Skinbox news

All IP.Board Skins Now Compatible With 3.1.2

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:38:32 +0000

We are pleased to announce that all our IP.Board skins are now fully compatible with IPB 3.1.2 and are available for immediate download in your download area. The current version of all our IPB skins is now version 2.1.0.

Please note that Orb, our free IPB skin has also been updated and is now compatible with 3.1.2 as well.

What's New?
We have removed our "copyright box" from all the skins. Some skins still have the box, but there is no Skinbox links in them - the credit boxes left are for skin credits only. That means our branding now contains three links less than before. Remember that you can purchase the Copyright Removal at any time (through your download box) for as low as $30.

We have also added a new dropdown menu to the Surface skin in the user navigation area.

Bug Fixes
In addition to make the skins fully compatible with IP.Board 3.1.2, we have fixed several bugs in the skins listed below:

Global Issues

Velvet

Elegant

Weird image name

Brave

Surface

Blood

As usual, you can view live demos of our skins here.

Free IPB Skin - Orb Now Released

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:17:43 +0000

We are glad to announce the release of the new version of our free IPB 3.0.x skin, Glass. The skin has been renamed and is now Orb. It is now fully compatible with IP.Board 3.1.1 and all official applications (Chat, Downloads, Blog & Gallery) and ready for immediate download.

Enjoy!

vBulletin Skins Now Compatible With 4.0.5

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:54:29 +0000

Dear vBulletin customers,

We are glad to announce that all our current vBulletin skins are now compatible with vBulletin 4.0.5. Please remember that this is a compatibility update, meaning that we only made the vBulletin 4.0.3 skins compatible with the 4.0.5 version. We will rebuild the skins from scratch and add all the new features (currently in the IP.Board skins exclusively) when vBulletin 4.1 goes final.

Two main changes in the skins for this update:

Warrior now has a fluid width as it was requested a lot.
Both Cielo and Magnetic now have three files that MUST be uploaded (imported) through your vBulletin Admin CP if you have the CMS and the Blog: vbulletin-style.xml, blog-style.xml and cms-style.xml. You first have to upload vbulletin-style the normal way, then you have to import blog-style.xml and cms-style.xml in Styles & Templates > Download / Upload Styles > Merge Into Style > Magnetic.

Thank you!

All IP.Board 3.1.1 Skins Updated

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:56:23 +0000

All of our current IP.Board 3.1.1 skins have been updated. This release is more of a bug fix one, although we have implemented some features and improved some design elements. All the skins are available in your download box for immediate download. You can also view the skins live if you are considering purchasing a product from us.

What's New?

All skins

Skins now load faster with Javascript optimization. Most elements are now fetched only once using our new element storage API. It removes the need for hundreds of javascript calls. We removed hundreds of javascript function calls thanks to the element storage API.

Mystic

Forum blocks are now entirely clickable

Elegant & Underground

New topic icons

Velvet, Magnetic & Brave

All necessary PSDs are now included in the archives (Velvet: bg.psd & bg-footer.psd, Magnetic: all backgrounds' PSDs, Brave: branding_right.psd)

Bug Fixes

We have given a little bit of love to the Bug Tracker so it now supports versions for every skins. This update is updating the version of all IP.Board 3.1.1 skins to version 2.0.1. We have also added the "Global Issues" category, this category is for issues that are affecting every single skins.

Here's the list of the bugs that were fixed in this update:

Global Issues

Velvet

Elegant

"no post" members message + regular member messages don't look good

Underground

Brave

Blood

No ACP link

Magnetic

Chat count not displaying in primary navigation

Tutorials

We have updated and added some tutorials to our tutorials database. New tutorials include how to manage our new features, remove them, etc. We have also divided them into three categories: Skin specific, General and Common issues. It is worth taking a look!

vBulletin Skins Compatibility Update

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:43:37 +0000

We will perform a skin update for all our current vBulletin skins soon. This update will be a compatibility update only and no features will be added to the skins at this time. We are waiting until vBulletin 4.1 is released to rebuild the skins from scratch.

We would not be able to give you any *exact* ETA right now, but it should be soon enough.

Thank you!

Update: Since vBulletin 4.0.5 is almost there, the compatibility update will be for this version (4.0.5).

IP.Board 3.1.1 Skins Now Released!

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:10:49 +0000

We are glad to announce the release of our big upgrade for IP.Board 3.1.1. Since three weeks we are working day and night on upgrading our IPB skins to IPB 3.1.1. It's been long and we've worked a lot - and it was worth it. As you may know, we took this opportunity to rebuild the skins from scratch and that's why it took so long - it is like redesigning and recoding skins that originally took more than one year to be released. And we had to do this in two to three weeks. Quite a challenge!

(Real) Live Demos
Since a lot of people have requested (real) live demos, we decided to implement it on Skinbox - To see a skin live (for real), just go to any skin page and hit the big "LIVE DEMO" button or click here. The live preview is currently available for IP.Board skins only.

Price Modifications
Since a lot of work has been put in in order to make the skins perfect and with the addition of a lot of new features, we have decided to increase the price of all our IP.Board skins by $1. So a skin that used to cost $15 will cost $16, a skin that used to cost $16 will be $17, etc. We really hope you understand this decision.

We have also dropped the price of the Single Copyright Removal from $35 to $30 and the Global Copyright Removal from $199 to $99.

IPB 2 & vB 3 Skins End of Life
IP.Board 2.x skins and vBulletin 3.x styles are now End of Life (EOL). You can still access the files in your download box, but we simply do not sell or provide support for them anymore.

Skins Not Converted
Some of our IPB skins didn't made it for the upgrade. We have decided to End of Life several skins, either because we are working on a new version of them that will be released in the next few weeks, or simply for business reasons. The skins affected are:

Arcobaleno
Brillance
Fat
Pink Velvet
So Web 2.0
Shadow
Game Over (will be replaced with a new, better skin)
Vanille (will be replaced with a new, better skin)

If the skin(s) you have purchased is on that list, you are entitled to receive a new skin for free. To redeem your free skin, just go to your download box, click the "Learn More and Convert" button and follow the instructions.

Color Variation Series
Some changes have been done in both the Professionnal Series and the Velvet Series. We have decided to release all color variations in the same package. That means you don't have to buy three skins to have the three color variations anymore. So if you buy Velvet Blue, you will receive Velvet Green and Velvet Red for free. We have also made it so the Blue version of both series is the parent skin and the color variations, the children.

If you have purchased any color variations of both of these series, you are entitled to a 30% rebate on your next purchase. To redeem your coupon code, please contact us.

Please also note that color variations for Blood, Brave, Surface and other skins are not available anymore.

New Names
Some of our skins have been renamed. Some of the names was outdated, some was just not good enough. Here's the list:

Professionnal (Blue, Green, Red) becomes Elegant (Blue, Green, Red)
(Blue, Green, Red) Velvet becomes Velvet (Blue, Green, Red)
GFX becomes Source

New Features
All the skins now come with exclusive and awesome features. This includes a background switcher, a login lightbox, show / hide elements, a smooth "go to top" bottom link, a width changer, a tabbed skin, completely new navigations and much more. All products now also have new icons all over the skins. Please go through all of the skin descriptions below to learn more about these completely new features.

What's Next?
We will focus on remaking our vBulletin skins from scratch and release some of the brand new Skinground skins. We will also convert the free IPB skins to IPB 3.1.1 soon, don't worry.

If you are a Skinbox customer, the skins are available in your download box for immediate download.

IP.Board 3.1.1 Skins To Be Released Tomorrow

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:17:11 +0000

We are glad to announce that all of our IP.Board 3.1.1 skins will be released tomorrow for sure. It was supposed to be today, but we prefer to wait until tomorrow so we can fix the latest bugs / go through the skins for a last time and finalize some things.

However, here's a little teaser video, a preview to make you wait until tomorrow. A lot is revealed. Turn on your speakers!

Beta Testers Needed

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:18:28 +0000

Since we have rebuilt all our skins from scratch, we are looking for some beta testers (2-3) so the skins can be tested with external people before their release.

The job is quite simple, all you have to do is to look through the skins and find as many bugs as possible and report them right on the Skinbox forums (you will have access to a beta testing private forums).

The beta testing phase will have to last no more than two to three days, so please only apply if you have the time to do this as quickly as possible.

The beta testers will be compensated depending on how many bugs they find - the highest value prize is a free skin of their choice.

Please reply to this topic if you are interested and we'll contact you back. Thank you.

Current Lack of Support

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:10:29 +0000

Dear customers,

We are very sorry for the current lack of support. As you know, we are currently rebuilding all our IP.Board skins from scratch so they fully work with the latest version of IP.Board. This is taking longer than expected because we want them to be perfect, plus we are adding a lot of new stuff and features. Every services (support, custom skinning, etc.) should come back very shortly as we are releasing the skins soon.

Thanks for your collaboration and your patience.

About vBulletin 4.0.4

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:47:31 +0000

Dear customers,

We are currently remaking all our IP.Board skins from scratch so they all are fully compatible with IPB 3.1.1. We will then remake our current vBulletin skins so they are fully compatible with vBulletin 4.0.4.

Everything is coming at the same time, that's why everything is taking a little bit longer.

Thanks for your comprehension.