I’m still working on the MyBB themes, but I wanted to take a moment show you some of what’s coming. The first 1.6 theme I finished was for a client site (HOMEundone Interiors). It features cleaner CSS / HTML, more AJAX, better buttons, a more streamlined appearance and solid computability across all major browsers. I’m going to apply these and a few other elements as I refresh the 1.4 themesover this week.
One area I’m focusing on is the header section. I tried to innovate with my latest themes (Realize and Aardvark), and my goal now is to make them even better looking and more functional. The header is obviously unique to each theme, but here’s what put together for my client’s site.
Something that’s always bugged me about forum software are smiles on the post editor. They take up a huge amount of space and usually cheese-up the page considerably. So I put them in a cupboard! (easily opened and closed with a click)
All buttons (form, postbit etc) look the same. These kind of buttons not only look better, but have provide accessibility and are easier to translate.
And that’s all for now! NDesign and Realize will be available first, for those wondering.
I think that’s a really clever idea re: smilies and like how WordPress Magazine themes have spread, it may well become a popular feature for clean-cut MyBB themes
especially those that only use the standard smilies as then the box won’t have to extend off the page.
p/s: Will the ‘Click to Toggle’ message be editable as part of the lang files? Just wondering if a down-arrow icon might be useful as a universal indicator for ‘click here for something good’
Yes the 1.6 themes are going to come with a lang file + plugin. All the new js features and buttons will use the one lang file, so it’ll be much easier for translators and customizers to make adjustments.
Much easier than my previous method anyway, which was hard-coding into the templates
PS: and the arrow idea is great, I’ll see what I can do.