cast is a theme skeleton built for the free forum software ProBoards. It's made up of basic adjustments to the default ProBoards theme, including a more neutral color scheme and multiple fixes to styles, layout templates, and markup. Its intended audience is intermediate to advanced users creating custom ProBoards themes. Those more familiar with CSS will find this theme easiest to customize through the stylesheet.
Built with the purpose of being redistributed as your own creation, you are free and encouraged to edit any part of this theme. You do not need to credit or reference me if you use this as a base for a premade or commission, but it would be cool to see what you build! That being said, a lot of personal time and effort were invested in tweaking and testing these files, and as such, my only request is that you don't explicitly claim cast (as a base) as your own.
If you're less familiar with ProBoards themes or CSS/HTML, I would suggest reviewing these resources before getting started.
On ProBoards themes:
- http://adoxographyv2.boards.net/thread/1682/101-on-skin
- http://smangii.proboards.com/thread/38907/smangiis-theme-guide-proboards-v5
On CSS and HTML:
- You are welcome and encouraged to edit any part of this theme. It's meant to serve as a base for your own themes. You do not need to credit or reference me when submitting your creation as a premade or to the ProBoards Theme Library.
- You are allowed to remove my comments.
- Please do not claim cast, as a base, as your own. I've invested a lot of personal time and effort in these files.
- Please do not repost this theme without my permission. Please notify me if you see it posted outside of Adoxography, ProBoards Support, or GitHub.
- You are allowed to pick and choose parts from cast. Feel free to download it to take what you need.
- Predefined styles for the Thread Descriptions plugin
- Smangii's ClearUBBC icons
- Font Awesome icons
- Removed box-shadow and border-radius styles
- Reorganized the stylesheet with more descriptive comment headers and moved style blocks into more logical sections to make everything easier to search, read, and edit
- Redefined a bunch of
font-familyvalues with@default_forum_text_font_familyto be consistent - Rebuilt Info Center with fewer nested tables
- Moved the Footer content and bottom ads outside of the Forum Wrapper so they don't disrupt the inner spacing of the wrapper if it has a background color or image
- Added styles to prevent the last
.container<div>on the page from adding extra space to the Forum Wrapper if it has a background color or image - Replaced most image icons with Font Awesome icons
- Added styles and a script to darken the background overlay on modal windows
- Made the padding on the User Profile tables more consistent
- Removed the extra right borders from the Messages and Conversations List templates
- And tons more! See the change log for details
Special thanks to Smangii for his ClearUBBC icons, and Trinity Blair for pointing out several of these fixes in her own Skeleton Theme.
- Download the cast-v4.1.0.pbt file and save it somewhere easily accessible, such as your Desktop or Downloads folder
- Go to your forum's Admin Panel
- Click on Themes > Theme Manager
- Click the "Create New/Import Theme" button
- Click on "Import an Existing Theme"
- Click the "Choose Theme File" button
- Navigate to and select the cast-skin.pbt file
- Once the theme has been imported, click the "Finished" button near the bottom right of the dialog window
PROTIP:
If importing the .pbt file results in an error, you may need to try again. Sometimes the ProBoards theme importer fails despite multiple attempts. If the issue persists, try clearing your browser's cookies and logging in again.
