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16.10.08 at 11:05:47

O-opacity is a very versatile template. it uses .png images to give it a transparency. If you have been to any MySpace pages..then you will have already seen a ton of those layouts done like this.
it allows for any background to be used of any shade! Altho I set it up for a darker theme..with just a few edits of the style sheet..you can easily use a light..even white background!

*IMPORTANT* older browsers like IE6 do not support png24.. this template will not look so well on them.. if you use this template and you have members using older browsers.. you may want to encourage them to join us in the modern age and upgrade! lol
here are a few examples of this template with different backgrounds.

I did not add any special backgrounds..I thought it would be better if you found one you really liked to replace the default one i made.
template comes with a cfg file..so once uploaded correctly..it will be auto installed and ready for your use

Enjoy!!
Driven

UPDATE: Improved instructions for adding background (thanks for the suggestions CJ). And cleaned up logon icon a little.

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Captain John Hacker Expert Offline Posts: 264	Reply #1 - 16.10.08 at 16:33:38 WOW ... Awesome Template idea. Do you have instructions of where to add background image ? The edits needed ? Great work Driven
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magnum Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 48	Reply #2 - 16.10.08 at 16:40:53 I just finished up doing the exact same concept for my Message Board with an upgrade to 2.3 - www.thepensforum.com . I also just did one on a 2.2.3 board I have but it's not the default template. I wanted to toy with different transparent colors.
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Reply #3 - 16.10.08 at 17:47:13

@ Captain John
Instruction included in a read me file in the zip to make it easy to change the background... and farther instructions for which area to edit for lighter color schemes

@magnum
looks great magnun! just out of curiousity.. what did you set your transparency at? i went around 50 and 60 but still a bit hard to see the alternating colors on darker schemes. I debated on putting this one up for release..but then figured why not. it will allow for fast and easy changes of page looks without alot of work Wink

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Derek Bullock Fulltime Hacker Offline Posts: 183	Reply #4 - 18.10.08 at 04:03:33 Wow that is good. I have a great background image onmysite a well as my website. How would I go about setting the transparency on my forum to match the website. The website is a system setting that I cannot change. http://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl http://www.aussiecampovencook.com/ Thanks Derek
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ProgMaster Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 35	Reply #5 - 18.10.08 at 18:31:47 What a great looking template for YaBB 2.3 !! 8) I'm in the process of upgrading to 2.3 and am looking for a 'black themed' template to use. How usable is this template without having a background image ? Thanks !
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Reply #6 - 19.10.08 at 01:14:30

@DerekB
the template uses transparent images(.PNG) so new images would need to be made to match the green on your main site. I will try to do so for you when i get some free time..may be a week or so.. its actually a good idea..making a few different colors for the job.

@ProgMaster

it will work just fine..especially with a dark color (no background image) however.. if black..you may not see the alternating colors as the transparency is set on a dark color (note the white example) Also worth noting is I did not include the images in the examples cause i dont know who made them.. I only included one i made with the template name on it. but any color..and any image you find can be used.

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Reply #7 - 19.10.08 at 22:32:41

Hi. I'm getting this error message when trying to change templates in my User CP (after having changed it in the Admin). It's actually strange because you can see the new template if you enter as a guest but as soon as you try to change it in the user CP it sends that error message.
Do you know what it might be?

Software error:
Can't continue after import errors at Modules/Upload/CGI.pm line 27
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Modules/Upload/CGI.pm line 27.

For help, please send mail to the webmaster (or webmaster), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Content-type: text/html

Software error:
[Sun Oct 19 17:31:46 2008] YaBB.pl: Can't continue after import errors at Modules/Upload/CGI.pm line 27
[Sun Oct 19 17:31:46 2008] YaBB.pl: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Modules/Upload/CGI.pm line 27.
Compilation failed in require at ./Sources/Subs.pl line 746.

For help, please send mail to the webmaster (or webmaster), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Content-type: text/html

Software error:
[Sun Oct 19 17:31:46 2008] YaBB.pl: [Sun Oct 19 17:31:46 2008] YaBB.pl: Can't continue after import errors at Modules/Upload/CGI.pm line 27
[Sun Oct 19 17:31:46 2008] YaBB.pl: [Sun Oct 19 17:31:46 2008] YaBB.pl: BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Modules/Upload/CGI.pm line 27.
[Sun Oct 19 17:31:46 2008] YaBB.pl: Compilation failed in require at ./Sources/Subs.pl line 746.
Compilation failed in require at /services/webpages/l/i/liguetotal.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl line 58.

For help, please send mail to the webmaster (or webmaster), giving this error message and the time and date of the error.

Thanks!

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ProgMaster Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 35	Reply #8 - 19.10.08 at 23:05:35 Thanks for the reply, Driven. Not sure what you mean about the 'alternating colours'. Also, when you say 'images' are you refering to the background images in the examples ? Anyway, I'll give the template a test run and see how I get on. Thanks again !! 8)
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Reply #9 - 20.10.08 at 00:30:49

@ Lucky_Luke
thats not a error with the template.. some servers (godaddy and a few others) seem to have a configuration thats causes an error 500 IF you have enabled user avatar upload.. thus when you try to save your profile you get that error ..you may notice also if you enable file attachments.. you will get it when you try to post. A user over at YaBB forum actually figured out how to solve this today!! here is a link to that post with the fix.
http://www.yabbforum.com/community/YaBB.pl?num=1224392655/0#0

@ProgMaster
Yep exactly.. i ment the background images in the examples.
and bt alternating colors.. ..you may notice when your reading posts.. each post has a slightly different color..that is the alternating color i was refereing too.

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Outumuro Hacker God Offline Posts: 569	Reply #10 - 20.10.08 at 10:48:26 Wow... excellent template Driven! News item - O-opacity [2.3] Released.
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Derek Bullock Fulltime Hacker Offline Posts: 183	Reply #11 - 20.10.08 at 11:35:05 LWS wrote on 19.10.08 at 01:14:30: @DerekB the template uses transparent images(.PNG) so new images would need to be made to match the green on your main site. I will try to do so for you when i get some free time..may be a week or so.. its actually a good idea..making a few different colors for the job. Thank you for that. Derek
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Reply #12 - 20.10.08 at 20:10:02

LWS wrote on 20.10.08 at 00:30:49:

@ProgMaster
Yep exactly.. i ment the background images in the examples.
and bt alternating colors.. ..you may notice when your reading posts.. each post has a slightly different color..that is the alternating color i was refereing too.

Many thanks for the explanation, driven. I shall give it a go ... 8)

Incidentally, I stumbled across this article regarding PNG 24. Interesting stuff and mentions / addresses the issue with IE 6.

http://dontcom.com/2006/11/png-24-round-up/

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teknotrav Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 8	Reply #13 - 23.10.08 at 00:32:39 Nice template Driven! Installed flawlessly! Hope to see more! Travis
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gman Hacker Wannabe Offline Posts: 79	Reply #14 - 26.10.08 at 17:30:06 What an awesome template this is. I installed it and just changed out 3 of the pics and its great! thank you very much 8)
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