Some very newbie questions
 

Are you meaning you need help with your ftp client or you need help knowing where to put them on your site and how to get them to show up in your style?

that's how beginner I am. . . I'm not even sure, LOL! It's like Japanese to me. . . another language :(
I just downloaded the forums and have yet to customize it . . .
I guess I need it all{?}
I need to know how to get my logo & b/g into the files to even upload to my server?
I saw someone say assign it a url? How?

I'm sorry, I probably really needed to hire this out.

Did you install vbulletin yourself? Do you understand the directory structure of the forums - like the /image folder and the other directories in the /image folder?

yes, I installed it myself.
Do you mean on my server? . . . I've never even peeked into an image folder related to this :erm:

If you installed it yourself, didn't you have to upload all the files to a directory? Maybe it is named "forums"? Inside that folder should be a folder called "images" which is where most images for your styles are saved. Do you know where your images folder is? Are you creating a new style or modifying the existing one?

I blindly uploaded it all myself, it took me much longer as I had no clue what I was doing and had to ask for help from host and vbull the whole way thru it. . . . so yes, I uploaded all the "upload" files to my server. On my server I can see an 'images' file in my directory.
screenshot:

OK, let's try this....

What is the full name of your background and your logo image? And, is your background image a single image you wish to be displayed once or something that you need to have 'repeated'?

my image name for my logo on my computer is tSSlogo1 in jpeg background is tSSbackground

Also, is there a specific size that's better for logo and one for backgrounds and should it be jpeg?
Not sure what you mean about repeated, my background I've chosen I want in all my forums/pages. Is that what you mean?

Make sure your images have extensions. They should not just be named "tSSbackground", but instead "tSSbackground.jpeg" (or whatever extension they are).

I can't answer regarding specific sizes since I'm really not a graphics person. Perhaps Shelley or someone else who is good with graphics can answer that question. Regarding photoshop, make sure when you save the images, you Save for Web. That will make the images smaller in size for the web.

As for repeated, for instance the background on this page looks like this and is repeated vertically (I'll link to it since it is so long) - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/cs...ybkgd950px.jpg

Ok thanks!

So they're on my computer . . . what do I do w/ them now? I still don't know how to go from having them saved on my computer to seeing them on my forum{?}

Well, you upload them and then point to them in your style.

Default vb uses these folders to put the logo and background - /images/misc for the banner/logo and /images/gradient for most background gradients. So, go ahead and put them in those folders. Then, enter the logo path in Style Manager > find your style > StyleVars > Title Image and then for the background, you would enter the image most likely in Style Manager > find your style > Main CSS > Body > background box: #color url(images/gradients/tSSbackground.jpeg) (something like that)

LOL! trying to even understand that:o

1st I open my server and find my images on my computer to upload? Then upload them into my images folder?

Yes. But, in your images folder is a folder called misc. Put the logo in there. The go back to your images folder and go to the gradients folder. Put the background in there.

within my server or in my downloads file on my MAC?

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I'm sorry, this is probably so clear but it's the very first time I've ever tried this. . . I can Mod and Admin any vbull forum, but I've never been on this side, setting one up :(

You want to upload them to your server. You should probably keep a copy also on your Mac in the same place.

from within my server folders, I can't find the pics on my MAC{?}

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I figured it out. . . moved the files over. . . now what?

From post 12:

OK, figured out what you're saying, but it's not working.
I see I'm changing something as the vbull logo turns into a ?
I saved the logo as tSSLOGO.jpeg and uploaded it on filezilla. Did I miss something?

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I am not getting my B/G or my logo to successfully load in admincp.{?} I have found where I can customize everything, so thank you! I hadn't found this yet. . . . but I'd love to see the logo and B/G on it.

Do you have a link to your site?

<a href="http://www.theswankysanctuary.com" target="_blank">www.theswankysanctuary.com</a>

OK, this is where it says it is looking for the logo:
If you had put it in the /images/misc folder, then it should be in:
But, it's not there either, so you need to figure out where you put it.

As for the background, you don't have it listed in the css at all.

can I just upload both again?

You can, but you also need to know where you put them and put the correct path into the StyleVars page.

Also, you didn't enter anything into Main CSS for the background image which is why it isn't showing up.

is there a way to 'find them'?

it's here, how do I get it to show up?

Thanks again BTW :)

Using an ftp application? I don't know about that. Take a look at where you thought you installed them - the images or misc directory. Look around those directories and see.

Like I said in my post before:
enter the image in Style Manager > find your style > Main CSS > Body > background box: #color url(images/gradients/tSSbackground.jpeg) (something like that)

Change color to a color number.

I entered thisin my "Body Background":
#CC9966(images/gradients/tSSback.jpeg)

per my screenshot, are they in the correct place?

according to the image, you put tSSback in the misc folder instead of the gradient folder. So, put it into the gradient folder and see if it shows up on your forum.

ugh, didn't work. I dragged it to gradient folder and I saw the upload update.

Check the permissions on the image cuz I'm getting a 403 Permissions Denied on this image - http://www.theswankysanctuary.com/im...s/tSSback.jpeg . It needs to be readable by the world - usually chmod 644.

I can't even see it, lol!
I have no idea what chmod 644 is{?}

Select the image on the site and do a apple + i (get information) on it. It will come up with something that will talk about the permissions on the image. You should see three numbers - xxx. Change that to 644.

strangest thing . . . apple/ command+i pops up my e-mail on this MacBook{?}*scratching head*

Then just go a Get Info on it. Select the file and find Get Info from the top menu.

I am not seeing. . . I have 2-finger clicked to pull up apple's version of rt click and I've tried the command+i . . . what info should I see?
For me, my logo is showing as a question mark. Is it showing the same for you?

It's not possible to just delete it and try again?

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mine is jpeg, I'm noticing all the examples are in gif{?}

Click on the image on the server, then go to your top menu bar and see if there is something called Get Info under one of the dropdowns.

What ftp client are you using? Have you tried doing a google search on how to change permissions on a file using that client?

This is what you have in your source code for the image:
You need to put .jpeg at the end of the image name:
It still won't work until you fix the permissions on the image.

I'm using Filezilla.

When on the photo uploaded on my server and go to bar there's no "get info" or view properties. . . type of choice. But on my sever my photo is saved as such: /public_html/images/misc/tSSLOGO.jpeg

wow, I highlighted my logo - that's currently a ? - and selected View Source and it shows me coding for my whole forum. Is that normal?

:( I just want my logo on so I can launch for my friends and get this thing ready.