Seen a few people request this on here but never seen a tutorial for it, so here it is - original tutorial by mybboard.pl
Heres what you'll end up with - http://i.imgur.com/46w8KDp.png
Copy and paste this into your header include template (we'll come back to skin.js later on)
Next make a new cp.css file in your themes section and copy paste this - Remember to make sure the image links are correct
Open your header template and put this where you want the color picker to show
Now we can open skin.js and choose what we want to be effected by the color picker
Look for this line and add here all the classes and id's you want to be colored - make sure every class or id ends with a ,
Download - make sure all files are in correct places
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Mybb jQuery color palette.zip (Size: 124.72 KB / Downloads: 20)
Heres what you'll end up with - http://i.imgur.com/46w8KDp.png
Copy and paste this into your header include template (we'll come back to skin.js later on)
Code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/picker/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/picker/js/colorpicker.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/picker/js/skin.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/picker/js/cookie.js"></script>Next make a new cp.css file in your themes section and copy paste this - Remember to make sure the image links are correct
Code:
.custom_theme{
background-image: url('images/gamerx/cp/color-swatches.png');
float: right;
}
.custom_theme #colorpicker{
height: 12px;
width: 12px;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
cursor: pointer;
opacity: 0;
}
.colorpicker {
width: 356px;
height: 176px;
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
background: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_background.png);
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
display: none;
z-index: 9000;
margin-left: 36px;
}
.colour_instructions{
width: 134px;
height: 92px;
position: absolute;
left: 211px;
top: 47px;
text-align: left;
font-size: 10px;
color: #898989;
}
.colorpicker_color {
width: 150px;
height: 150px;
left: 14px;
top: 13px;
position: absolute;
background: #f00;
overflow: hidden;
cursor: crosshair;
}
.colorpicker_color div {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 150px;
height: 150px;
background: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_overlay.png);
}
.colorpicker_color div div {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 11px;
height: 11px;
overflow: hidden;
background: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_select.gif);
margin: -5px 0 0 -5px;
}
.colorpicker_hue {
position: absolute;
top: 13px;
left: 171px;
width: 35px;
height: 150px;
cursor: n-resize;
}
.colorpicker_hue div {
position: absolute;
width: 35px;
height: 9px;
overflow: hidden;
background: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_indic.gif) left top;
margin: -4px 0 0 0;
left: 0px;
}
.colorpicker_new_color {
position: absolute;
width: 130px;
height: 30px;
left: 213px;
top: 13px;
background: #f00;
}
.colorpicker_current_color {
position: absolute;
width: 60px;
height: 30px;
left: 283px;
top: 13px;
background: #f00;
display: none;
}
.colorpicker input {
background-color: transparent;
border: 1px solid transparent;
position: absolute;
font-size: 10px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #898989;
top: 4px;
right: 11px;
text-align: right;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
height: 11px;
}
.colorpicker_hex {
position: absolute;
width: 72px;
height: 22px;
background: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_hex.png) top;
left: 212px;
top: 142px;
}
.colorpicker_hex input {
right: 6px;
}
.colorpicker_field {
height: 22px;
width: 62px;
background-position: top;
position: absolute;
display: none; /* Hide colour boxes */
}
.colorpicker_field span {
position: absolute;
width: 12px;
height: 22px;
overflow: hidden;
top: 0;
right: 0;
cursor: n-resize;
}
.colorpicker_rgb_r {
background-image: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_rgb_r.png);
top: 52px;
left: 212px;
}
.colorpicker_rgb_g {
background-image: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_rgb_g.png);
top: 82px;
left: 212px;
}
.colorpicker_rgb_b {
background-image: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_rgb_b.png);
top: 112px;
left: 212px;
}
.colorpicker_hsb_h {
background-image: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_hsb_h.png);
top: 52px;
left: 282px;
}
.colorpicker_hsb_s {
background-image: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_hsb_s.png);
top: 82px;
left: 282px;
}
.colorpicker_hsb_b {
background-image: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_hsb_b.png);
top: 112px;
left: 282px;
}
.colorpicker_submit {
position: absolute;
width: 56px;
height: 22px;
background: url(images/gamerx/cp/colorpicker_submit.png) top;
left: 288px;
top: 142px;
cursor: pointer;
overflow: hidden;
}
.colorpicker_focus {
background-position: center;
}
.colorpicker_hex.colorpicker_focus {
background-position: bottom;
}
.colorpicker_submit.colorpicker_focus {
background-position: bottom;
}
.colorpicker_slider {
background-position: bottom;
}Open your header template and put this where you want the color picker to show
Code:
<span class='custom_theme'><input type='text' id='colorpicker' /></span>Now we can open skin.js and choose what we want to be effected by the color picker
Look for this line and add here all the classes and id's you want to be colored - make sure every class or id ends with a ,
Code:
var customElements = " #panel, .tfoot, .upper, .thead";Download - make sure all files are in correct places
Mybb jQuery color palette.zip (Size: 124.72 KB / Downloads: 20)