Reverb Template [v1.0] for Invision Power Board 1.3 Final

1st release version - 7 December, 2003
©Jasidog.com

There's not an awfull lot to say i hope, but a few important notes are here, for example should you wish to change the header. This is the first release of this template, most likely the last unless some bugs come up. However i think it's ok as it was the default at my own forums for some months without complaint.

Except one, one user complained that in IE 5.0 some parts of the board were visualy missaligned vertically speaking. In particular the buttons in posts.

I am not sure why this is or how bad it is, no one else complained and i don't have IE5.0 to check this out. I believe it a relatively minor issue though as this was the only complaint in several months. So i don't plan on fixing it. At a guess it's some css issue with 5.0. Other than that it seems to work fine in Geko browsers (Mozilla, Firebird, Netscape) Later versions of IE and Opera.

There's no restrictions on use or editing all i'd ask is that the link to my site in the footer remains, cheers!

I'm assuming you know how to install a skin ;)

Making your own header

Included in the reverb.zip was a folder containing the reverb.tar to install the skin, as well as a folder within this named "reverb readme and header files". Evidently you found it or you couldn't be reading this. :-D

So along side this readme file you should have found some blank logo files and a sliced fireworks.png of the header without text. Using either the blank files or the fireworks.png you can add your own text. Then simply place the images in the, style_images/reverb/head/ directory of your message board. The importing process may have changed the reverb image directory name slightly by adding some numbers.

I may try and make up a photoshop psd also which would include the logo text formatting.

Complete change

You could completely replace the header strip with your own images, but in that case you need to remember to edit the reverb.css from your admin pannel to reflect the height of your replacement images. You can also rename the image used for the tileing background there.

Look for this section to make your changes in -

#head {

width : 100%;

margin-right : auto;

margin-left : auto;

background-color : #dfe7ee;

background-image : url(style_images/<#IMG_DIR#>/head/headtile.png);

background-repeat : repeat-x;

height : 76px;

vertical-align : top;

text-align : left;

color : #666666;

}

That would leave you with the images in the header, so go to your admin pannel then - skins and templates » Html templates » Then choose to "manage HTML" for the reverb template » Global HTML elements » Board Header (logo, links, etc).

Look through the code till you see this it's not hard to find but don't paste this text to find it as it has html formatting in it-

<div id="head">
<img src="style_images/<#IMG_DIR#>/head/logo_l.png" alt="logo" />
<img src="style_images/<#IMG_DIR#>/head/logo_r.png" alt="logo" />
<img src="style_images/<#IMG_DIR#>/head/logo_tail.png" alt="logo" />
</div>

You can now replace these with your own images you may need less or more than the three shown there.

If you have problems or need a bit of help

You can ask here - jasidog forums

Hope you enjoy the template! :)