n00b Questions...

[xzx]

Hey, I'm sorta a n00b to vbb templates, but not coding and design. Does anyone know of a good place I can find a simple tutorial to give me a push off? How about some free templates that someone is willing to share. I won't actually use them, but rather compare and learn a bit. All I have done so far is install it, so don't yell at me. Thanks...

[xzx]

ight, I finally logged into the admin panel and started messin with that shit. I figured out a few things, but I would still appreciate any templates that someone would let me see the source for, I won't use it, but I learn extremely fast by viewing sources. Thanks.

[Tony G]

There aren't really any tutorials on how to mess with your templates. You can ask questions here and we'll see if we can help you out. :)

[xzx]

for editing the templates offline, which files should i mess with?

[SaintDog]

All the actual template modifcations take place via the Admin CP, meaning they will have to be done online, unless of course you mean the design.

[Buddha]

if you mean you'd like to know which templates affect which segments of the pages, you can do 1 of 2 things.

1. turn on the templates names in the options and then check the page source of various pages as you surf through your forum. that will give you a good idea of what goes where.
2. mess around like crazy. that's what i did, and it was the best way to learn. i applied a ton of hacks and by the time i was done, i knew where things were, and that made it easier to modify the site then.

helps if you have quite a bit of html knowledge, so you're not lost in the code.

good luck.

[Tony G]

Usually the group name the templates are in help you identify what part of the vB they edit. The templates in the group edit a specific place on that page. Like in the forumhome templates, forumhome_loggedinusers messes around with the Who's Online tables when people are logged in. :)