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Hello, i need to know how to make a good mybb theme because i keep paying for designers to make me one but its getting to expensiveHuh so i want to know how to make oneSmile and if some can give me lessons or teach me how to make a really HQ mybb them and if you can do that then i will pay youSmile
Please and thanksHeart
I don't get why you don't search, it's not something you teach in its entirety really, but it is something you can practice yourself. I'd say the best idea is to install a base theme, and edit that.

Otherwise, try things like this http://community.mybb.com/thread-72931.html

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&saf...mybb+theme
Is that how you really make a good mybb theme like that?
Learn CSS and HTML. Start of from the Default MyBB theme and play with global.css. That's how I understand the basics of theme.
(2011-11-14, 01:52 AM)Yaldaram Wrote: [ -> ]Learn CSS and HTML. Start of from the Default MyBB theme and play with global.css. That's how I understand the basics of theme.

^This.
And first time when i started to design themes, i changed color codes in global.css and see how it is changed in the board. Try that.

And as Yaldaram said, you must know HTML and CSS before that. No once can teach you to make theme. If someone say, they can do it, then they most probably don't know theme designing much.Smile
Alright but how do i put the images on there for like "Forum Contains New Posts" and all that?
(2011-11-14, 03:32 AM)Monkey Boy Wrote: [ -> ]Alright but how do i put the images on there for like "Forum Contains New Posts" and all that?

http://community.mybb.com/thread-72931.html

In step 3, you create an image folder for your theme. In that image folder look for on.gif, off.gif and offlock.gif. Those are the images that corresponds to "Forum contain new post, Forum contain no new post, etc".
Make new images in Photoshop or similar software. When I started theming, I first edited each variable of global.css to see what stands for what so I could easily find the necessary variables next time when am gonna make a theme.