Custom style for the forums

[DeletedUser]

hi all,

after the recent changes to the forum design I felt like adding some color and switch some things around
my theme now looks like this:

main "features":
- large background image i stole from the wiki
- removed the bottom bar, put links in the top bar (removed unimportant stuff)

because @miSc requested sharing, I will gladly do so.

you will need a browser plugin to get this to work.
for chrome users: i recommend stylebot
for firefox users: i recommend stylish
other browsers: didn't look for addons yet

if you need assistance, please tell me so.
also: please report issues, i didn't do browser testing.

code (it's kinda messy ):

html, body {
    background-image: url('https://en.wiki.forgeofempires.com/skins/FOE/images/background.jpg');
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: fixed;
    background-size: 100% auto;
    background-color: #223321;
}

#moderatorBar, #QuickSearchQuery {
    background-color: #224875 ;
}

#headerMover #header {
    background: none;
    box-shadow: none;
}

#forums.sectionMain {
    padding: 0;
    border: none;
    box-shadow: none;
    background-color: transparent;
}

.footer .pageContent {
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(34,51,33,0) 0%,rgba(34,51,33,0.7) 30%,rgba(34,51,33,1) 100%);
    text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
    padding-bottom: 20px;
}

#content .pageContent {
    border-radius: 10px;
    border: 3px solid #4f2913;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
    text-align: left;
}

.node .subForumList {
    margin: -25px 0 15px 56px;
}

.node.level_1 .nodeList li:last-child > div {
    border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
}

.thread_view .titleBar {
    text-align: left;
}

.nodeList .categoryStrip {
    background-color: #272a35;
    margin: 0;
    border-color: #4f2913;
}

a.callToAction span {
    position: relative;
    width: auto;
    height: auto;
    font-size: 13px;
    padding: 2px 10px;
    border-radius: 3px;
}

.sidebar .section {
    margin: 10px auto;
}

a.callToAction span i:after {
    content: " New Thread";
}

#AccountMenu .menuColumns a, #AccountMenu .menuColumns label {
    width: 175px;
}

#AccountMenu {
    width: 400px;
}

.Menu.JsOnly {
    z-index: 200000;
}

.xenOverlay, .xenOverlay .formOverlay {
    z-index: 300000;
    border-radius: 5px;
}

#exposeMask {
    z-index: 250000;
    background-color: rgba(12,26,40,0.8);
}

.Menu .secondaryContent {
    background-color: rgba(76,38,17,1);
}

.Menu a i.fa {
    color: #ce922e;
}

.login-icon {
    line-height: 42px;
}

footer .navTabs {
    background-color: rgba(22,34,46,0.5);
    background: linear-gradient(to right, #16222e 0%,#224872 100%);
    padding: 0;
}

#navigation .pageContent {
    box-shadow: none;
    width: 70%;
    max-width: 550px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 40px;
}

.navTabs {
    height: 42px;
}

.navTabs .navTab:hover .tabLinks {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 180px;
    height: auto;
    background-color: rgba(76, 38, 17, 0.96);
}

.navTab.forums, .navTab.members, .navTab.inbox, .navTab.alerts {
    display: inline-block ;
}

.navTabs .navLink, .navTabs .SplitCtrl {
    height: 42px;
    line-height: 42px;
}

.navTab .accountPopup img {
    margin-top: 0;
    height: 42px;
    width: 42px;
    float: none;
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0 -10px;
}

.navTabs .navTab.selected .navLink, .navTabs .navTab.selected:hover .navLink {
    background-color: #4f2913;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #333;
}

.navTabs .navTab.selected .tabLinks, .navTabs .navTab.selected:hover .tabLinks {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    overflow: visible;
    background-color: transparent;
    top: 47px;
    bottom: auto;
}

.navTabs .navTab.selected .tabLinks ul, .navTabs .navTab.selected:hover .tabLinks .blockLinksList {
    box-shadow: none;
    margin-left: 5px;
}

.navTabs .navTab.selected .tabLinks li, .navTabs .navTab.selected:hover .tabLinks .blockLinksList li {
    display: inline-block ;
    float: none;
    margin: 0;
    background: transparent;
}

.navTabs .navTab.selected .tabLinks li a, .navTabs .navTab.selected .tabLinks li a:hover, .navTabs .navTab.selected:hover .tabLinks li a {
    line-height: 20px;
    background-color: rgba(1,13,25,0.3);
    font-size: 12px;
    padding: 2px 10px;
    border-radius: 3px;
}

.navTabs .navTab.selected .tabLinks li a:hover {
    background-color: #f9ce6c;
}

.navTabs .navTab.selected:hover .tabLinks .menuHeader, .navTabs .navTab.selected .tabLinks li.navigationHidden, .navTab.navigationHiddenTabs, .navLink.extra-nav.Tooltip {
    display: none;
}

 

[miSc]

Excellent, thanks a ton

 

[RedRed]

My attempt, based on the current live version

Spoiler: list of changes

• auto-apply to all the FoE forums;
  
• moves and hook the footer bar to the top-left corner (to save vertical space and limit scrolling);
• it makes the header much more compact (to save vertical space and limit scrolling; although the header has more or less the same height of the older XenForo header, now all the useful items in the header are gone, making it useless);
• add the same background of the "wiki" (moving away the unloaded page feeling) ;
  
• changes "Forum" to "HOME symbol" in the top & bottom navigation bars (to avoid confusion with the "Forum" menu button;
• removed smilies' transparency in the text editor;
• new thread button more visible;

Spoiler: preview

@-moz-document regexp("^https?://forum.[a-z]{2,4}.forgeofempires.com(/.*)?$")
{
  /* moderation */
  div.pageContent a.reportedItems.modLink
  {
     top: auto !important;
     bottom: 0px !important;
     position: fixed !important;
     background-color: rgb(40, 20, 10);
     z-index: 10000;
  }
  /* background */
  html, body {
     background-image: url("https://en.wiki.forgeofempires.com/skins/FOE/images/background.jpg");
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
     background-attachment: fixed;
     background-size: 100% auto;
     background-color: #223321;
  }
  /* move user menu on top-left corner */
  #navigation .pageContent {
     width: auto;
     top: 0px;
     bottom: auto;
     position: absolute !important;
  }
  #AccountMenu, #AlertsMenu, #ConversationsMenu, .tabLinks.forumsTabLinks, #XenForoUniq1 {
     top: 55px !important;
     bottom: auto !important;
  }
  /* header */
  header {
     visibility: hidden;
     margin: 0px;
     padding: 0px;
     height: 0px;
  }
  #headerProxy {
     height: 20px !important;
  }
  #moderatorBar {
     height: 55px;
  }
  #searchBar {
     top: 26px !important;
  }
  .breadBoxTop {
     top: -20px;
  }
  div#logo {
     visibility: visible;
     z-index: 1000;
     position: absolute;
     line-height: 55px;
     top: -55px;
     left: 50%;
     width: 180px;
     height: 50px;
     margin: 0 0 0 -90px;
  }
  /* display "HOME" as root instead of "Forum" in the navigation bar */
  .crust.selectedTabCrumb a span:first-of-type {
     display: none;
  }
  .crust.selectedTabCrumb a::after {
     font-family: icomoon;
     font-size: 12pt;
     content: "\e29e";
  }
  /* footer */
  .footer .pageContent {
     background-color: rgba(11, 11, 11, 0.8) !important;
     padding-bottom: 3% !important;
  }
  /* "new thread" button */
  a.callToAction span {
     bottom: 4% !important;
     color: black;
     background-color: #ffff00;
     box-shadow: 0px 6px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.83), 0px 10px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.39);
  }
  a.callToAction:hover span {
     color: #303000;
     background-color: #ffff00;
  }
  a.callToAction:active span {
     color: black;
     background-color: rgb(255, 189, 0);
  }
  /* smilies */
  .redactor_smilies img.mceSmilieSprite {
     opacity: 1;
  }
  /* tags */
  .discussionListItems .unread .title a
  {
     text-shadow: none;
  }
}