[Stylesheet] Abyss

This is my first style. For lack of a better name it's called abyss.

I have been working on it for quite some time. Here's a screenshot:

Preview!

This is the actual style sheet.

Code:

/* Normal, standard links. */
a:link
{
color: #4848FF;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited
{
color: #2C2CFF;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover
{
color: #6A6AE2;
text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Navigation links - for the link tree. */
.nav, .nav:link, .nav:visited
{
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}
a.nav:hover
{
color: #cc3333;
text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Tables should show empty cells. */
table
{
empty-cells: show;
}

/* By default (td, body..) use verdana in black. */
body, td, th , tr
{
color: #000000;
font-size: small;
font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* The main body of the entire forum. */
body
{
background: url(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg212/themeset/a1/bg-3.png);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-color: #000000;
margin: auto;
padding-top: 12px;
padding-bottom: 4px;
width: 757px;
color: #e1e1e1;
}

/* Input boxes - just a bit smaller than normal so they align well. */
input, textarea, button
{
background-color: ;
color: #000000;
font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}
input, button
{
font-size: 90%;
}

textarea
{
font-size: 100%;
color: #000000;
font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* All input elements that are checkboxes or radio buttons. */
input.check
{
}

/* Selects are a bit smaller, because it makes them look even better 8). */
select
{
font-size: 90%;
font-weight: normal;
color: #000000;
font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* Standard horizontal rule.. ([hr], etc.) */
hr, .hrcolor
{
height: 1px;
border: 0;
color: #666666;
background-color: #666666;
}

/* No image should have a border when linked */
a img
{
border: 0;
}
/* A quote, perhaps from another post. */
.quote
{
color: #000000;
background-color: #D7DAEC;
border: 1px solid #000000;
margin: 1px;
padding: 1px;
font-size: x-small;
line-height: 1.4em;
}

/* A code block - maybe even PHP ;). */
.code
{
color: #000000;
background-color: #dddddd;
font-family: "courier new", "times new roman", monospace;
font-size: x-small;
line-height: 1.3em;
/* Put a nice border around it. */
border: 1px solid #000000;
margin: 1px auto 1px auto;
padding: 1px;
width: 99%;
/* Don't wrap its contents, and show scrollbars. */
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: auto;
/* Stop after about 24 lines, and just show a scrollbar. */
max-height: 24em;
}

/* The "Quote:" and "Code:" header parts... */
.quoteheader, .codeheader
{
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: x-small;
line-height: 1.2em;
}

/* Generally, those [?] icons. This makes your cursor a help icon. */
.help
{
cursor: help;
}

/* /me uses this a lot. (emote, try typing /me in a post.) */
.meaction
{
color: red;
}

/* The main post box - this makes it as wide as possible. */
.editor
{
width: 96%;
background-image: url(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg212/themeset/a1/edbg-1.png);
}

/* Highlighted text - such as search results. */
.highlight
{
background-color: yellow;
font-weight: bold;
color: black;
}

/* Alternating backgrounds for posts, and several other sections of the forum. */
.windowbg
{
color: #303030;
background-color: #ECEDF3;
}
.windowbg2
{
color: #414141;
background-color: #F6F6F6;
}
.windowbg3
{
color: #343434;
background-color: #E0E1E8;
}
/* the today container in calendar */
.calendar_today
{
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* These are used primarily for titles, but also for headers (the row that says what everything in the table is.) */
.titlebg, tr.titlebg th, tr.titlebg td, .titlebg2, tr.titlebg2 th, tr.titlebg2 td
{
color: #7F9096;
font-style: normal;
background: url(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg212/themeset/a1/titlebg.png) #000000 repeat-x;
border-bottom: solid 1px #9BAEBF;
border-top: solid 1px #FFFFFF;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
}
.titlebg, .titlebg a:link, .titlebg a:visited
{
font-weight: bold;
color: black;
font-style: normal;
}

.titlebg a:hover
{
color: #404040;
}
/* same as titlebg, but used where bold text is not needed */
.titlebg2 a:link, .titlebg2 a:visited
{
color: 7F909a;
font-style: normal;
text-decoration: underline;
}

.titlebg2 a:hover
{
text-decoration: underline;
}

/* This is used for categories, page indexes, and several other areas in the forum.
.catbg and .catbg2 is for boardindex, while .catbg3 is for messageindex and display headers*/
.catbg , tr.catbg td , .catbg3 , tr.catbg3 td
{
background: url(http://www.smfboards.com/Themes2/default/images/catbg.jpg) #88A6C0 repeat-x;
color: #ffffff;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
}
.catbg
{
background: url(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg212/themeset/a1/catbg-1.png) #000000 no-repeat;
}
.catbg2 , tr.catbg2 td
{
background: url(http://www.smfboards.com/Themes2/default/images/catbg2.jpg) #A1BFD9 repeat-x;
color: #ffffff;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
}
.catbg, .catbg2, .catbg3
{
border-bottom: solid 1px #375576;
}
.catbg, .catbg2
{
font-weight: bold;
}
.catbg3, tr.catbg3 td, .catbg3 a:link, .catbg3 a:visited
{
font-size: 95%;
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:link, .catbg a:visited , .catbg2 a:link, .catbg2 a:visited
{
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:hover, .catbg2 a:hover, .catbg3 a:hover
{
color: #e0e0ff;
}

/* This is used for tables that have a grid/border background color (such as the topic listing.) */
.bordercolor
{
background-color: #ADADAD;
padding: 0px;
}

/* This is used on tables that should just have a border around them. */
.tborder
{
padding: 1px;
border: 1px solid #696969;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Default font sizes: small (8pt), normal (10pt), and large (14pt). */
.smalltext
{
font-size: x-small;
font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}
.middletext
{
font-size: 90%;
}
.normaltext
{
font-size: small;
}
.largetext
{
font-size: large;
}

/* Posts and personal messages displayed throughout the forum. */
.post, .personalmessage
{
width: 100%;
overflow: auto;
line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* All the signatures used in the forum. If your forum users use Mozilla, Opera, or Safari, you might add max-height here ;). */
.signature
{
width: 100%;
overflow: auto;
padding-bottom: 3px;
line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* Sometimes there will be an error when you post */
.error
{
color: red;
}

/* definitions for the main tab, active means the tab reflects which page is displayed */
.maintab_first, .maintab_back, .maintab_last, .maintab_active_first, .maintab_active_back, .maintab_active_last
{
color: white;
text-transform: uppercase;
vertical-align: top;
}
.maintab_back, .maintab_active_back
{
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 9px;
vertical-align: top;
padding: 2px 6px 6px 6px;
font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.maintab_first
{
background: #060079;
border-left: 1px solid #696969;
border-bottom: 1px solid #696969;
width: 10px;
}
.maintab_back
{
background: #060079;
border-bottom: 1px solid #696969;
}
.maintab_last
{
background: #060079;
border-right: 1px solid #696969;
border-bottom: 1px solid #696969;
width: 8px;
}
.maintab_active_first
{
background: #00435C;
border-left: 1px solid #696969;
border-bottom: 1px solid #696969;
width: 6px;
}
.maintab_active_back
{
background: #00435C;
border-bottom: 1px solid #696969;

}
.maintab_active_last
{
background: #00435C;
border-right: 1px solid #696969;
border-bottom: 1px solid #696969;
width: 8px;
}

/* how links behave in main tab. */
.maintab_back a:link , .maintab_back a:visited, .maintab_active_back a:link , .maintab_active_back a:visited
{
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}

.maintab_back a:hover, .maintab_active_back a:hover
{
color: #e0e0ff;
text-decoration: none;
}
/* definitions for the mirror tab */
.mirrortab_first, .mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_last, .mirrortab_active_first, .mirrortab_active_back, .mirrortab_active_last
{
color: white;
text-transform: uppercase;
vertical-align: top;
}
.mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_active_back
{
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 9px;
vertical-align: bottom;
padding: 6px 6px 2px 6px;
font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.mirrortab_first
{
background: #060079;
border-top: 1px solid #696969;
border-left: 1px solid #696969;
width: 10px;
}
.mirrortab_back
{
background: #060079;
border-top: 1px solid #696969;
}
.mirrortab_last
{
background: #060079;
border-top: 1px solid #696969;
border-right: 1px solid #696969;
width: 6px;
}
.mirrortab_active_first
{
background: #00435C;
border-top: 1px solid #696969;
border-left: 1px solid #696969;
width: 6px;
}
.mirrortab_active_back
{
background: #00435C;
border-top: 1px solid #696969;
}
.mirrortab_active_last
{
background: #00435C;
border-top: 1px solid #696969;
border-right: 1px solid #696969;
width: 8px;
}

/* how links behave in mirror tab. */
.mirrortab_back a:link , .mirrortab_back a:visited, .mirrortab_active_back a:link , .mirrortab_active_back a:visited
{
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}

.mirrortab_back a:hover, .mirrortab_active_back a:hover
{
color: #e0e0ff;
text-decoration: none;
}

#footerarea
{
background: url(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg212/themeset/a1/footerarea.png) #000000 repeat-x;
border: 2px outset #ffffbe;
}

#bodyarea
{
border: 1px ridge #646464;
background: #343434;
}

div.nav
{
display: none;
}

/* The AJAX notifier */
#ajax_in_progress
{
background: #32CD32;
color: white;
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 18pt;
padding: 3px;
width: 100%;
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}

Put this in your headers:

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Of course, you can change the image to your forum's logo. It is optional to put that in your headers, but if you want the news to be placed the way it is in the screenshot, you have to put it.

Now if you want to have your news like that, ensure you have the jQuery include in your headers.

Code:

Then put this in your headers or footers:

Code:

And here's an alternative to the code posted above. It is the one being use in the preview. It places the news under the logo.

Code:

And here are the new post and no new posts icons: