Lunareth 1.0.0 is now available
I'm pleased to announce the release of Lunareth 1.0.0, a new premium celestial-inspired style created specifically for XenForo 2.3.x.Lunareth has been designed for communities that want something more distinctive than a conventional dark theme while still retaining the familiar XenForo structure and usability members already know.
Built around a deep midnight interface, luminous violet accents and carefully restrained gold detailing, Lunareth creates a polished celestial identity that carries throughout the forum experience.
Lunareth Highlights
- Premium celestial-inspired design
- Deep midnight, violet and gold colour palette
- Large immersive celestial forum hero
- Custom forum and category node presentation
- Subtle forum node animations
- Refined latest-post and thread presentation
- Styled navigation and active states
- Purpose-designed sidebar blocks
- Carefully balanced typography and spacing
- Responsive desktop, tablet and mobile layouts
- Designed specifically for XenForo 2.3.x
- Includes the Eggy Lunareth Companion add-on
More Than a Recolour
Lunareth isn't intended to be another dark recolour of the standard XenForo interface.The style introduces its own visual language through the forum hero, navigation, forum nodes, activity areas, sidebar blocks, controls, typography and interactive states.
The result is a recognisable Lunareth identity while still keeping XenForo intuitive and familiar for existing members.
Subtle Forum Node Animation
Lunareth also includes subtle animated forum node interactions.These effects have deliberately been kept restrained. Rather than filling the interface with excessive movement or distracting animations, they provide a gentle sense of depth and responsiveness as members interact with the forum.
It's a small detail, but one that contributes significantly to the overall premium feel of the style.
Immersive Celestial Presentation
One of Lunareth's defining features is its large celestial forum hero.The hero combines deep violet and midnight tones with atmospheric celestial artwork, subtle gold detailing and direct access to important forum actions.
The surrounding interface remains intentionally restrained so that the hero can make a strong first impression without overwhelming the community content underneath it.
Designed for Real Communities
Although Lunareth has a strong visual identity, usability has remained an important part of the design.The style avoids excessive glow, oversized interface elements and unnecessary visual clutter.
Accent colours are used selectively, content remains easy to read and XenForo's familiar structure is preserved.
Lunareth can therefore work across a wide variety of communities, including:
- General discussion communities
- Gaming forums
- Creative communities
- Technology forums
- Entertainment communities
- Support forums
- Hobby and enthusiast communities
- Private and premium communities
Responsive Design
Lunareth has been designed for desktop, tablet and mobile browsing.Navigation, forum content, nodes, supporting interface elements and layouts adapt across different viewport sizes while retaining the overall Lunareth identity.
Mobile isn't treated as an afterthought or simply a compressed desktop presentation.
Compatibility
XenForo 2.3.x
The download includes the Eggy Lunareth Companion add-on.
The companion add-on should be installed before importing the Lunareth style.
Free for a Limited Time
Lunareth is currently available free for a limited time as part of its initial release.This complimentary availability will not be permanent, and the style may move to a paid release in the future.
If Lunareth is something you'd like to use on your community, now is the ideal opportunity to pick up version 1.0.0 while it is available at no cost.
Version 1.0.0
This is the first public release of Lunareth.Feedback is very welcome, particularly from anyone using the style across different community types, screen sizes and devices.
If you find an issue or have constructive feedback, please let me know.
Lunareth 1.0.0 is available now.
