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Get Vanilla NowBootstrap 0.9
Warning! This community-contributed addon has not been tested or code-reviewed. Use at your own risk.
- Author
- kasperisager
- Version
- 0.9
- Released
- Downloads
- 4,315
- File Size
- 708.1K
Requirements
- Vanilla
- Vanilla 2
This addon is a theme. You need to extract it to your
/themes folder to install it.
Based on Bootstrap from Twitter and inspired by LiveRoom.
Be sure to read the documentation found here: https://github.com/kasperisager/VanillaBootstrap
This clean and modern theme is based on Bootstrap from Twitter and inspired by LiveRoom.
Locate /js/library/jquery.js and replace the contents of the file with version 1.7.2 from the jQuery downloads page (http://jquery.com/download/). The latest version of jQuery will break Vanilla.
As Bootstrap relies on the latest version of jQuery, this step is very important. Without the latest version of jQuery the theme might seem like it works as it's supposed to, but it's all lies! Lol, the point is that stuff like dropdowns and modals won't work unless you're using the latest version of jQuery.
2. Match file paths in default.master.tpl
Match file paths in default.master.tpl Make sure that the JS, CSS and LESS calls in views/default.master.tpl matches your folder structure. This is necessary if you have installed Vanilla in any other directory than the root directory on your server.
The default structure is
Make sure to include the first
For a complete example, take a look at the code below. Here we've installed Vanilla in a directory called "vanillaforum":
NB: If you've installed Vanilla on a subdomain, then you won't need to include the name of the directory in which your subdomain exists. Although if you've installed it on subdomain, I suspect you know what you're doing anyway!
3. Use of Markdown is HIGHLY recommended
Add the following line to conf/config.php:
Be sure to read the documentation found here: https://github.com/kasperisager/VanillaBootstrap
Bootstrap
No longer maintainedThis clean and modern theme is based on Bootstrap from Twitter and inspired by LiveRoom.
Installation
1. Update of the CORE jQuery-library is REQUIREDLocate /js/library/jquery.js and replace the contents of the file with version 1.7.2 from the jQuery downloads page (http://jquery.com/download/). The latest version of jQuery will break Vanilla.
As Bootstrap relies on the latest version of jQuery, this step is very important. Without the latest version of jQuery the theme might seem like it works as it's supposed to, but it's all lies! Lol, the point is that stuff like dropdowns and modals won't work unless you're using the latest version of jQuery.
2. Match file paths in default.master.tpl
Match file paths in default.master.tpl Make sure that the JS, CSS and LESS calls in views/default.master.tpl matches your folder structure. This is necessary if you have installed Vanilla in any other directory than the root directory on your server.
The default structure is
src="/themes/VanillaBootstrap/..." but if you have installed Vanilla in say a directory called "forum" you'd need to change the calls to: src="/forum/themes/VanillaBootstrap/...".Make sure to include the first
/, otherwise the files won't load correctly on pages other than your home page.For a complete example, take a look at the code below. Here we've installed Vanilla in a directory called "vanillaforum":
Remember that you don't need to include the actual url of your website in the path, just make the path relative to your root directory.
&lr;!-- LESS CSS and Prettify
================================================== -->
<link rel="stylesheet/less" type="text/css" href="/vanillaforum/themes/VanillaBootstrap/design/less/main.less">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/vanillaforum/themes/VanillaBootstrap/design/prettify/prettify.css">
<!-- Javascript
================================================== -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/vanillaforum/themes/VanillaBootstrap/js/bootstrap.less.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/vanillaforum/themes/VanillaBootstrap/js/bootstrap.main.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/vanillaforum/themes/VanillaBootstrap/js/plugin.autosize.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/vanillaforum/themes/VanillaBootstrap/js/vanilla.main.js"></script>
<!-- Google Prettify
================================================== -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/vanillaforum/themes/VanillaBootstrap/design/prettify/prettify.js"></script>
NB: If you've installed Vanilla on a subdomain, then you won't need to include the name of the directory in which your subdomain exists. Although if you've installed it on subdomain, I suspect you know what you're doing anyway!
3. Use of Markdown is HIGHLY recommended
Add the following line to conf/config.php:
$Configuration['Garden']['InputFormatter'] = 'Markdown';
