What do I have to do to get the banner on the forum home page?

It doesn't show on the home page since the headers/footers are forum specific. You can just edit your templates (FORUMHOME) to put a banner on the home page.

So do I just add a
$foruminfo[forumfooter] in the forumhome template? Im trying to put a banner add there as well.

No, because the home page isn't a forum. It won't do anything. Just add the HTML directly to your FORUMHOME template right under the $header variable and right above the $footer variable.

Hope that helps :)

Cool thanks

Hello ChurchMedia

Is there anyway you can modify this hack so that the header.gif image could be customise for each forum too? If this is an extra that would take some time I would more than happy to pay you for your time to customise this for me?

For example a field that you could type the location of the new image, ie header2.gif or something and that would replace it. Can this be done at all?

Thank you

Stuart

Yes, it can be done, but you could also just use HTML to bring up the image.

Let me know if you want a field-based hack with a variable you can place somewhere. It wouldn't be difficult to alter this hack to do that (you would just be limited to a single image as opposed to full HTML).

Take care,

Hello CM

Either way is fine with me whatever is easyist for you, html sounds good to me.

You have done a great job with this hack, well done.

I would use the HTML. It will give you more flexibility and is really the same thing, just applied a different way. :)

Cheers,

Neat hack. Have you thought about extending it?

If combined with something like "AdColumns"
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=62348
then vB3 would have unique sidebars for each forum.

And if you have unique sidebars for each forum, it would
be cool if they could be populated with standard content
modules such as those for vBadvanced or vBindex.