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Topic: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

I'm trying to create a new skin using SpinkBB. I followed all the steps but have no idea what I?m doing wrong.

1. I open a text document and save it as SpinkBB.css and spinkbb_cs.css
2. I click on files and open them with frontpage2003.
3. I copy/paste the code into the documents.
4. Using frontpage2003 I upload SpinkBB.css and spinkbb_cs.css to style/ directory and spinkbb_cs.css to style/imports/ directory
5. I log into the forum, click on personality, display and choose SpinkBB


When I try to select the new skin, the forum only displays texts. There is no skin just the text.

Does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

Thanks.

  • From: Leuven, Belgium
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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

I experienced that SpinkBB doesn't really have full compatibility =/ The last skin I made with it was messing up my forum too.

3 Reply by pogenwurst (edited by pogenwurst 2006-04-17 20:19)

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

Can you provide a link?

Also, in my experience uploading through Frontpage can cause problems, so that may be the problem (maybe).

/Edit: Maybe elbekko's post is your answer

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

Yes the link is 10gambler.com/forum/

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

remove the ../../ from the url at the top of SpinkBB.css, and it should work.

6 Reply by pogenwurst (edited by pogenwurst 2006-04-17 20:37)

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

/Edit: Aaargh Gizzmo you beat me.

Try changing this:

/****************************************************************/
/* 1. IMPORTED STYLESHEETS */
/****************************************************************/

/* Import the basic setup styles */
@import url("../../imports/base.css");
/* Import the colour scheme */
@import url("../../imports/spinkbb_cs.css");

to this:

/****************************************************************/
/* 1. IMPORTED STYLESHEETS */
/****************************************************************/

/* Import the basic setup styles */
@import url("/imports/base.css");
/* Import the colour scheme */
@import url("/imports/spinkbb_cs.css");

in SpinkBB.css

If that doesn't work, try removing the first / in each of those referenced URLs, I don't know if it matters or not.

If that works, please remove my account.

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

I copied the code pogenwurst provided (replacing the original)... but looking at the orginal on my PC it was fine also except it was just (/imports.base.css   It didnt have the "  in there.   

I didnt work. It was text only again. No skin.

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

Are you sure that spinkbb_cs.css is in /imports? When I type: http://10gambler.com/forum/style/imports/spinkbb_cs.css into the URL bar I get 404'd.

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

i'll check.


Yes its in there. Contents for forum/style/imports    i can see the spinkbb_cs.css file

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

peterg wrote:

i'll check.


Yes its in there. Contents for forum/style/imports    i can see the spinkbb_cs.css file

Is it capitalized (or rather, non-capitalized), because it still returns a 404

11 Reply by peterg

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

I dont know what that means smartys... whats do you mean by capitalized ?

If you mean capital letters? the file apears as Spinkbb_cs.css in forum/style/imports

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

I figured it out.

Your spinkbb_cs.css has HTML tags in it. Get a fresh spinkbb_cs.css and paste it into a plain text editor like Notepad (not Frontpage) and upload that.

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13 Reply by peterg (edited by peterg 2006-04-17 21:36)

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

I got a new code from SpinkBB and opend a new 'Text document'
I uploaded the new cs  files but it didnt work again.

Should also i try to paste the code into a "Rich Text document" ,  or "word pad document"?

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

peterg wrote:

I got a new code from SpinkBB and opend a new 'Text document'
I uploaded the new cs  files but it didnt work again.

Should also i try to paste the code into a "Rich Text document" ,  or "word pad document"?

I just looked at SpinkBB.css
You still have this code

/* Import the basic setup styles */
@import url("../../imports/base.css");
/* Import the colour scheme */
@import url("../../imports/spinkbb_cs.css");

It should be, as other people have said:

/* Import the basic setup styles */
@import url("imports/base.css");
/* Import the colour scheme */
@import url("imports/spinkbb_cs.css");

15 Reply by peterg

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

Code:
/* Import the basic setup styles */
@import url("../../imports/base.css");
/* Import the colour scheme */
@import url("../../imports/spinkbb_cs.css");

I checked the file on my PC and it does not have ../../   i dont know wheather frontpage changes it to ../../ that. I have already tried to enter the correct code and uplaod the file. It didnt work.

16 Reply by Gizzmo

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

try a ftp program (like smartftp) to upload the file. it seems that frontpage is adding in the ../../ if its not in your version you have on your PC.

17 Reply by peterg

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

I'll try one more thing. I'll  extract one of the default skins from the punbb zip and change the name of the file. This should determine wheater it is frontpage.

YEAH!

18 Reply by peterg

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

DAMN!

It didnt work again.

19 Reply by peterg

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

Ok is there any other way of changing the look of the forum?

Am i the only one with FrontPage who's experiencing this problem?

And how easy/difficult is it to switch to another forum software?

20 Reply by Apupv

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

If the problem comes from FrontPage, like it seems, change your ftp software, not your forum software...
Or have I misunderstood ?

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

peterg wrote:

Am i the only one with FrontPage who's experiencing this problem?

I don't know, but you're certainly not the only one to use Frontpage and have problems (I've had a whole lot of problems, personally).

I would strongly recommend that you use a dedicated FTP application like SmartFTP like Gizzmo mentioned, or Filezilla, my personal favorite.

Apupv wrote:

If the problem comes from FrontPage, like it seems, change your ftp software, not your forum software...
Or have I misunderstood ?

No, you haven't misunderstood, I think you've got it right.

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22 Reply by peterg

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

I tried Filezilla, i downloaded the zip and extracted the contents on my desktop  but when i clicked on the files , i got the "windows cannot open this file, choose which program to open this file with"  and i have no idea what to open it with.

I'll try  smartftp now.

23 Reply by Paul

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

If you want another go with Filezilla, you should have downloaded the .exe file which is the windows installer. Here is a direct link
http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourcefo … _setup.exe
Copy it to your browser rather than just clicking on it if you want it to work.

24 Reply by peterg (edited by peterg 2006-04-19 15:02)

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

Smartftp downloaded that and it works fine but i dont know how to use it.

I did mangage to connect to my website but it have no idea how to publish the files on my pc to the web.

Its not as simple as Frontpage2003. On frontpage the screen is devided into your pc's files and the webs files and an arrow in the midle.




thanks for the link Paul. Is filezilla simple to use?

25 Reply by Paul

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Re: Changing Skins (SpinkBB)

Filezilla is probably a little more complicated than Smartftp. Basically all ftp clients work the same, you get two screens, one showing your files on your PC and one showing the folder on the server. You just move files from one to the other. Frontpage is exactly the same, what they call "publishing" is just a built in ftp client.