by Ange Tuteur January 25th 2015, 6:38 pm
Hi
@Michael_vx,
phpbb3 is simply a set of blocks, whereas phpbb2 is a table type layout. Tables are pretty hard to separate, you'd basically have to edit the template and redo everything to look like phpbb3's layout. There are some ways to give the illusion of separation purely with some CSS tricks though.
Take this for the default version of phpbb2 as an example :
- Code:
.forumline { border-spacing:0 }
.post > td { border-top:2px solid #069 }
.post + tr > td {
box-shadow:0 -2px 0 #069 inset;
border-bottom:20px solid #FFF;
}
Giving you the following result.
It's basically an illusion of spacing separation. Allow me to explain :
We add a 20px space using a border which has the same color as the border line. ( those lines you see in between the table ) We then add a border to the top of the post, and a solid inset box-shadow to the bottom to make it look like another border. We then set the border-spacing to 0, to get rid of those ugly table lines. It's a pretty neat and easy trick which requires no template editing.
Now in my opinion, if you want your forum to have the layout of another version, you should take the easy route and switch to that version. Otherwise, you'll have to make changes to the templates, css, etc to achieve what you truly want. It's better to choose the version that satisfies your wants, and in the long run you'll save more time by making the change to the one that fits those wants.