These themes endevor to have a main stream look and feel while simultaneously retaining the "BBS Scene Aspects" of what truly makes a BBS, a BBS. As opposed to going the route of looking Google-ish or Corporate Professional, these themes are taking more of a "Xanga / Myspace / Deviant Art" type of approach. Thankfully however, Synchweb Themes lack all of the front end bloating that sites such as Myspace tend to inflict on you.
Cerberus Theme Set in CSS Flavors of:
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BBSmates
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Deviant Art
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HellFire Red
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Mainstream White
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Malkavian Blue
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Modern Grey
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Nostalgic Death Green
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Nightshade Modded
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Features:
Template
Header: Amount of personal messages in email inbox
Header: Navigation Implimented
Header: Singup Button in upper right
Header: Better logo placement
Header: BBS Crawler Exchange Banner Placement
Header: Local Weather (provided by Weather Underground)
Header: Google Co-op - Google's New "advanced custom search engine" Service
Layout: index.ssjs for unauthenticated, default.ssjs once signed in
Layout: BBS Finder Service in Rightnav
Layout: Modded defaults for Leftnav Main
Layout: Enhanced Services Navigation in Leftnav
Layout: BBSmates Portal in Rightnav
Layout: Google Adsense/Adwords Content Box in Rightnav
Layout: Firefox Promotion in Rightnav (lets face it, IE Sucks)
Layout: Google BBSing Tools in Rightnav
Layout: Authentication no longer required to select themes
Layout: Theme Selection includes thumbnail previews
Layout: theBBS.org Xchange in footer (replace with your code if your a member)
User Services
User Listing: Location is mappable via Google Maps
User Listing: Last used protocol is defined using Wikipedia
User Listing: More focus implying header text is clickable
User Information: Replaced with enhanced "Profile" link
Inbox: More appropriate "Webmail" definition
RSS: Web Interface that works in conjunction with Feedbucket
RSS: BBS Announcements RSS Syndicated to Main Page
Chat: PJirc Implimented for Web-Based IRC
Telnet: Choice of JavaTelnet Applet or Client Application
Games: Menu for both doors and web games
Message System
Menus: Tips and Suggestions Boxes
Thread Listing: Expands accross entire page width
Thread Listing: More focus implying header text is clickable
Menu: "Check Other Inbox" function above thread listing
Menu: Sub Info near bottom of page, linked above thread headers
Menu: Extended Sub Info links to definable info page, similarly to phpbb, etc..
Menu: RSS / Live Bookmarks link for each sub
Menu: Web Interface for Listserv Subscribe / Unsubscribe
Chat: Dynamically Generated IRC Room for each message area
Message Read: Option to see "printer friendly version" of post
Message Read: Thread Listing below current message
Message Read: a "tell a friend" option at bottom of page
Message Reply: Posting Ediquite Reminder above reply box
Message Reply: "Check Spelling" link suggests Firefox for built in spell checking
Message Reply: Append tagline to message post
Message Reply: Option to "post another message in this forum"!
Area Listing: Sysop definable extended description for each group.
NOTE: Though most of these features work perfectly, some may still be broken. Please be
patient, this puppy's in extreme alpha. Thanks!
Welcome to Malkavia BBS
