This is the version for YaBB 2.0

I have finally put my phpBB-styled subSilver, subTrail and subBlack templates together in a mod package.  The following files are included:

• phpBB-subTemplate_01e.mod
• sub-style *.template files
• subSilver template images and CSS file
• subBlack template images and CSS file
• subTrail template images and CSS file
• ...and possibly a few more that I can't currently remember

Please read the information included in the mod file.  Please report any bugs, missing items, feedback, etc. either in this topic, the Mod Bugs board, or my own forums.

To see these templates in action, you can log into my boards with the following info:
username:  testuser
password:  test

DOWNLOAD v0.1e (~700kb)

EDIT - Two other things I wanted to mention:
1)  Please do not remove the credit image from any of the templates.  I would not have been able to create this mod without the original phpBB templates, and I wanted to make sure to give credit where credit is due.  If the credit image is too big or ugly for you, feel free to make your own, but please do not change the wording or content.
2)  This mod should make it possible for you to easily create your own phpBB-style templates.  If you do, please give credit where credit is due.  Please create your own temp_cred.gif file and include it with the template images.  When you create the temp_cred.gif file, I ask as a courtesy that you please credit the original template creator (if you're porting it from an existing phpBB template), and that you credit me (although I have no problem if you credit me in fine print).

Other Features of this Mod:
1)  Once installed, you will be able to easily insert Perl variables into your main template files.  You can easily re-arrange your YaBB menu and assign new icons to the menu items, etc. by simply editing your $templatename.code file.  Even on non phpBB-style templates, you can add things like different "Read" and "Unread" message icons on your Message Index by simply adding *_new.gif icons (sticky_new.gif, ann_new.gif, etc.) into your Template folder.

Changelog:
From 0.1d:

• Made a minor formatting change to make this mod compatible with YaBB 2.0
• Fixed a few minor typographical errors that were causing people some problems (namely with the language files).

From 0.1c:

• Removed the modifications that were being made to existing language files, and added in new language files specifically for this mod (to comply with the modding rules for Y2)

From 0.1b:

• Added quite a few new Image definitions to the subSilver.code file.  This fixed the messed up YaBB Menu that resulted from the code changes between YaBB 2 RC 1 and YaBB 2 RC 2.
• Corrected the new language that's added to the Nederlands language files (thanks to JetLi for the translation)

From 0.1a:

• Removed General.template and replaced it with subSilver.code - you can now parse Perl in any template by simply creating your own $templatename.code file (where $templatename is the same as your template directory name), and placing Perl code within it.
• Removed underscores from modlist info (aesthetic change)
• Corrected German translation of Private Message text (thanks to JetLi).

LoonyPandora wrote on 03.05.05 at 11:54:54:


The templating system is actually extremely nice.  The fact that you can now use perl in most of the templates is fantastic.

The only thing I would have changed (and I think it would have either meant a whole lot more work for you guys, or a lot more templates) is, it would be nice if it were easier to manipulate the appearance of things like PM interface and Recent Posts interface (basically anything that has a set layout in its own source file).  Other than that, I found everything I needed rather easily.

Did you try the mod Loony?  Did it work okay on the CVS?  Did I do the ModList step correctly?

LoonyPandora wrote on 03.05.05 at 13:45:27:


No - there was no way to achieve the functionality of phpBB without making a few very minor modifications.  YaBB uses one icon for two or three different items (like private messages), where phpBB uses two different icons.

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Well, the point of using "general.template" is that anyone can now create any new template without further modifying the source files.  That small line of code in Subs.pl essentially added the ability to use Perl in the main template file.  If anyone else needs to add Perl functionality to their template, all they need to do is create a file called "general.template" in their template directory, and all the Perl in that file will be parsed before loading the template.

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Thanks.  I'll release a 0.1b later with that change, and I'll probably include a source file for the template credit image.

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That's kind of what I figured.  

LoonyPandora wrote on 03.05.05 at 14:29:58:


Interesting - I hadn't thought of that.  I'll give that a whirl and see how that works.  Thanks for the tip.

almost looks like a phpBB  
But there is something wrong with the background of the text, for example the site count in the Boardindex(where u can select the different threads).
Could be that its my windowsstyle  

I mean:


Same Problem with the lower one  

I have made a couple of minor changes, suggested by JetLi, LoonyPandora and T3rrabug.
Version 0.1b is now available from the first post.

I attempted to test this mod, and found that, with the new version of YaBB 2, some things may need to be fixed.  However, that installation of YaBB 2 had some problems, and isn't fully functional, so I'm not sure if the problem lies in the mod, or the bad installation.  I will be testing further tomorrow, but would appreciate some help from others that might be able to test it out.

I have released v0.1c of this mod.  The new download is available from the first post in this topic.

Future plans for this mod:
1)  Figure out how to call variables from new language files, so that I can use a unique language file for this mod, rather than editing the existing language files that came with YaBB2.
2)  Figure out how to allow users to edit the $templatename.code file from the template editor interface, rather than having to edit that file locally and re-upload it.