Please look at this page http://adventurersunited.com/index.php and tell me how to get the outside color to be black like the rest.. Also the news text does not show... its blank... PLEEEEESE help me...

Edit the template home_headinclude

Find: The number after it, change it to whatever colour you want.

I removed it entirely and re-installed it and I'm still getting that problem. www.honda-acura.net/archive

Rename the file to index.php

THANKYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Glad I could help :)

HELP!!! :( I got an error during the installation. It said something about "invalid articleid" ????? I'm not familiar with databases. I need help... :(
Beth

Ok... I uninstalled it, then reinstalled it and it looks successful, BUT I can't SEE it when I open the forums in the browser. All the settings (I think) are set up in the admin control panel, but It will not show the front page.... help???

no one help blind?

Blindchild, on your forum, how do you make the footer look like that?

errr... like what,

Are you addressing me in your post? If so, what do I rename to index.php?

Drumsy, the archive script uses Apache's ForceType directive. Most of Apache servers have it installed by default.
Check with your host to make sure the module is installed.
If you use another server then Apache, the script will NOT work.

lol teck, can u help me with my problem?! o_O

I probably should have read more. But does this work with beta 5?

Okay techies.....
I have installed it. I have set all the settings in the admin control panel. Currently the main page looks like this www.thegrimescene.com and is just the main forums page.

I would like to have the main vbulletin forums page be a second level page that users can go into if they click a button called "forums" at the top of the HOME page. Here's my dilema.

I'm not that familiar with the templates and various files, but am willing to pullmy hair out and learn to get the look I want for the site. Heck, I'll even grow a few grey hairs.

I wan tthe HOME page to look VERY much like the home page on this BBS (except with my theme and colors) in terms of layout.

I'm not sure HOW to get the new installation to become the main page and the current main forums page to become the secondary one.

I really need some help from someone who will understand that I'm trying, but am just not as expereinced as you folks are. I have done some minor hacking with success, but thisis the largest thing I have tried.

Please help me.
Beth:)

by the way...Teck, why does the server have to be Apache? I will have to contact out ISP and see if it is....you're saying it's a requirement right?

Go to www.netcraft.com and type in your website there, it will check to see if you are running Apache or not :)

Ask your host if the ForceType directive is installed. If it is, it will work perfectly your archive. ;)

Delete the index.htm file you have now and use the index.php instead. ;)

er... what u talkin about, lol my problem was with outlines, not archives o_O

thats my problem there ^ ^

Teck,
THANK YOU SOOOOOO much for answering me. :) Please bear with me, I have a couple more newbie type questions. Am I placing the index.php in the same location as the index,htm was,and also what is the default look for the index.php??? Will I still have my banner and my buttons, and will the page have the look I need or do I need to edit the index.php first, and copy past certain code into the .php file that is currently in the .htm file? (she wonders if she said that right.....)

Beth ;)

I'm concerend about the location of the files. I installed just ast you prescribed, but I just noticed that I don't have an index.htm i have an index.html, and it is under ADMIN. Your instructions prescribe placing index.php in the ROOT. My root is outside of the rest of the installation of VB. My installation begins at FORUMS, then goes to ADMIN on the next level in and so on.

Somehow, I also...um...seem to have an index.php in both my FORUMS and ADMIN folder. But I don't know if it is from VBulletin or VBHome. I don't want to blow up my board.

Help...please...someone... :(

the vbhome index.php 'builds' an html page from various templates in your database. Don't edit it unless you know what you are doing. It will use your forums colors, etc. utilizing whatever you have set for your forums.

Do you have to go to www.yoursite.com/forums/ to get to your actual FORUM homepage? If so, you will see an index.php in the /forums/ directory. This is vbulletin's index... leave it.

What do you see when you go to the root of your domain? www.yoursite.com/
Some hosts will put a generic index.html page there as a 'placeholder'. That gets deleted and replaced with index.php from vbhome.

Ok... just looked at your site. Do you want to keep your current homepage (grime scene) with the links on the left, etc.... or is this what you want to replace with vbhome?

By the way... the index.html in your admin folder is not needed. It's only needed if your host doesn't recognize the index.php
You can delete the /forums/admin/index.html , or just rename it to index.html.off or similar to ease your mind (instead of deleting).

I'm a little confused about what you wish to accomplish.

Do you want to use VBhome as your new website, to integrate your entire site, or do you want to keep your current homepage and use Vbhome just within your forums?

Most people build a site around vbhome (I think)....

If you are looking to keep your existing homepage and have vbhome only associated with the forums, then you will have to make a new subdirectory and move the /forums into that subdirectory.

ie...
www.thegrimescene.com/ existing main page
www.thegrimescene.com/contractors/ vbhome page
www.thegrimescene.com/contractors/forums/

actually.... maybe you could keep /forums/where it is and just add the /contractors/... not sure.

Yes. Will do.

Most all of my files for www.thegrimescene.com are there, and the folders begin for the Miva Merchant store, etc.... There would be an index.htm, and it is for the front page of www.thegrimescene.com which is done in frames.

I want VBHome to be my front page. I do want to add a button to it for access to the Miva Merchant store though. That's very important.

I hope this helps. At this point I am willing to pay someone to get this fixed... any takers???

This is where your vbHL files should be also.

Thanks guys! :) It's working now. Teck, one of your admins helped me also. You guys are the best!

It used to work before, and then we upgraded to Apache2. Is there a way to check myself if it's there, since someone on my end did the upgrade?

Ya, check if Mod MIME module is installed and it includes the directive...

what the ++++. how come almost everyone else was answered... but not me...

I have installed vbHome and everything appears to be working , with one minor exception. I cannot get the homw=e page to take on the style that I have loaded (different from the default style). I do have the default setting in vB set as the new style. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the help.

Because you are special. :D Your problem is plain html code... sorry I did not have the time to look at it... post again in details your prob.

Back to coding now...

thats my problem there ^

Well, my forums are closed at the moment, but here are some screen shots....

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/
this is the forums.. with the outerborder, and the inner border


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/
this is the main page, with the inner borer, and not the outer...

I have downloads the new version of Vbulletin 3.0.0.2 and I want put the vbhome 4.2 but i find the file

"Open template.php file (located in /admin/forum folder) and perform the code change listed below.
FIND:
$only['getinfo'] = 'User Info Display';
BELOW, ADD:
$only['home'] = 'Home Page'; "

But the file template.php is unfer forum/admincp and don't have the line... idem the other file... if possible that vbhome don't run whit this version?

...

vbhome lite works only with vbulletin 2.x.x!!

We said that 1000 times :D

Look at the class name in that html code area and change the colors in the css file, the way you like. It's as simple as this.

:S sadly i dunno wut the html class is. or where to find it.