Chameleon & Chameleon Dark available for IP.Board 3.4.x.
Includes a free upgrade for IPS.Suite 4.x
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After the inital release of these themes on IPBFocus, the Chameleon series (Light & Dark) are now available on the IPS Marketplace. Chameleon adapts itself based on your background image by using semi-transparent "frosted glass" content boxes to allow your background image to partially show through. This allows you to easily customize the genre of the theme by changing only the background image. The header collapses on-scroll and stays at the top of the screen for easy access.
Skin Features
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"Settings" Template File
This skin includes a settings file allowing you to easily enable or disable features within the skin. This makes modifications and upgrades very simple since little code changes are required.
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Sticky, shrinking header
The header shrinks in size and sticks to the top of the page for easy access to user controls and the board index.
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Blurred content
In firefox, the content behind the header bar is blurred.
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Frosted Glass content boxes
Your background image is displayed beneath your content boxes which have a frosted glass effect.
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Modified topic view
If enabled using the settings file, the topic page can be swapped to a horizontal design to focus your users attention on the content.
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Guest message
A customizable message is shown to guests, prompting them to either register or login to your forum.
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Social link icons
Social links can be enabled/disabled and customized to your own URL using the Settings file, allowing you to easily link to your social network pages (facebook, twitter, etc)
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Optional Tooltips
Forum descriptions are be placed inside animated tooltips (and can be disabled using the Settings file), resulting in a cleaner layout.
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HTML text as logo
Changing the logo text is extremely easy by modifying the HTML text. If required, the text can be replaced by a small image instead.
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Individual forum icons
If enabled, you can customize the icons for each forum, allowing for easier identification. Easy to add your own, with instructions provided once purchased.
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Grey-scale "no new" icons
Forum icons are converted to grey-scale using css filters in webkit browsers (Safari & Webkit) if there are no new posts in that forum. Other browsers simply reduce the icons opacity.
A free upgrade for IPS.Suite 4.x will be provided to all customers once the software reaches a final (non-beta or alpha) version.
For more information and live demo's, take a look at the Chameleon skins on IPBFocus and the IPS Marketplace:
Chameleon: IPBFocus -- IPS Marketplace
Chameleon Dark: IPBFocus -- IPS Marketplace
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