Topic: Any 2.1 themes that have a built in side portal?

[Poύνικ]

added you to allow list I keep forgetting I blocking all messages.

Anyway, people will never think of expanding to a different style when their are no new unique styles available.  So they are limited to what is about.

[Bloc]

True. Maybe one should approach it from another angle: whats really forums about? Conversations, people, meanings, right? How would you present a conversation graphically if you could do anything?

[Poύνικ]

well I always like the look of the old comic book theme that did it in a fun way and broke from the standardization that is common.

[Shuban]

I remember installing simplicity as my very first theme change when using SMF 5 years ago. #timeflies

[Bloc]

But what was it with it, that attracted you guys so much?

It was essentially a portal'fied theme,pushing elements from each page into sidepanels and had very few graphics. It was..simple lol. Is that something you liked? the simplification?

[Poύνικ]

I liked it because it pushed the aesthetic value of SMF and that is what no theme is doing now, so no-one is getting inspired to do more than a variation.

[Shuban]

But what was it with it, that attracted you guys so much?

It was essentially a portal'fied theme,pushing elements from each page into sidepanels and had very few graphics. It was..simple lol. Is that something you liked? the simplification?

Regarding your latest theme?

* Usage of webfonts
* Usage of fontawesome style icons
* Responsive out of the box
* SimplePortal Friendly
* Options
* Different

[Bloc]

Well, great you described those items and pleased they are indeed useful to you!

..but I was curious about the old Simplicity theme. Attached a screenshot in case we are not talking about the same theme.

[Poύνικ]

Most def, your older themes pushed the boundaries, now your newer ones seem more about you learning and dont really seem to  have the heart anymore and its a shame, you are thee master of themes always have be always will be, you know I will always be your biggest fan (you were my mentor after all) and its your pushing the boundaries in all aspects that got myself into coding.   Helios if we have to use another was the first real gaming based theme for SMF that also pushed the boundaries in MC.

[Bloc]

Its taken me some time create a base theme..but ShelfLife code feels like it. So yeah, learning one could say, but I feel the latests themes have been more complete in terms of design, more than earlier things.

Pushed the boundaries..I don't know about that though. I favored learning the PHP bit just as much as the HTML/CSS, that made it easy for me to change the templates, especially for SMF 1.1. It looked ok with all those tables no matter what I threw at it.

But looking through my old themes now, most of them seems a bit clunky and odd, tbh.

I guess its a matter of perspective.