While wandering into the more ..labyrinthine areas of my hard drive, i found an SMF theme i’ve made a couple of months ago and i decited to give it away.

Clear Mind is a clear and modern SMF theme. It is based on the default SMF theme and it’s XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1 valid. It is designed for SMF 1.1.x, so it won’t work with any other version of SMF.

Update – 21/01/2010: Fixed an error so the theme can pass the XHTML 1.0 Validation when using SMF 1.1.11.
Update – 23/2/2009: A non-visible but important error has been fixed.

Try it out! (live demo – opens in a new tab/window)

Download link: Clear Mind SMF Theme (159.91 KB)

You can alternatively download it from the SMF Theme Site.

If you decide to try it, please provide feedback.

10 comments | belongs to: freebies | posted on February, 2009

If you search over the internet,  you’ll find a lot of different solutions to backup your GTA IV saved games. In my occasion (transfer from Windows XP 32-bit to Windows Vista 64-bit) the following worked perfectly:

• Backup the entire “Rockstar Games” folder (your saved games) which is located in C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\ for Windows Vista and in C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Local Settings\Application Data\ for Windows XP.
• Backup the “XLive” folder (your Microsoft Games for Windows – LIVE profile), located in C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Microsoft (Windows Vista) or C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\
• Install the game (including Microsoft Games for Windows – LIVE) and run it (so it can create the folders).
• Find the new folders and replace them with your own.

Enjoy!

15 comments | belongs to: games | posted on February, 2009

I am a huge fan of the Football Manager (and before that, the Championship Manager) series. Like other people around the world, i’ve waited the 14th of November, 2008 so i can play the brand new Football Manager 2009! I’ve decided to buy this one since i don’t play many games in a year and therefore could afford it.

When i discovered that it was available to buy and download via Steam, i thought of trying it (i don’t like dvd-cases anyway). There, i found out that the price (i can’t recall the exact amount right now) was the same as the dvd-edition.. So, i decided to wait a few hours and think about it.

While i was visiting some FM forums to read the first impressions about the new game, i read the same thing a lot of times: a lot of users couldn’t activate the game, therefore couldn’t play it! It wasn’t a coincidence that when the game appeared in the ..dark part of the web, the activation servers (with fewer users trying to activate simultaneously) worked again!

After this, i downloaded and played it! It is very good by the way! I waited long enough to buy it in a more affordable price, and when the amazon’s £17.96 considered fine, i did!

The funny part of the story is that when my original dvd arrived, neither mine nor anyone’s else dvd drive managed to read it, so i just installed my downloaded version using my new activation code..

It is too hard to sell a game from Steam for a normal price (for example £15) and save me (and possibly others) from all this trouble?

no comments | belongs to: games | posted on February, 2009