[PurpleButterfly]

Originally Posted by amommysworldcom

I threw mine in below the signature............. how do yoou get it to let you add more of your own items though it wont accept any other items I add in they come up with a red x in the admin panel. I noticed all the items it came with have a space in the name which creates at 20% in the title once4 in the admin panel but I can not get it to work with my items even with a space. I scoured all the templates, xml and all to see if the actual items were listed and they are not.

help....

You have to upload new items to your server, then manually add and name them through the ishop controls in the adminCP. I use SmartFTP, a free and very user-friendly program IMO. Upload all your iShop "items" to:

public_html>ishop>items

You may want to include a number at the beginning of each ishop item before you upload it, otherwise you're going to have a big mix of things you want and stuff that comes with the program that probably isn't what you're looking for on a mommy forum. I save each graphic to a special ishop item folder on my desktop for convenience, adding a # at the beginning of each image description before saving (so it shows up distinctly when you go to add the item to your ishop through the adminCP). I do batch uploads every few weeks, so one week everything begins with #1, next time #2, etc etc.

Also, consider choosing all your categories now and adding them alphabetically since this version does not have an option to rearrange or alphabetize categories.

If you're running a mommy forum like I am, you can find all sorts of wonderful little graphics by doing a Google search for "glitter graphics" or "chibi graphics".

Feel free to post again if you need help (rather than PM'ing, that way others can learn just like we did)...I'm no expert but have learned a lot in the past few months since starting my forum.