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ZetaBoards vs zIFBoards; Which am I looking for?
Topic Started: Aug 30 2010, 08:49 AM (12,879 Views)
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zIFBoards vs. ZetaBoards
When looking for a new theme or skin for your board you must ensure that you are using the correct design for your type of board. Skins are for zIFBoards boards, and themes are used on ZetaBoards. Unfortunately these designs are not interchangeable. A ZB theme will not work on zIFBoards, and visa-versa.

Go to ZetaBoards Resources
If you registered your board through ZetaBoards, the copyright at the base of your board will simply say this:
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Hosted for free by ZetaBoards

Go to zIFBoards Resources
If you registered your board through InvisionFree, look to the base of your Board and you will see a copyright that says:
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Hosted for free by InvisionFree (Terms of Use: Updated 7/7/05) | Powered by Invision Power Board v1.3 Final © 2003 IPS, Inc.
(Boards registered after the name change will have a zIFBoards copyright.)
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What is the difference between a skin and a theme?

Technically, all the templates made for both zIFBoards and ZetaBoards are themes. However, historically, zIFBoards themes have been called "skins" and those that make them, "skinners".

This terminology persists today, so in searches for "skins" you will bring up zIFBoards topics, and searches for "themes" most often will yield a ZetaBoards result.

What do the terms OSS and EFS mean?

OSS stands for "Old School Style" OSS themes are generally very simple without a lot of theme images or special coding

EFS stands for "Enhanced Fancy Style". EFS themes will have extensive gradients, fancy headers and other changes to the basic coding.
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