IPB 3

[Nick_TMC]

Is IPB 3 going to be a nightmare for you Ehren?

I would have thought you will be getting a lot of requests from past skin owners wanting their skins updating, any idea how busy you are going to be? (looking at the other posts on the forum it looks like your busy enough already!)

I'm planning on getting a custom skin for my forum after IPB 3 is live, would your custom skin include an IPB gallery skin?

I'd like the rest of the site to look the same as the forum, could you do templates for other pages of the site? (looking at about 5 pages)

[Ehren]

Hey Nick,

Yeah - it'll be a lot of work, especially with all of the upgrades. I'm guessing a few people are going to wait until IPB 3 before they get their custom skin made aswell, so first-time customers will also pile on the work. If I can keep on top of things, all should be good.

Custom skins can be made for the forum, and any other IPS component such as the gallery, blogs, download manager, etc.

A website design which matches your forum skin can also be done - but the cost for the entire job will depend on how complex your design is

[manHa]

Yes, it will be a nightmare for skinners...

[Nick_TMC]

Thanks for the replies

Ehren can you incorporate javascript dropdown menus like this site

http://www.ivetan.co.uk

I think it uses moo tools

[Ehren]

Yeah, that should be no problem

[Bitter]

Putting our skins on IP .Board 3 will probably take a lot of effort, but is manageable, like always. I know modifications will be less of a pain to update for IP .Board 3, though. If only it were easier for skins.

Bitter.

[Nick_TMC]

The changes are very extensive, the entire skin has been recreated from the ground up. The template system itself has also changed, so that most views are now represented by a single template, rather than lots of little templates as was the case with IPB2.

In other words, the changes are extensive enough to the point that converting skins won't be a simple matter for novice skinners. In many cases it will be easier to just start the skin over.

CSS class names are entirely different, the xHTML is entirely different (e.g. tables only used for tabular data), the template functions are compressed, and we use template plugins to accomplish things previously done in the source files unnecessarily. The look of many pages is entirely different. The changes are quite extensive.

Ehren still here or has he just run off?

[Ehren]

I say bring it on I'll be fine, haha.

[Nick_TMC]

Just had a look at the new IPB3... I am really going to need a new skin

[ThaJunkYardMan]

i cant wait to get it. loooks like i shall shave have some fun

[Ehren]

Yeah... I'm going to make myself my own default I think..

[Trippy]

Will you be upgrading the premade skins? If so will the premade skins be freely available to the people who baught them before 3.0. If you arent going to be upgrading them, will you give those who baught them before 3.0 an option to get a new skin from you at a lower price.

Thanks,

Trippy

[Ehren]

Hey,

Yeah - the premade skins will be upgraded.. Anyone who has purchased them will get a slight discount - yet to be determined

[Brandon.N]

I think that some of the users will wait until the IPB beta comes out before they request skins. Right now it is in alpha. So a lot more is to come. I myself am sticking with IPB 2.3.6 With all the work and modifications put into my site, IPB 3 would just wipe them all out :/

[Putzy]

Hey,

Yeah - the premade skins will be upgraded.. Anyone who has purchased them will get a slight discount - yet to be determined

YEEEESSS!

I didn't see this post, so now my most recent email to you makes me look mongish!