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Are there skins/templates for askbot?
 
   
  
 
 
Does any one know of anybody who makes skins for askbot?
 
 
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Hi, so far it's "do it yourself" business. I'm planning to refactor templates soon so that they are easier to customize, but for now I recommend sticking to just changing the style sheet.
 
However there is a foundation for creating skins take a look at other posts tagged "skins".
 
What would you like to change?
 
 
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        Hi,

>What would you like to change?

The big things would be the shape of top menu boxes and the shape of votes/answers/views boxes. 

I don’t particularly like the rectangle shape of the top menu items, I think t would better if you could have just the text or a more rounded shape like shapado.com.
      
 
 paglew's avatar paglew (14 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 

        that can be done quite easily by adjusting the main style sheet. Are you familiar with css?
      
 
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        familiar? yes. competent? not so much. I'll try installing askbot and have a look at that style sheet. thanks
      
 
 paglew's avatar paglew (14 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 

        ok, please let me know if you run into problems. I do plan to overhaul the looks within a month.
      
 
 Evgeny's avatar Evgeny (14 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 

        If this improves it would be a huge plus for Askbot. None of the Q & A forum apps seem easily skinable. I think better docs would go along way. Default skin IMO has good usability, but I hate fixed width layouts (I am not too fond or Americanisms or some stuff that is hard for some users to understand).
      
 
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