[RELEASE] loopX Skin

[loopforever]

Skin: loopX
Version: 1.01 Full Release
Download (current): http://www.infinityservers.com/directadmin/skins/loopX.tar.gz

Supports DirectAdmin 1.162: http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=221

Skin is sopen source (somewhat-open source ;)): It may be freely modified for personal/business use. But may not be redistributed in any form without my permission.

Known Issues:

- File manager does to recognize the header image after navigating through a few folders. [RESOLVED]
- Some files are not passed a |domain| token and cause the skin to show "none" in place of the domain on certain pages. [PARTIALLY RESOLVED]
- "Quick Help" links are not active on User Panel

Installation:

1) Download the skin to your personal computer
2) In your reseller account, go to the skin management feature
3) Browse for the loopX.tar.gz file on your computer, and give the skin the name "loopX"
4) Click Upload to upload and install the skin

Enjoy!

(Screenshots can be found below...)

[Twintone]

Any chance of a screenshot(s)??

Thanks

[loopforever]

Screenshots:

User Panel:
http://www.infinityservers.com/directadmin/skins/ss_user.jpg

Reseller Panel:
http://www.infinityservers.com/directadmin/skins/ss_reseller.jpg

Admin Panel:
http://www.infinityservers.com/directadmin/skins/ss_admin.jpg

[Twintone]

Thanks! Looks good, nice and clean like I like it.. ;)

[loopforever]

Glad you like it :).

If anyone is using my skin - please let me know, I'd love to hear from you!

[jlasman]

Originally posted by loopforever
[B]Skin: loopX
Version: .95 Beta
Download (current): http://www.infinityservers.com/directadmin/skins/loopX.tar.gz

Skin is open source, but may not be redistributed without my permission.
If you're controlling redistribution, then it's really not open source, as the term actually happens to be a trademark. See: http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.php
1) Download the skin to your personal computer
2) In your reseller account, go to the skin management feature
3) Browse for the loopX.tar.gz file on your computer, and give the skin the name "loopX"
4) Click Upload to upload and install the skin
Does it only work on the reseller level, or will it work on the admin level as well?

Jeff

[loopforever]

The skin works on all levels Admin through User. :)

The definition of open source in this instance, is: free to make modifications to, but not free to distribute without my permission. Anyone who doesn't like it, doesn't have to use my skin. Simple enough.

[jlasman]

That's fine with me, loopforever.

I pointed out the definition because at least some of the people who see your skin and who see that you call it open source will be tempted to do whatever they want with it.

And if you've called it open source you may have a problem enforcing any reserved rights, since "open source" is a trademark for a license offering certain specific rights which you're reserving.

For me, I have no problem with it, and will certainly consider your skin.

In fact, let me be one of the first to say...

Thanks for your work!

Jeff

[loopforever]

Thanks Jeff :)!

Glad you guys like it!

Btw, I've just rephrased the "open source" part :).

[jlasman]

You're very welcome, loopforever....

As you may have noticed from the "tone" of my message, I'm very "open source" supportive. I built what may have been the first webhosting company in the U.S. (definitely one of the first ten) back in '94, using the first Slackware distribution of Linux, kernel version 0.9.

But I also believe in other forms of distribution, including the BSD license (similar to open source except that people who use stuff licensed with a BSD license are not required to make derivative works open source as well).

I also own (though no longer keep up to date or even use anymore) a BSDI commercial unix license; we ran a small ISP on it a few years ago.

Jeff

[gmilazzo]

installed your skins they look great thanks for the new skin and keep up the good work

[Gogeta]

theres a prob with the change skins for users.

[loopforever]

Originally posted by Gogeta
theres a prob with the change skins for users.

Could you please expand on what you mean by this?

[DirectAdmin Sales]

Gogeta found a bug where you can't apply the skin to a single user (Apply to All Users works fine, however). We'll have that fixed in v1.1 (couple days max).

Mark

[Gogeta]

ok sorry i didnt explain it and nice skin btw :)

[jdlitson]

Wonderful Skin!
Can't wait for the final release.

Thanks for the skin -Jason :D

[loopforever]

Glad to see you guys are enjoying it :)!

[Gogeta]

Oh ya BTW um i think you need to add a thing that shows your support requests?!?

i'll try to look for bugs :-/ :D

[loopforever]

This skin will be updated shortly. Version .99 Beta is nearly done. LOTS of fixes in this update - and I suggest everyone using the skin upgrades when it's released.

[Gogeta]

ok sounds awsome :D good job :D:D

[Gadget]

Can I add my company's logo to it? If so will you tell me how i would go about doing that?

[ProWebUK]

to chnage the image, just replace header.jpg with your own header :)

/images/header.jpg

i have attatched the default so you know its the correct one also.

Once you have made your own or edited that one just upload the skin once again and overwrite the previous skin.

There may also be a way to just replace the current uploaded one although im not sure where it is... and have no DA to check :(

Chris

[jlasman]

Originally posted by ProWebUK
to chnage the image, just replace header.jpg with your own header :)

/images/header.jpg

i have attatched the default so you know its the correct one also. Good job, Chris. Would you consider creating one for us that doesn't have the words "controlpanel" on it, so we can create our own type and not have to worry about exactly matching yours?

Thanks for the consideration.

Jeff

[ProWebUK]

will try and get something similar with no text done now :)

Chris

[ProWebUK]

here it is without the text :)

Chris

[jbuckle]

This is what i get when trying to install:

-----------------------------------

Error Installing Skin

Details
Error untarring the archive:

------------------------------------------

Any idea's?

Thanks
JBuckle

[ProWebUK]

try downloading and uploading a new copy... it looks like the file has been corrupted somehow :)

Chris

[Gogeta]

man hope .99 comes out soon :(

[loopforever]

This weekend I will rebuild the skin, and I promise I'll release .99 :). Sorry for the long wait - things are just a bit crazy for me lately.

[Gogeta]

no problem its the same for me crazy crazy :( so i have like no time to finish up my site :( *cough i do but dont feel like it lol cough* ;)

[l0rdphi1]

This skin looks really cool. Can't wait to get it up :)

[loopforever]

I've skipped the .99 Beta release altogether and jumped straight to 1.0 Full Release. There are a number of critical updates in this release and I suggest EVERYONE upgrading.

This release is compatible with the latest version of DA (1.16) and supports all new tokens.

.95 Beta users, please upgrade as soon as possible :). Thanks!

[host4leicester]

how do we get the new version?

[loopforever]

Please use the download link provided in the first post. Thanks!

[l0rdphi1]

weeee

thank0rz :P

[host4leicester]

Great skin!

:D

Using it for my hosting company, well done and keep the updates coming lol

[jlasman]

Originally posted by loopforever
I've skipped the .99 Beta release altogether and jumped straight to 1.0 Full Release.May I presume that "1.0" means it's considered ready for use with clients?

What about feature creep?

Personally I don't consider it ready for use until there's complete instructions for clients.

I'd like to use it when we go live with clients, but to do so I'll have to have a complete instruction weboste (which I'm willing to do myself).

So I'm ready to put it on our fully-licensed "reference" system, which I keep on a static IP# at my home to play with and learn from.

Two quick questions:

1) does 1.0 look substantially the same as your .jpg screenshots?

2) do I have your permission to put your .jpg screenshots on a page on my site to advertise our DirectAdmin panels?

Thanks.

Jeff

[loopforever]

Hi Jeff,

1.0 looks nearly identical to .95, but many of the bugs that would have made me want to keep it as beta have been resolved by me using a different method of applying the skin. This new method will allow me to release faster, cleaner upgrades whenever a DA release warrants it.

As for the screenshots, feel free, however, they're really low res, so you might want to take your own, and use that.

Another thing to note, is that although this is a full release, the "Quick Help" links are not active yet, because the site-helper.com website is of little use because they use the standard theme, and I use...my own :p.

[Gadget]

Here is a screenshot of my "altered" version of LoopX. http://www.brycopc.com/loopxscreenshot.jpg

Originally posted by loopforever
Another thing to note, is that although this is a full release, the "Quick Help" links are not active yet, because the site-helper.com website is of little use because they use the standard theme, and I use...my own :p.
You could always make a LoopX version of the sitehelper site :) Althought it would take a long time im sure it would look great.

[Gadget]

Also, I am having problems getting DA to set that skin to certain users, I can set it to my own users fine but I cant set it to any users other than my own not even myself. Every time I do it always reverts back to "Default". Any feedback on this matter :confused:

[l0rdphi1]

Originally posted by Gadget
Also, I am having problems getting DA to set that skin to certain users, I can set it to my own users fine but I cant set it to any users other than my own not even myself. Every time I do it always reverts back to "Default". Any feedback on this matter :confused:
Sounds like ground for an "Apply to server" admin option :)

[jlasman]

Originally posted by Gadget
Here is a screenshot of my "altered" version of LoopX. http://www.brycopc.com/loopxscreenshot.jpg
Looks nice; are you willing to do the logo for others who aren't handy with graphics programs?
You could always make a LoopX version of the sitehelper site :) Althought it would take a long time im sure it would look great.
I'm thinking about it, since I really like the skin and I can't see using the skin without a help site.

Jeff

[Gadget]

Originally posted by jlasman
Looks nice; are you willing to do the logo for others who aren't handy with graphics programs?

As for doing that, I guess i could. I might charge maybe a $2.00 fee, i might not lol. Just depends on how quick they want it. If anyone would like custom logo for the skin they can email me at BBryant@BrycoPC.com. Other than that, thanks for your uplifting comments :)

I'm thinking about it, since I really like the skin and I can't see using the skin without a help site.


If you decide to do this let me suggest nice maybe javascripted popup windows with no addressbar, buttonbar, menubar, or statusbar and a close link :) i have the javascript to do it if you need it:).

[loopforever]

If someone/group of people is willing to create a help site, I think it would really assist in the promotion of the loopX skin, and DA software altogether.

If someone is really going to do this, let me know, and I will package it with the skin and give you credit.

Thanks!

[jlasman]

Okay...

Here's what I'm thinking...

Obviously this will take time, and I have to consider the value of my time.

No, I'm not asking for money.

But if I were to do it and yet others would also benefit from it...

then what I'd like would be an input of HELP from others :) .

For example...

I'm an idea man. And an analysis man. I can write a userguide, and I can do "straight" html coding. But I'm not a java guy, I'm not a flash guy, and I'm not a graphics guy.

Anybody interested in offering some help?

If so, I'll set up a "helpers" mailing list immediately and we can get started on the help site. And I'll set up the skin, and our help system, on my testbed system (I keep a copy of DirectAdmin running from a static IP# at my home, just for testing purposes) so we can all see it and test it as it fleshes out.

I'm ready with some ideas I've already sketched out... so we could get started on this soon.

Let me know :) . Either by posting here or by an email to the address in my sig, or both.

Thanks.

Jeff

[loopforever]

I would offer to assist in the creation of the documentation, but to be honest, I really have my hands full just maintaining the skin.

I'm more than happy, however, to help you guys out with any questions you many have concerning how things work with the skin, in comparision to the default skin and such.

Just e-mail/PM/reply here if you need anything :).

[jlasman]

Thanks, Matt. That's more than enough from you; you've already done plenty :) .

I'm suggesting emailing me because my email address in my sig, which is at the bottom of every post, and most of us don't list our email address, which means there's lots of clicks to go through.

I understand that once I've got your email address (this goes for everyone, not just you, Matt) that you'll feel a certain commitment, but frankly, that's exactly what I'm looking for :) .

I'm sure that you, Matt, know firsthand, how tough it can be to commit to something to help an entire community, and since I'm making that commitment as well, I'd like to see at least a few others make the same commitment.

So let's get started :) .

(Yes, I know, I smile a lot; that's because I like to think positive!)

I do promise that any email addresses I get will be held in strict confidence and used only for correspondence about the documentation project and for signup to the documentation project mailing list, and that anyone will be able to unsubscribe from the mailing list at any time without even getting me involved. Once the mailing list is officially set up I'll repost with a link to the signup page.

Jeff

[loopforever]

Just to get you guys off on the right foot, I've thought of this...

Speak to Mark about getting a tarred up copy of site-helper.com, or recursively download it and its images. If you'd like, I can do this for you.

Assign one or two people the task of taking new screenshots, and overwriting the old ones.

Assign three or four people the task of going through a sub-section of the site-helper.com Admin/Reseller/User pages and confirm that the text matches the updated screenshots.

If you do it this way, you can probably get the whole site-helper.com site recreated in about 2 or 3 days.

Just a suggestion for when people begin to sign up :)...

Edit: WOW, this thread has gotten over 100 page views today, and is also the most viewed thread on the entire forum! Thanks for your support everyone!

[jlasman]

Originally posted by loopforever
Speak to Mark about getting a tarred up copy of site-helper.com

I've already gotten permission from Mark to use the site as a basis for a customized one; I'll bring this thread to his attention in a moment so he knows where we are on this and can check in.

or recursively download it and its images. If you'd like, I can do this for you.

Would be appreciated; let's wait until Mark chimes in and says we can do it. Since I'm now working almost exclusively on Linux, I'll need a copy with the text in linux line-endings, but that's easy enough for me to do here.
Assign one or two people the task of taking new screenshots, and overwriting the old ones.

Assign three or four people the task of going through a sub-section of the site-helper.com Admin/Reseller/User pages and confirm that the text matches the updated screenshots.
Okay folks, let's get signed up :) .

If you do it this way, you can probably get the whole site-helper.com site recreated in about 2 or 3 days.
As you know, Matt, those 2 or 3 days can end up taking a lot longer ;) . However I hope we start soon; I'd like to see it done by the end of the month; at least the first iteration.

I already have two iterations in mind. The first one, which will be an almost copy of the current site, but with the changes necessitated by the new graphics, and the second one, in which each DirectAdmin page will have it's own hot-linkable help page (the way Plesk does it).
Edit: WOW, this thread has gotten over 100 page views today, and is also the most viewed thread on the entire forum! Thanks for your support everyone!
At least four or five were me; I also looked during a quick visit to the office (to bring a fan over; it's easier to find parking on a Sunday :) ). But that still leave 95 from others. WOW from me, too!

Jeff

[loopforever]

Sounds good :)! I really appreciate your dedication towards this project Jeff - thanks a million :cool:!

[Gadget]

As far as java scripting I can help if you would need it, i have a several scripting resources (books, site memberships, etc.) and would love to help. Contact me if you would like my input @ BBryant@BrycoPC.com

[DirectAdmin Sales]

As license owners, you are more than welcome to take anything you want from the current site-helper.com page and turn it into your own customized guide.

I'm already a bit behind on maintaining it, as we are putting out so many minor updates. It will be difficult to maintain over the next 6-8 months, as the features will just be pouring in. You'd have to watch http://www.directadmin.com/versions.php very carefully. :)

Jeff wrote:

>in which each DirectAdmin page will have it's own hot-linkable
>help page (the way Plesk does it).

Our current default / power user skins take you right to the appropriate site-helper page when you click on the help link. Or are we thinking of different things?

Thanks,

Mark

[jlasman]

Originally posted by DirectAdmin Sales
As license owners, you are more than welcome to take anything you want from the current site-helper.com page and turn it into your own customized guide.
That's what I'd thought, John, but it's nice to see it in print in the thread :) .
I'm already a bit behind on maintaining it, as we are putting out so many minor updates. It will be difficult to maintain over the next 6-8 months, as the features will just be pouring in. You'd have to watch http://www.directadmin.com/versions.php very carefully. :)
We will :) .
Our current default / power user skins take you right to the appropriate site-helper page when you click on the help link. Or are we thinking of different things?
Very similar, John. What Plesk does is opens up a tiny window with just the help information for that page.

Of course once our pages are done and maintained, you'll be welcome to them as well :)

Jeff

[gmilazzo]

I can help with graphics and html if needed seeing my new site is almost done.

[loopforever]

loopX now supports DA v1.162, please upgrade to enable admin log rotating features.

[Gadget]

Do youhappen to know why whenever I set this skin to myself as an admin, it never stays? I always go back to the default skin:\

[loopforever]

Originally posted by loopforever
loopX now supports DA v1.162, please upgrade to enable admin log rotating features.

Try "Apply To All Users" and then "Apply to Me" - if that doesn't work, something must be wrong with your computer :p...

[casslin]

to make the screen size truely 100%, simple add this to the top of the CSS style sheet...


body{
border: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}



hope this helps someone!

:)

[loopforever]

casslin - thanks for sharing this, I will add it in the next release :).

I've always wondered how to fix that tiny spacing issue on the right side... :)

[SH-Lloyd]

Or simply add to the body:
<body leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
That will also work if you aren't using CSS. I would reccomend using both methods for best compatibility in all browsers. Marginwidth & marginheight are needed for browsers like Opera :)

[host4leicester]

if you do the CSS right, it should work with all browsers.

[jlasman]

Originally posted by host4leicester
if you do the CSS right, it should work with all browsers.
That may be true in theory, but I've recently started using Linux on my desktop at the office and I find that almost all sites look completely different based on whether I'm using Mozilla or Konqueror. And I'm talking about relatively well-known and presumably properly done sites.

Jeff

[loopforever]

Regardless, I will use both suggestions for compatibility purposes.

I appreciate your input guys ;)!

[exposed]

Why isnt that active and how do i make those active?

[loopforever]

Please see the posts starting on page 3. The reason Quick Help is not active is because site-helper.com is for use with the default skin, and it will confuse, rather than help clients of people using the loopX skin.

[jlasman]

Just a quick note to point out that I'm trying to get a few people together to help me; I'm going to produce a help site we can all use with this skin, but I need some help.

Thanks.

Jeff

[Clearhosting]

Because i saw this skin i choose for DA ! Just wanted to let you know

Also the other nice features of DA tbh :p

[loopforever]

Originally posted by Clearhosting
Because i saw this skin i choose for DA ! Just wanted to let you know

Also the other nice features of DA tbh :p

Glad to hear it :cool:!

[RingToons]

DA has version 1.181 and this skin has version 1.162
When is the skin update??!

[loopforever]

Next update will be available Sunday (the 17th). Thanks :)!

[webrack]

awsome can't wait for the update. What are the changes?

[RingToons]

Originally posted by loopforever
Next update will be available Sunday (the 17th). Thanks :)!

The update is allready online?
I don`t see changes!

[webrack]

dont see any changes either? did they cancel the update?

[sHuKKo]

I love my DirectAdmin
and I love My LoopX skin :)

completely translated to Turkish. Completely ready for serving :)

Note: As long as loopforever did not keeps his skin up to date. I edited everything to my needs and now adding new changes everytime there is a minor update on default skin style.I even created my own changelog file :) really easy to track changes ..

Here is a link to my da inside a Turkish IE6 and full Turkish lookup

http://www.kurufasulye.com/da/da.gif

[webrack]

how can I edit the help links on the bottom could you tell me please!

[DAclub]

Originally posted by webrack
how can I edit the help links on the bottom could you tell me please!

you have to edit every sinlge page on users folder and resellers folder you will find the help links looks like this :

|?HELP_SECTION=reseller.site-helper.com/modify.html|

you can simply replace this line with :

<a href="http://yourdomain.com/documentations> Help </a>

or just simply remove the link and provide the help documentations through you site just like i did :)

[exposed]

Is the Loopx skin still being upgraded?

[Andrax]

Originally posted by exposed
Is the Loopx skin still being upgraded?

I would be curious to know this as well...

[mrmagoo]

Hi there.
It looks really nice.
I just wonder if the admin version still is the same?
Or does it support newer releases?

Thanks

[Seth]

Can anyone help with installing this skin?

-Seth

[l0rdphi1]

So this is dead?

Also, John or whoever, can the skin changes thread be updated?

[DirectAdmin Support]

Yes, I update it whenever I make a change to the skin (which will be happening this next release).. unless I've missed something?

John

[l0rdphi1]

http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=202 maybe? Don't know :)

[resolve-it]

I downloaded the skin and it looks great :) But I might have stumbled across a bug / feature. When logged in as a reseller, I go to the User Control Panel and into any option. When I click the home button at the top-right I would expect to go back to the User Control Panel but I'm returned to the Reseller Control Panel. This is frustrating as I have not yet found a way (except for the browsers back-button) to return to the User Control Panel rather than the Reseller Control Panel.

[loopforever]

Hi guys - I'd like to apologize to everyone who uses this skin...my lack of updates are really unacceptable :p...

I've been insanely busy the last few months and keeping up to date with all of John's releases is just not a possibility right now. I do appreciate the nice PMs and e-mails I've recieved concerning the skin, especially those from people that moved to DA because you liked it so much. It makes me feel good knowing I was able to help out, at least a little.

I've officially donated this skin to Mark and John, so if they're interested, they can keep it updated with all their releases.

And lastly, I'd like to apologize to anyone who has PMed me and never recieved a response. I hope those people have found answers to their questions, and I'm sorry that I never got back to you!

Talk to you all soon!

[l0rdphi1]

Thanks for the heads up loopforever. It's nice to have you back ..or atleast to have heard from you :) :D

[netmotiv8]

have u or can u do a 'email' only skin in the loopx theme?

Neil
:D

[ProHS]

So when do you think you will release LoopX that will support SSL for phpMYAdmin along with the webmail, squirrelmail?

[ProWebUK]

The Skin is no longer supported.......... it was dropped weeks ago and donated to directadmin... at the moment its unused / unsupported until its updated again!

Chris

[ProHS]

So directAdmin owns it now? Well from what i was reading in this thread he plan on upgrading it is just he has been busy latelly.

[ProWebUK]

read up 5/6 posts and take a look @ loopforever's post. Basically thats all I know... It may be updated by DA soon, it may not, I have no idea whats happening with the skin at the moment!.

Chris

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

We don't have any plans to take over control of that skin.

John

[ProHS]

Oh come on please Mr. John or what about you CyberAlien?

[sander815]

i miss in packages the php option

Anonymous FTP Accounts
CGI Access
PHP Access <--missing
SSL Access
SSH Access
DNS Control
Suspend at Limit

[ProWebUK]

Originally posted by sander815
i miss in packages the php option

Anonymous FTP Accounts
CGI Access
PHP Access <--missing
SSL Access
SSH Access
DNS Control
Suspend at Limit

The skin is no longer supported nor updated

The options may not have been there when it was last updated, therefore why it would be not in the skin.

Chris

[loopforever]

My person suggestion to everyone is to not use this skin. You'll find out why very soon. ;)

[dazerrackers]

It'd be nice if we could have it and be able to update it don't you think? Im going to learn how to skin and update this hopefully.