbo]

Awesome. Great stuff

 

[Jamie]

I've seen this asked in this thread, but I don't think I saw the answer. Is there a way to offer only the color changer to the members? This would allow us to define a structure of the site and a default style, but then give the members the ability to completely customize the site to their liking.

This would create member loyalty I think, allowing them this ability.

Is it possible? Is there a down side to something like this?

Great work Kier!

Jamie

 

[kaoticnick]

I'm JUST discovering this feature! And I'm glad I did! My forum needed a more "custom" look! Love it! Could this software be any more awesome? :O

Guess we'll find out in 1.1

 

[Regina Ortega]

Help i was playing with it, and i cannot back the original xenforo colors; i thought that using the button undo changes will put everything to the original colors

 

[CFodder]

Top left corner of the colour palette under the first slider you have the invert button and Revert All box, tick that box and then click update style properties, this should revert all of the colours.

 

[Paul B]

Unless the master style has been modified, which would only be possible if debug mode was enabled.

 

[Liam W]

I'm probably being an idiot, but did you change the actual xenForo forum when making this video?

 

[tyteen4a03]

I'm probably being an idiot, but did you change the actual xenForo forum when making this video?

Correct.

 

[Liam W]

Correct.

Wouldn't that be, well, rather stupid?

 

[tyteen4a03]

Wouldn't that be, well, rather stupid?

The test style isn't available to the public to begin with, and these features are well-tested before they are pushed to xenforo.com so they don't break existing things.

 

[Forsaken]

Correct.

Pretty sure Kier did this on his local setup.

Wouldn't that be, well, rather stupid?

You can reset to default colors with just a few clicks so it wouldn't have mattered.

 

[Liam W]

Pretty sure Kier did this on his local setup.



You can reset to default colors with just a few clicks so it wouldn't have mattered.

It did say xenforo.com in the address bar in the video

 

[Forsaken]

It did say xenforo.com in the address bar in the video

Maybe it was then; I haven't watched the video since it was originally posted.

 

[Vitaly]

Amazing tutorial.