Nmidia, in your case you should prefix (put at the front of each of the different image paths) all images paths with /Forum/ as well as the header image (also on the options page) and the background image URL in the background property of the Table Header and Table Catagory CSS sections.

This is really a great hack, but I got just one problem.

On the navigation bar on the top of the page, I miss a link to the actual forums.
Is it possible to make the name to the right of the folder icon ("Debate forums" in this case) a hyperlink to the forums?

And how do I add a button on the bar below?

http://www.debateforums.net/vbindex.php

You'll need to edit your navbar template, you'll see a set of <td>'s which contain all the links, register, user cp etc, copy one of those and edit the URL and name for a link to the forums.

Also note that the folder icons are special links to 'go back' and reload the current page. You can however change the link and text in the navbar template too.

Do you know what mate? - You've only gone and fixed it:) The forum looks great now:)

The only other things I'm having issues with are getting the forum to display news - a quick walk through on this would be great.

I also want to have a custom box on the side with links in it. Is there any code for this anywhere?

finally, when a private message warning pops up, it doens't link to the correct address - I have changed all of the addresses in the nav bit. Is there something else I need to change?


I really am sorry to be such a pain:)

thanks in advacne:)

You should have edited the headinclude and pm_popup_script templates, see back a few pages for more detailed instructions on how.

Make sure you have enabled news on the vBindex Options page and have entered the forumid of your news forum (it looks like 63 from looking at your site).

Adding custom blocks is easy, enter the number 1 in the field in the options page, submit it and then once the page has reloaded you'll then be able to assign it to one of the side blocks which it seems you have already done. Just edit the vbindex_customblock_1 template and add the HTML for your links :)

yep - it seems that 63 worked, so thanks again! But, how did you come by 63?

No errors this way though you should check to see if the file extension is already defined so it doesn't flash warnings.

Anyway, still no go. Installed everything and nothing shows on the vbindex.php page. It is totally blank.

Oh well, was just looking for something quick and easy to use on a site until the CMS from the developers was finished and released. I can live until then.

Just a couple of quick questions I couldn't find in a search.

1 - Will this portal display "today's events" at the bottom of the mini-calendar?

2 - Will the news automatically be updated once a new news post is added? I had a previous portal that required I run a php file to update the news display on the index.php page.

Thanks,
Joe

ntldr - I believe that the install.txt file in the RC2 zip is the issue here - the pre RC2 install had several step instructions including running the vbiupgrade.php and setting options via vbioptions.php.

I've just re-downloaded and these instructions are not in the current zip.

It doesn't display them in a sperate block, each day in the calendar that has event(s) is hyperlinked and has a tooltip with the event(s) title(s).

As soon as you post in your specified newsforum the news appears on the front page. No file edits, no PHP files to run :)