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Table of Contents
Template Information
This template started out as a template
for a customer, Pablo Soler, who runs the French role-playing
website alternativeSuns.
He wanted a stylish and unique look for his forums (http://forum.alternativesuns.com)
and contacted me. He also asked me to release the template
to the public.
So, here's the end result. The name of the template
is borrowed from one of my favorite books, a novel by
Polish science-fiction author Stanislaw Lem (visit his
website at cyberiad.info).
It's one of the best modern science-fiction novels and
I recommend it strongly.
You could call it the sequel to SpacePilot3K and in
a sense it is but this is SpacePilot3K taken a step
further. This is an attempt at creating a futuristic
space science-fiction template with a black oriented
color scheme. The colors of Solaris are rather dark,
and I've tried to adjust them to fit both flat screens
and standard CRT screens. Should the colors be too dark,
try increasing the brightness of your screen.
Also note that even though it has graphics as top-right
navigation links, this template supports multiple languages.
As long as there's a lang_<language name>
folder in the images subfolder of the Solaris folder,
the images will load automatically when you swap language
in your profile. If the template can't find any images
for the language you've chosen, it will load the default
language which is English (can be changed by modifying
overall_header.tpl).
English and French images are included with the template.
You can download the image set from phpbb.com to create
your own translated graphics.
I've spent quite some time debugging this template so
you shouldn't experience any problems using it. But,
if you might, feel free to drop me a line. You'll find
my contact details at my
website.
I listened an awfully lot to M.E. by Underworld
while designing this template so there has to be something
of it in this...
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Details |
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Template
name |
Solaris |
Template
version |
1.01 |
Compatible
with |
phpBB
2.0.4 |
Author |
Jakob
Persson |
Template
description |
A
space style template in yellow, orange, gray
and black. |
Localized |
English
and French graphics included. An image set
for creating localized graphics is available
at www.jakob-persson.com
as well as at www.phpbb.com. |
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Questions
Questions by email will not be answered. Instead I suggest
you post your question in the Styles Development forum
at http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB.
If I am unable to help you, it's likely someone else
there will be able to.
Comments
Comments are always welcome. If you find an error, encounter
a problem or have general ideas or suggestions, feel
free to contact me by email (see my
website for contact details) or by sending me a
private message at the phpBB.com
forums (my nickname is Kail).
Version history
All dates are in European format (yyyy-mm-dd).
v1.01 (2003-04-07)
- Fixed bug: {L_CURRENT_PASSWORD} shown in profile page.
v1.0 (2003-03-30)
- First release.
Installation
If you need help installing it, please
refer to this
excellent installation guide in the phpBB knowledge
base.
If you'd have any problems please post
a reply in the Styles
Development forum at phpbb.com, in the original
Solaris release topic, and I'll reply as soon as I can.
Extras
I've included a blank logo image to
help you customize this template to fit your own community
forums. The image is a PNG file (non-lossy compression).
Click here
to see it (or right click on the link and select
"Save target as..." to save it).
License and Disclaimer
This template and all files included
in the distribution package are copyright © Jakob
Persson 2002.
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This template is provided
to you to use freely, however some exceptions apply
(see below), with no warranties what so ever. I
do not guarantee the quality of this work nor can
I be held responsible what problems it may cause
you. May it be a third world war or a dead bird.
Use it at your own risk. Be careful, backup the
database, backup the files before making any major
changes to your phpBB installation, including installing
templates.
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If you wish to use parts of this
template for your own creations, designs, skins,
themes, templates or anything else you must receive
an express, written consent from the author (Jakob
Persson). You may not hire, lease or sell this work,
parts of it or works derived from it without an
express, written consent.
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This template is in no way associated or affiliated
with the film by the same name released in 2002,
directed
by Steven Soderbergh and distributed by 20th Century
Fox.
No trademark infringement intended. Choice of name
solely meant as a tribute to the science-fiction
novel
by the same name by author Stanislaw Lem (http://www.cyberiad.info).
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IMPORTANT: Do not delete any of the notices,
including the credit notice and the mini logo at
the bottom of the phpBB pages. Removal of any notice
or the template credit notice revokes your right
to use this template.
Your right to use this template, parts of this template
or any template derived from this template may be
revoked at the author's (Jakob Persson's) sole discretion.
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For questions regarding the license
and its terms, email me. See my
website for contact details.
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Version: 1.01
Last revised: 2003-04-07 |
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