Christmas hats component

[barryvan]

As Christmas approaches, you may want to add a bit of festive flair to your forum. So I present a (very simple) Christmas hats theme:

Github repository

https://github.com/hnb-ku/discourse-christmas-hats

Demo:
https://theme-creator.discourse.org/theme/Johani/christmas-hats
navigate to the latest / top pages or visit a topic page

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A couple of notes:

• This theme assumes list avatars are 25x25 with a 2px border all round; you may need to tweak some of the positioning in the CSS for your avatars.
• It also assumes that thread avatars are 64x64 with a 2px border all round; again, tweak the positioning as you see fit.
• To avoid excessive festiveness, not all avatars in lists will be bedecked with Christmas cheer, but once you open up a thread, everyone is part of the fun.

Enjoy!

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(Aside: it looks like I wasn’t the first to think of this!)

[Tumi]

how to “install” it?

[barryvan]

how to “install” it?

How do I install a Theme or Theme Component?

To install a theme: Head to www.yoursite.com/admin/customize/themes or via the UI head to Admin -> Customize Click the Import button [image] Select “From the web” [image] Enter the URL of the theme as described on the theme: for example https://github.com/SamSaffron/discourse-users-nav Click Import Once done you will have your theme or theme component imported. You will be able to check for updates and update the theme using the UI. [image] Note: imported theme …

[Pawel_Kosiorek]

Is it possible to add only hats to my current themes?

[barryvan]

Yep! You can add it as a “theme component” to your existing themes. This is how I’m using it.

[Pawel_Kosiorek]

Works like a charm, thank you!

[Pad_Pors]

is it possible to put the hat on a especial user? or on users of a especial group?

[Stephen]

Is it still possible to use .dcstyle.json for components? If not we should get this fixed ASAP - Christmas hats all round!

[Johani]

Is it still possible to use .dcstyle.json for components?

Yes, that’s still the format you get when you export a theme / component from the admin. There are two options to get this component up to date.

1. directly edit the file to add the component flag.
2. import the component, convert it, then export it again.

Either of those options will work to ensure that the component gets imported as a… well… component.

[Jason3]

this is a great component. i was wondering, is there a way to add turkey wings to the profile pictures for thanksgiving?

[Stephen]

Sure, just prepare a PNG or gif with transparency, upload it and alter the CSS so that it refers to your image.

[Jason3]

thank you for your help, my forums are loving all the Christmas themes and hat components.
thank you for the great component to work off of, its awesome

( is there anyway to add a gif instead of a pic? i would love to add flashing lights around profile pics )

[Stephen]

Sure, GIFs support transparency. If you can make it and align it then it should work fine AFAIK.

[Jason3]

it works absolutely perfect, thank you, my forums are filled with so much Holiday awesomeness, thank you

[jtbayly]

Is anybody up for updating this to get it working on mobile?

[Jason3]

this works on mobile on my site.
i’ve changed it so there are 4 different type of hats the users can choose from

it works great

make sure you have it installed under “mobile”

and heres the css code i use

.topic-avatar {
  position: relative;
}

.topic-avatar > a::after {
  content: "";
  background-image: url($elf);
  background-size: contain;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  position: absolute;
  top: -68%;
  left: -27%;
  width: 130%;
  height: 100%;
}

.topic-post:nth-of-type(2n) .topic-avatar > a::after {
  transform: rotate(-5deg) translateX(-4px);
}

.topic-post:nth-of-type(5n) .topic-avatar > a::after {
  transform: rotate(5deg) translateX(4px);
}

.topic-post:nth-of-type(3n) .topic-avatar > a::after {
  transform: scaleX(-1) rotate(5deg) translateX(-8px);
}

.topic-list .posters > a.latest {
  position: relative;
}

.topic-list .posters > a.latest::after {
  content: "";
  background-image: url($elf);
  background-size: contain;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  position: absolute;
  top: -14px;
  left: -5px;
  width: 32px;
  height: 24px;
}

.topic-list tr:nth-of-type(3n) .posters > a.latest::after {
  transform: scaleX(-1);
  left: 2px;
}

[jtbayly]

Odd. I have just installed the component from the GitHub repo, enabled it in my theme, and Santa hats show up on Desktop but not on mobile for me.

Also, I tried viewing the demo with the same results.

Edit: I’m on iOS. Perhaps it’s device specific?

[Jason3]

i’m on IOS. i think if you install from GitHub, it installs only on desktop, you need to copy and paste and add it under “mobile”

[cpradio]

Ideally someone could update the component to use Common instead of Desktop (so it applies to both automatically)

[jtbayly]

Thanks for the help, I hadn’t read too carefully, and I’m not familiar with themes/components yet, so I was expecting it to “just work.” I’ll give it a shot with your instructions.

Ideally someone could update the component to use Common instead of Desktop

Yeah, that’d be nice. It’s a bit beyond my ability at the moment, I’m afraid, or I’d try to contribute back in that way.