The topic view on this site is really impressive. I was wondering, how do you do it? I use an IPB2.1.7 forum about Charity and want to do something similar where it looks like bubbles.
sartajc 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to Post— roryt 150I would have thought it was a mixture of css and javascript. I doubt they are actually images (especially the rounded corners). I am sure cscgal will tell you how to do it.
Jump to Post— Dani 5,664There are three ways to do this: with CSS and images, with JavaScript and CSS and images, or with the new version of CSS that isn't widely supported yet.
I go the CSS and images route, mostly because I was having a problem getting the JavaScript method to be …
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roryt 150 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
I would have thought it was a mixture of css and javascript. I doubt they are actually images (especially the rounded corners). I am sure cscgal will tell you how to do it.
BamaStangGuy 0 Master of the Web Team Colleague
View the source and css file to better get an idea of how it is done.
Dani 5,664 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster
There are three ways to do this: with CSS and images, with JavaScript and CSS and images, or with the new version of CSS that isn't widely supported yet.
I go the CSS and images route, mostly because I was having a problem getting the JavaScript method to be as cross-browser compatible as I would have liked.
A google search for [search]rounded corners[/search] has a lot of tutorials that will help you.
BamaStangGuy 0 Master of the Web Team Colleague
or with the new version of CSS that isn't widely supported yet.
This looks very promising and I wish it was supported by all the browsers. Would help take a lot of code of a site like this that uses a lot of rounded corners.
cyfm 0 Junior Poster in Training
Yeh I've seen the new version of css in action, it does look very promising, Although if your interested in css you may want to read this amusing article,
sartajc 0 Newbie Poster
There are three ways to do this: with CSS and images, with JavaScript and CSS and images, or with the new version of CSS that isn't widely supported yet.
I go the CSS and images route, mostly because I was having a problem getting the JavaScript method to be as cross-browser compatible as I would have liked.
A google search for [search]rounded corners[/search] has a lot of tutorials that will help you.
wow. thanks. ill try it out.
btw, that search bbcode is really cool. this is probably the most unique forum skin i have ever seen. i didn't even know it was vbulletin till i looked at the copyright. thats impressive.
Dani 5,664 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster
Thank you :) Just use [search] and [/search] :)
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