Styling MyBB

[Murder he Wrote]

So, I plan on converting my phpBB3 styles to become compatible with MyBB. Something I wasn't planning on doing at first, but since SWG just rolled out a platform to release them and since there is a lack of good MyBB themes, figured I'd give it a go.

Problem is, it doesn't look all that simple. Unlike phpBB where all of the stylesheets, HTML files and images are all contained within a specific theme's folder, in MyBB everything is all over the place.

So I'm wondering if anyone can offer a few pointers on how to get started. I basically need to know how to actualy create a new theme with its own name, where to edit the HTML / CSS, where images need to be saved to and how it can be exported as its own theme.

Additionally, any other points you might think are useful would be appreciated.

Thanks :great:

 

[Jasonp]

Sorry to be a noob but what is SWG?

 

[Murder he Wrote]

Spyka Web Group, more specifically, Awesome Styles -> http://www.awesomestyles.com/mybb-themes

 

[Pixel Pirate]

Most styling/themeing can be done through the Admin Panel.

http://i32.tinypic.com/2885pp5.png

In each of those, there are different catagories, and thats basicly it. Thats how I got SFZ theme going anyway. Hoping to do some more advanced things later.

 

[spyka]

here is one I made this morning: http://www.awesomestyles.com/mybb-theme ... ple-stripe

I just exported the default template and reimported it under a different name and just changed the css and templates to see what happened

 

[Murder he Wrote]

Thanks for the tips Spyka, that's a pretty nice Style to be honest, nice to see some unique elements such as rounded corners thrown in 🙂

Will give this MyBB lark a go within the next few days. 🙂

 

[spyka]

Here is another one I came up with: http://www.awesomestyles.com/mybb-themes/view/blueforce

I quite like MyBB, very nice free software - a lot like vB with Ajax quick reply and rating, etc.

 

[Comkid]

Blue Force Looks Much Better

 

[Jonathan]

Editing myBB themes is surprisingly easy.

If you get to the back end of a myBB setup, it becomes very easy to edit the different files and get things done via the CSS editor in "Simple mode."

Just poke around a bit in that section of the panel - you'll get the hang of it in no time.

 

[Murder he Wrote]

Well, lets get down to specifics. One thing that's going to put me off styling MyBB altogether is being forced to use some HTML / CSS editor in the Admin Panel. I like to open the raw files up in a code editor (localhost), make changes, save and refresh. Much easier that way.

So, I've not really got time to be poking around looking at what does what. Does anyone know which stylesheet is the 'main' stylesheet, and is safe to edit / add custom CSS to?

 

[spyka]

you really only need to edit global.css

 

[Murder he Wrote]

Nice one, cheers for that.

And anyone got any ideas as to the main HTML files that need to be edited. For example, in phpBB it's overall_header, overall_footer, index_body.html and viewtopic_body.html

Is there a similar kind of set for MyBB, or am I going to have to make-do with that code editor? 🙁