A grid? You would just use <div> tags with classes and then set widths and float them left or right depending on what you want. You could probably google the html you would need.

ah okay so i have to do all the code ... i thought there is maybe just a line with that i could add a grid that i created in the cms ...

i think it is a big missing point that you can not just create a new page within the cms ...

but thanks for this tutorial :D

//edit
it looks like this now
http://www.crafters-united.de/vbb/server.php?tabid=37
would like to have it look like this
http://www.crafters-united.de/vbb/content.php

my point is that i have to change the code over and over again for the custom page (if i want to test different positions of the boxes)
while for the start page i just drag and drop in the "acp>cms>Layout" section and push "save"

i hope you know what i mean ... i wisch i could do this with the custom php files also

Why are you using this tutorial if all you want to do is add articles to your CMS? This article has nothing to do with the CMS.

i not want articles...
i want to open a new site on wich i will show something like the server-rules ...
it only should have the look of the front page ...
there is no need for articles on that new site ...

but while reading i thought i could open like a new section or something and just post one article ...
(just do not know how to do that ...yet ... have to figure that one out ... tomorrow)

i am really new to this and i am reading hours after hours, but thats hard if you not know anything about things like css and php
and only have basic htm skills ...

i am not a coder, i just run a small community site with a view hundert members ...

so please bear with me ... i know this "RTFM" or "use google" attitude is wide spread around any sort of coding community ... i hope this one is not like those others

Well, I honestly don't know what you are trying to do. If you want this to be in the CMS, and look like the CMS, then you should put this article into the CMS. If you want this to be a separate page, but you want it to look like the CMS, then you would need to find the CMS grid template and paste that code into the page (and possibly add some CSS to the template also). There are really no instructions anywhere on how to make your custom page look like a CMS page. And certainly, adding any widgets to the page is going to take custom coding and I can't point you to any article about that either.

How many times can I use this, can I make multiple pages using this method?

Also what was strange is that I had to add my content to the style manager as when I called this part the page was pure white.

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test');

Obviously changed test to the page I was calling but it wouldn't call anything.

As you can see reverted to normal and it will not call the page: http://www.fpcforums.com/forums/stream.php

I'm trying to call this: http://www.fpcforums.com/forums/streams/livestream1.php

What I want to do is have a landing page which lists all the streams then when you click on a link it takes you into that streams page.

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); does not "call" anything. I don't know what you are talking about at all.

You may create as many pages as you want using this method as long as you use a different template (if needed) and different script names for each page.

Ok so i gave it a shot, works great.

However i do have a question. I own forum classic and i want a portal, however i want to build my own.

Now i have my page sitting @ root, and the forums @ forum. , not a problem session works and all.

The problem is, when i login from the root not forum. i get a url invalid redirect. Anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks.

My forum have no Content view access for guests
to view content visitor must have to register first
but on this test.php custom page i want to allow guests to read content

how i setup this please help

Have you tried it? Just do nothing, i.e create the page as described. You would have to add permission checking if you wanted it.