Thanks for making the theme subreddit cross 50 subscribers in short time! Thanks for your interest and comments; and hope the newer version takes some of them and makes it easy to reuse for you.

• General space improvements

• All levels of nested comments get custom background colors

• Sponsored posts; "load more comments" and such functionality (not seen on all subreddits, but present as part of reddit ui) is also handled

• Custom voting arrows - these are text based, and therefore amenable to tweak in line with theme colors.

Note : The RES 4.2.0 for FireFox is still not out, but hope it is out soon available, please update to have optimal experience with RES.

From the feedback so far, here is the list, and some of them may make it to the core theme or opt-in modules sometime in future

• alternative pre-configured "styles" for header; and sidebar boxes

• another variation of module.C6.SidebarImage-clickable.css with fixed positioning on top, or in header. This can be seen custom implemented at /r/gooners

• support for right-to-left languages

Feel free to suggest more additions and improvements.

Happy Redditting

Edit : the theme code, and reusable modules are hosted on Github for easy versioning, and basically easiest way to manage storage and facilitate comparison, and collaboration. But it might be bit overwhelming at first.

In such situations, for easy copy paste, click the Raw button in the button group at the top-right of the code block on Github. Example urls :

• Minified standard CSS block - and the equivalent Raw file : Recommended for easy copy/paste and replacement - easiest and most suitable to upgrade!

• Standard CSS in expanded format - and the equivalent Raw File : Recommended for pro-editing, and learning by reading; and if one wants to change existing code.

Please use this thread for any feedback, comments, suggestions or general information about usage.

The old thread is now archived and can no longer be used!

Quick Guide

All things related to this theme are documented in Mindashq wiki and is updated and improved based on your feedback.

Do read the sidebar, and browse the code on github for collaboration and contribution.

Here is a quick overview of some frequently needed information and links

Must Read

Refer to Mindashq Usage article for details on reusing and extending the Mindashq theme.

Theme Preview

Base Theme : /r/mindashq

Preview : /r/stage_mindashq

In addition to this, the Mindashq theme can be installed via Stylish (or FreeStyler or Stylebot) to have an improved look for the admin areas and all "non custom-css affected" areas of reddit.

Click on http://userstyles.org/styles/91109/mindashq-for-reddit to install.

Or visit the wiki page for further customization.

Modules in Mindashq

The information about the opt-in modules for Mindashq theme is organized with following pages :

• Modules - The general page

• Header Images

• Sidebar Buttons - compact placement of buttons in situ, or, on top

• PiNote - pinned notification on top with intensity levels represented by colored flags and icons

• Navigator - organizing related links with a dropdown menu

• Sidebar Collapsible Boxes

• Sidebar Images - view only, or, click-able images in sidebar

• Rage Faces from F7U12

• Text Switchers

• Emoticons by /u/diamond_or_not_diamo

• Selective Downvotes to selectively control downvotes on links and posts and allow on comments

Developers help

• CSS organization explained

• Setting up the in-built Vibgyor Flairs : pre-built link flairs for reuse

• Snippets - making boxes, managing colors and flags; spoilers and tricks with sidebar text

Two step setup

It takes only two steps to apply mindashq on any subreddit

• visit http://www.reddit.com/r/myReddity/about/stylesheet (where myReddity is your subreddit name)

• There is an editable area with heading "stylesheet". Paste the Mindashq CSS code in this box.

You are good to go!! and all default subreddit will have a refined and clean appearance based on Mindashq base CSS.

Further, depending on customizations needed, the opt-in modules can be added as required.

Previews

http://imgur.com/a/XFpcG

Thanks to the interest, initiatives and general largesse of /u/diamond_or_not_diamo, his original extension written for /r/leURSURS about custom Emoticons is now available in form of an opt-in module for mindashq set of modules.

See the Emoticons Module for details.

Only thing added upon the original is that the RES link numbering won't be appearing for the emoticons!

This post is specifically in the text format, so unlike other wiki topic links, it does not directly link to a wiki page. This has been done to include this message and give credit where it is due.

If you've anything you'd like to be added, please message the moderators with your ideas and contrinution.

Thanks in advance for the response!

This is an archived thread (because it is very old), please use the latest feedback thread for comments etc

Mindashq theme is updated to v1.4. The changes at a glance are

• Vibgyor Flairs now part of base theme

• Night-mode support rewritten to support the latest RES announced. As can be seen in the thread, there might be more fixes coming, especially around night-mode, so expect some updates in Mindashq theme as well.

• Because of too many changes, the theme is more of a rewrite. So, it may involve some serious editing if your subreddit has changed too many things inside of the main theme code.

The CSS organization is explained at http://www.reddit.com/r/mindashq/wiki/mindashqcss

Copying, applying theme for first time?

http://www.reddit.com/r/mindashq/wiki/usage may be helpful. Or just go through these two steps.

And for pros: all DIFFs, and updates with comments available at [Mindashq Github Repository] (https://github.com/ashishtiwari/Mindashq.Reddit.Theme).

Experimental Addon: Meta Tag for mod posts

The mod-posts, announcements, meta posts - that is essentially a self post made by moderators for special purposes relating to subreddit, so that should have high visibility; but gets no karma being a self post.

Such posts are generally voted up only for visibility, there is no competitive scoring relevant for them.

With the above considerations, a css class name "meta" is available as link flair, that'll set the presentation of a post distinct, and tag the text in a very visible format that sets it apart from the rest of the links listed.

The rank and the scores are disabled for this post, and upvote remain.

However, some readers may want to express displeasure and just as a possibility, they may want to downvote a modpost to let mod know of their views. So upvote and downvote both are kept. It is easy to let go of downvote button, but I'm not greatly moved by the cause to hide it.

Also, the upvote/downvote can be below the tag, but they are looking more proper being above. But this can be changed.

The text for such a link flair can be « Meta ».

Feel free to provide your feedback and concerns on this.

edit : also posted at reddithax

And please do upvote for visibility!

Cheers!

For quicker feedback and updated info, please use the latest feedback thread

The latest version of mindashq theme has some mod-centric features, cleaner presentation, and much better handling with Stylish

Mod Tools Features

• Removed comments, and modque more organized with richer presentation

• Works with Mod Tools Enhanced 6.2.1 and Mod Mail Pro 2.6.1

• Overall, better feedback and more organized presentation for mods, settings area, flairs and the works

Cleaned up and slimmer

• Sidebar : The standard buttons, with RES or without it, rendered in a muted, subtle way.

• Removed comments : The deleted/removed comments no longer leave a big blob of [Deleted], but are compact and thin, and generally not obstructing the reading flow.

• Self posts : the self posts text no longer clutter the links display (in hot, new, search, and related views)

More with Stylish When used with stylish, all areas of reddit, including multireddit works nicely.

Already using Stylish, and have multibeta enabled in reddit?, try this multireddit about Reddit Themes

Also, thanks to the inputs and discussions from various people who made the push for the improvements, digged deeper and contributed to overall increase in attention to detail, especially the mod-team at /r/relationships, who have the theme rolled across the whole /r/Relationships community.

There is an update in how reddit handles its CSS.

• http://www.reddit.com/r/cssnews/comments/24anzb/css_change_the_filter_has_been_rewritten/ says the filter property is no longer supported.

• https://github.com/reddit/reddit/commit/1c4d6311b3ffc7e82d4809e4ef154f6b3dfdaa00

The Mindashq theme code on github is now updated with the latest css.

You can copy/paste the new code and replace the old one If you were using the minified css block.

For the users using the expanded block of older versions, diff-merge from github may work.

You can just edit out the ms-filter and filter occurrences from the code (you'd need an editor like notepad++ or sublime text, and then find and replace the 4 instances).
The following lines would need to be deleted

-ms-filter: Alpha(Opacity=40);
filter: Alpha(Opacity=40);

and

-ms-filter: Alpha(Opacity=100);
filter: Alpha(Opacity=100);

Following is some general information, that is usually helpful to start looking in case more information is needed.

Quick Guide

All things related to this theme are documented in Mindashq wiki and is updated and improved based on your feedback.

Do read the sidebar, and browse the code on github for collaboration and contribution.

Here is a quick overview of some frequently needed information and links

Must Read

Refer to Mindashq Usage article for details on reusing and extending the Mindashq theme.

• Usage Guide

• CSS organization explained

• Setting up the in-built Vibgyor Flairs : pre-built link flairs for reuse

• Snippets - making boxes, managing colors and flags; spoilers and tricks with sidebar text

• For Admin interface : use http://userstyles.org/styles/91109/mindashq-for-reddit to install, or visit the stylish wiki page for further information.

You can use the following button to log a bug/enhancement request

Click here to log a bug/enhancement request at Github

Mindashq is upgraded to (a minor) version 1.5.4 with

• Formatting for the new rediqqutte button/link that appears for all text-areas (comment, reply, text/post submission) in recent days.

• Slight tweak for more even vertical spacing for upvote/downvote buttons as per feedback from the mods of /r/meanjokes (more cross-browser, cross-OS testing welcome on this front- there might me a pixel or two difference arising out of fonts support)

• Stylish users (Chrome, and FireFox) can see the unread modmail more prominently.

A note: There is a change of modules for RES compatibility. Since v1.5.3, please make sure the modules are upgraded too (if they are used)

So, as you may have noticed, the search bar be broke yo.

Here's the reason: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/2istgn/reddit_change_new_search_button/

And here's the fix:

Change

.btn,
.button,
button.save,
button.blueButton,
.BEFoot button,
input[type='submit'],
button[type='submit'],
a[href*='#btn'] {

to

.btn,
.button,
button.save,
button.blueButton,
.BEFoot button,
input[type='submit'] :not(#search),
button[type='submit'],
a[href*='#btn'] {

Change

.btn:hover,
.button:hover,
button.save:hover,
button.blueButton:hover,
.BEFoot button:hover,
input[type='submit']:hover,
button[type='submit']:hover,
a[href*='#btn']:hover,
.res a[href*='#btn']:hover,
.entry ul.flat-list li a[onclick*='reply']:hover {

to

.btn:hover,
.button:hover,
button.save:hover,
button.blueButton:hover,
.BEFoot button:hover,
input[type='submit']:hover :not(#search),
button[type='submit']:hover,
a[href*='#btn']:hover,
.res a[href*='#btn']:hover,
.entry ul.flat-list li a[onclick*='reply']:hover {

Remove

#search input[type='submit'] {
    padding: 10px 15px;
}

Change

#search input[type='text'] {
    margin: 0 0 -6px;
    padding: 10px;
    width: 278px;
    border: 1px solid #e3e3e3;
    font-size: 14px;
}

to

#search input[type='text'] {
    margin: 0 0 -6px;
    padding: 10px;
    border: 1px solid #e3e3e3;
    font-size: 14px;
}

If you have a look at /r/Indianews, you will notice a menu bar at the top in the header linking to the search results for various link flairs which the sub has enabled. They have styled a list in the sidebar to produce this. Is this module available or will it be? I know one of the moderators of that sub is behind the mindashq theme so I was hoping it might be.

Cheers.

I want the default theme colors to be shades of red instead of blue? Is there an easy way to change that? Say the base color is #d80000, can I change a value in the CSS and the colors will be based off of that?

Thanks to /u/zants, /u/blackWaterPuddle, and /u/PandaElDiablo for their eye for detail and help in pointing out the bugs and improvements in the theme. The /r/Mindashq is updated.

The latest v1.6.5 is available in the Github repository and can be reused as standard minified block or as the expanded block in the subreddit of your choice. ...more

The changes in the this version are :

• fix for additional night-mode link required by RES v4.3.0

• fix for the reply/comment buttons in new RES v4.3.0.1

• the newly introduced "sticky" post feature works (and with Meta flair as well). There will be enhancements on this in comign versions.

• arrows fix for Stylish users

• comment expand/collapse detailing

• text size adjusted by default

• modmail view more readable

• general cleanup and reorganization

With a new feature introduced in RES 4.3.0, the theme moderators now have to explicitly include the following custom code in their sidebar for the night-mode to work properly.

[](#/RES_SR_Config/NightModeCompatible)

Details at http://redd.it/1jsk0n and more links at http://redd.it/1jspnu

For Stylish users on Chrome and Opera, the Mindashq is available at UserStyles.

For Firefox users, this may not be very useful because FireFox treats the custom css from Stylish at the user-stylesheet level, and thus every single property in the css needs to contain !important statement. This is somewhat clumsy at the moment, and may not result in elegant output. So, for now, it is recommended usage for Stylish in Chrome and Opera browsers only.

The Using Stylish wiki enlists the technical details if it may help to make it work for FireFox, or to understand the background.

To keep the main version stable, and still be able to improve the theme with the bugs reported, a new branch is created in the Github. This way, now the Work in Progress for the next update becomes visible, and easy to compare to plan the updates and the maintenance by the moderators.

Keep the feedback and suggestions coming for the improvements and making the theme and the reddit better.

Reddit Enhancement suite recently is updated to v4.3.0 and is already seen rolling out for Google Chrome.

This version is unique as it improved night-mode support as announced at http://redd.it/1jsk0n.

These changes also mean that now mods have to explicitly state the compatibility of the subreddit that has night-mode compatible custom css (that is all users of /r/mindashq)

To do this, just paste the following code in your sidebar

[This subreddit is night mode compatible](#/RES_SR_Config/NightModeCompatible)

Or, when number of characters available are less, just the

[](#/RES_SR_Config/NightModeCompatible)

Details are at the RES-wiki

There will be is a patch available on Github with the updates to hide this link for the non-RES users.