I’ve been working on a new theme for MyBB and its almost ready. Aardvark has a modern, minimalist design that carries over elements of Dark Intentions, N.Design and other popular MyBB themes. That said, it has a style all its own and some neat new features built in. For example, the semi-glossy header text is generated with CSS. The buttons are also text based, so there is absolutely no Photoshopping necessary. Please tell me what you think. You can try an early version of the theme below.
Aardvark (1.4.4) (147.5 KiB, 192 hits)
I just updated for Dark Intentions for MyBB 1.4.2. You’ll also find a fluid (full window) version of the theme in the new package. An update for for N.Design is soon to follow, and I’m working on something new as well.
Dark Intentions (1.4.2) (206.7 KiB, 687 hits)
Some of you may have seen my post on the MyBB Community Forums yesterday. I put up a screenshot and beta version for download, and today I think Dark Intentions (1.4.1) is ready its real release. The theme brings a sleek, high-contrast look to MyBB and increases ergonomics of the GUI. The K2/WordPress inspired header gives you quick access to important features and pages at-a-glance, and the enhanced breadcrumb makes its easier to see which page your on and where you’ve been. Buttons have been changed from images to HTML elements to save bandwidth and to facilitate some nifty rollovers.
Dark Intentions is full of cool stuff, and I have more great plans for it in the future. To change the tagline (under your forums name), login to your Admin CP > Templates and Style tab > Templates > Dark Intentions > header > header > and you should be able to edit the text to you’re liking there. I plan to introduce a plugin to make changing the tagline and other elements of Dark Intentions easier. Worth noting are the facts that some of the buttons are hardcoded English. This is because there was no usable lang variables for some. They can easily be adjusted for your language (easier I say than Photoshoping every single button). Also, this version doesn’t include the multiquote feature, but I plan to fix this in a subsequent release in the coming weeks (I’ll provide update instructions too).
Anyways, enjoy the theme and thanks for tolerating the long wait.
Dark Intentions (1.4.2) (206.7 KiB, 687 hits)
I’ve received a lot of questions about my Dark Intentions theme for MyBB. To answer everyone’s questions, yes, there will be a release for 1.4. I’ve been working on a few other projects, but we should see a new version within a week. I’ve got some special things planned for this release, so hold on tight.
If you have any suggestions for new themes that I’ll be working on after Dark Intentions, please email me or comment. Also, I’ve received a number of inquiries about custom themes. I do write custom themes at a reasonable price, please email me if you’d like a quote or sample of custom work I’ve done. Also look out for a new MyBB section coming to quacktacular.net soon with more information on free and custom themes.
Update: Sorry for the delay guys, I haven’t forgotten about you. I’m waiting for my aluminum iMac arrive so I can get this done (using my iMac G4 now, doesn’t really cut it for development).
MyBB 1.4 is available for testing and I’ve got my hands on a copy. I started updating my themes this morning and as of now there’s one fully functional 1.4 theme. N.Design, a huge success for 1.2, has been updated and will be available for download when MyBB 1.4 final is released. I’ve tweaked the header, forum display and welcome block quite a lot. I prefer this version even to the wildly popular phpBB rendition, its going to be great.
Using the new ACP, and specifically the new Template/Theme system has been a treat. It provides a greater level of robustness and organization. I especially appreciate the new ‘Edit Style Sheet’ mode wherein you can jump right in and edit you theme’s full style sheet. I plan to write more about upcoming themes and MyBB 1.4 over the next few weeks, but i leave you now with a screenshot from N.Design 1.4.
I’ve been working on a new theme for MyBB and its almost ready. Aardvark has a modern, minimalist design that carries over elements of Dark Intentions, N.Design and other popular MyBB themes. That said, it has a style all its own and some neat new features built in. For example, the semi-glossy header text is generated with CSS. The buttons are also text based, so there is absolutely no Photoshopping necessary. Please tell me what you think. You can try an early version of the theme below.
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