xffutureuser
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Did not help.
Shades of Grey v2.2.10
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Gator
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Okay, let me take a look again.
Gator
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I'm not sure ...give it a try. You can always delete it.
Gator
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Gator updated Shades of Grey with a new update entry:
Shades of Blue 2.1.9.8
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Shades of Blue 2.1.9.8
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Gator
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Gator updated Shades of Grey with a new update entry:
Shades of Grey 2.1.10
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Shades of Grey 2.1.10
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Joao Prates
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Thanks for the new version.
I'm one of the few that liked the cream version better, and unless I'm missing something about this I believe there are far more changes to the color palette than just color 4:
So are we to save all these other cream color codes as well and change them all by hand at each new update?
It's not that much of a big deal, I just want to make sure I understand what are we supposed to do, that's all.
I'm one of the few that liked the cream version better, and unless I'm missing something about this I believe there are far more changes to the color palette than just color 4:
So are we to save all these other cream color codes as well and change them all by hand at each new update?
It's not that much of a big deal, I just want to make sure I understand what are we supposed to do, that's all.
Gator
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Hi @jprates
I'm glad to hear that someone else besides myself liked the "cream" style.
To be honest, I just wanted to standardize the two accented styles into one, so it would be less confusing to me when I make updates. The previous two themes shared most of the same color schemes/shades, so I thought it would be nice to reduce the possibility of me missing something when updating. Of course, you may change the colors to the original if you prefer those colors. Most of the work involved in the style has to do with the actual "shades" part, so most users who like to change the blue accents may do so. I thought it would be a good foundation to build on and users could modify any part of the style to their individual tastes.
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Gator
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Hi @jprates, I feel there might be others who share your concerns as well, so I will be adding the "cream accent" style when XenForo 2.2 releases.
For now, all the changes I made in the recent update (2.1.10) are located in the "extra.less" under "templates", so all to have to do is copy and paste the contents from the new to the old to be properly updated.
Take care,
Gator
For now, all the changes I made in the recent update (2.1.10) are located in the "extra.less" under "templates", so all to have to do is copy and paste the contents from the new to the old to be properly updated.
Take care,
Gator
Joao Prates
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Wonderful, thank you so much!
So while changing 'Color 4' is sufficient, comparing the Blue and Creme options in style version 2.1.9.7 actually show three changes, not one, all under 'Color Palette':
And reading above, I don't understand why someone would want to mess with extra.less under templates just to get the Creme version back.
I simply upgraded the regular blue version to template version 2.1.10. Then I deleted the Creme version 2.1.9.7 (I never downloaded 2.1.9.8).
And then I clicked 'Add style'. I called it Shades of Grey (Creme Text/Round Avatars), and choose the Shades of Grey (2.1.10) as the parent). And hit save. At this point the two Shades of Grey styles are identical.
Then under basic colors I changed the 3 'Color Palette' settings as listed above. That seems to be all there is to it. So now when I upgrade to Shades of Grey next version 2.1.11 or whatever, the creme version should automatically follow.
For more info: I'm letting my users choose between the Xenforo Default style, two styles we custom created from scratch intended to mimic vBulletin 3.x,, and Shades of Grey (blue and creme). 5 basic choices. And then for each we have an option that just makes the avatars basically square (with tiny rounded edges) instead of round. So 10 variants total.
I run 2 systems that have been on vBulletin 3.x for years. The small system converted to XF a month ago. The large one I'm cutting over this week. vBulletin uses square avatars, and many of our existing images don't look great cropped round. So that is why I give people the choice of seeing square avatars.
So my 4 Shades of Grey styles (parent and then children) look like this:
Level 1: Shades of Grey (Blue Text/Round Avatars)
Level 2: Shades of Grey (Blue Text/Square Avatars)
Level 2: Shades of Grey (Creme Text/Round Avatars)
Level 3: Shades of Grey (Creme Text/Square Avatars)
The Level 2 Creme style includes only the 3 color changes listed above.
Both of the square options contain only a single change. Under 'Style properties', I changed 'Avatar border radius:' from the default of 50% to 2%.
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- Color 3: rgb(54, 100, 132) to rgb(54, 108, 54)
- Color 4: rgb(112, 171, 203) to rgb(226, 226, 188)
- Accent 2: rgb(163, 102, 41) to rgb(107, 173, 109)
And reading above, I don't understand why someone would want to mess with extra.less under templates just to get the Creme version back.
I simply upgraded the regular blue version to template version 2.1.10. Then I deleted the Creme version 2.1.9.7 (I never downloaded 2.1.9.8).
And then I clicked 'Add style'. I called it Shades of Grey (Creme Text/Round Avatars), and choose the Shades of Grey (2.1.10) as the parent). And hit save. At this point the two Shades of Grey styles are identical.
Then under basic colors I changed the 3 'Color Palette' settings as listed above. That seems to be all there is to it. So now when I upgrade to Shades of Grey next version 2.1.11 or whatever, the creme version should automatically follow.
For more info: I'm letting my users choose between the Xenforo Default style, two styles we custom created from scratch intended to mimic vBulletin 3.x,, and Shades of Grey (blue and creme). 5 basic choices. And then for each we have an option that just makes the avatars basically square (with tiny rounded edges) instead of round. So 10 variants total.
I run 2 systems that have been on vBulletin 3.x for years. The small system converted to XF a month ago. The large one I'm cutting over this week. vBulletin uses square avatars, and many of our existing images don't look great cropped round. So that is why I give people the choice of seeing square avatars.
So my 4 Shades of Grey styles (parent and then children) look like this:
Level 1: Shades of Grey (Blue Text/Round Avatars)
Level 2: Shades of Grey (Blue Text/Square Avatars)
Level 2: Shades of Grey (Creme Text/Round Avatars)
Level 3: Shades of Grey (Creme Text/Square Avatars)
The Level 2 Creme style includes only the 3 color changes listed above.
Both of the square options contain only a single change. Under 'Style properties', I changed 'Avatar border radius:' from the default of 50% to 2%.
I hope this post is helpful...
Gator
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Yes, go to Appearance > Styles > Shades of Grey - Style properties and set the "Avatar border radius" to 0%
Thank you
I decided to keep the version before the last update because I liked the color scheme better. Other than the larger unfurl images, were there any other significant updates (i.e. security) that I need to be aware of?
Gator
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None that I can remember.Thank you
I decided to keep the version before the last update because I liked the color scheme better. Other than the larger unfurl images, were there any other significant updates (i.e. security) that I need to be aware of?
Gator
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Gator updated Shades of Grey with a new update entry:
Shades of Grey v2.2
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Shades of Grey v2.2
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Joao Prates
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Thanks!
I've a strange behavior on my site when the local Portuguese language is selected, that does not appear when English is selected.
The "New posts" and "Post thread..." buttons are fine right justified on English, but appear collated to the site name when on Portuguese:
Above is English version - all fine.
Above is Portuguese version - weird buttons positioning.
What could be causing this? Any ideas anyone?
Site homepage: https://ecomove.pt
I've a strange behavior on my site when the local Portuguese language is selected, that does not appear when English is selected.
The "New posts" and "Post thread..." buttons are fine right justified on English, but appear collated to the site name when on Portuguese:
Above is English version - all fine.
Above is Portuguese version - weird buttons positioning.
What could be causing this? Any ideas anyone?
Site homepage: https://ecomove.pt
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Gator
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Not really sure, but this is not caused by my style, Shades of Grey. You might contact the author of the language pack. As you can see here, it is the same in this style as well.
StreetGT
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It's a problem with the language pack, I'm facing the same problem.
Joao Prates
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ok, so I have this user that is getting selected text inside quotes written with the same color as the background, it seems like rgb(144,144,144):
I already asked him to try it out with the default theme, but meanwhile I have tested the same scenario, even with his browser (Edge) and got nothing alike what he's getting:
How come using the same theme we are getting totally different results by doing the same steps?
What could be wrong here, and how to fix it?
Does anyone have a clue of what is going on?
I already asked him to try it out with the default theme, but meanwhile I have tested the same scenario, even with his browser (Edge) and got nothing alike what he's getting:
How come using the same theme we are getting totally different results by doing the same steps?
What could be wrong here, and how to fix it?
Does anyone have a clue of what is going on?
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