Lost headers with nav buttons - help!!!

[K-fab]

Much appreciated. The link you gave me went to a place that's currently going through a server move - can't get on it for the moment. I'll try later.

Alternatively, you can upload that XML and choose the "create new style" option, name it "Lustrous Archive" then use the templates to repair your style using copy/paste of primarily the navbar template and the headinclude template.

Okay, I tried this - but I'm not sure where to name the style.

My path in the Admin CP
Styles & Templates
Download / Upload Styles

Where am I renaming the file I'm trying to upload?

I tried the import from my server - file is ./install/vbulletin-style.xml

In the third box, there's a box that says Title for Uploaded Style
(Leave blank to use the style title specified in the style file) Is this where I want to call it Lustrous Archive?

I did this, but don't see any new styles available. Just still seeing the Lustrous Fluid and Fusion 64 options.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by K-fab

Much appreciated. The link you gave me went to a place that's currently going through a server move - can't get on it for the moment. I'll try later.

Okay, I tried this - but I'm not sure where to name the style.

My path in the Admin CP
Styles & Templates
Download / Upload Styles

Where am I renaming the file I'm trying to upload?

I tried the import from my server - file is ./install/vbulletin-style.xml

In the third box, there's a box that says Title for Uploaded Style
(Leave blank to use the style title specified in the style file) Is this where I want to call it Lustrous Archive?

I did this, but don't see any new styles available. Just still seeing the Lustrous Fluid and Fusion 64 options.

Did you merge? Or create new style?

I tried the import from my server - file is ./install/vbulletin-style.xml

That's going to be the vBulletin DEFAULT style.. Look in your server files and find the XML for the lustrous style and try to import that. Create a new style with it called "Lustorus Archive."

[K-fab]

Create new style

[Max Taxable]

I tried the import from my server - file is ./install/vbulletin-style.xml

That's going to be the vBulletin DEFAULT style.. Look in your server files and find the XML for the lustrous style and try to import that. Create a new style with it called "Lustorus Archive."

If you want, I can probably go in and fix this if I have admin credentials. You may PM me those if you wish.

[K-fab]

AH!!! I get it now. I just keep uploading the wrong file. I need to search out the Lustrous style. Gotcha. (I like it when the light bulb goes from a flicker to a glow!)

Okay, let me see what I can find. I'll go do that and see if I'm successful at all.

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been searching my server's files. I can't find anything that has lustrous in it - found XML files, but not the one I'm looking for...

Do you have any ideas where I'd find it in the file structure on my server?
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I'm about done for the evening, though. I'll probably pick up here tomorrow. I'll go check that link you gave me and hope they have the server change done.

Thanks for the help.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by K-fab

AH!!! I get it now. I just keep uploading the wrong file. I need to search out the Lustrous style. Gotcha. (I like it when the light bulb goes from a flicker to a glow!)

Okay, let me see what I can find. I'll go do that and see if I'm successful at all.

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been searching my server's files. I can't find anything that has lustrous in it - found XML files, but not the one I'm looking for...

Do you have any ideas where I'd find it in the file structure on my server?
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I'm about done for the evening, though. I'll probably pick up here tomorrow. I'll go check that link you gave me and hope they have the server change done.

Thanks for the help.

Keep creating new styles with all of them one at a time until you hit the jackpot.

Download them one at a time to your computer from the server then import from there, each time. Keep naming them "Lustrous1, 2, etc. You can always delete them if they're not the one you're looking for.

BTW I am not sure the style xmls (other than the default) are stored in the server, the db, or even at all. They might only execute, writing into templates and creating the style, and never get stored.

This is why it is important you keep all your files stored on your computer - and whoever it is you inherited or bought this site from, he/she owes you these files.

[K-fab]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

EDIT: After looking at your page source code, I was able to use google to find your style here:

Lustrous vBulletin Skin Updated 3.8.1 - ForumThemes.com

Are there any other places to find the skins/themes? This link has been saying that the site's down for server changes for the past couple of days.

I've googled vBulletin Lustrous themes and came up with squat.

[K-fab]

Well, I've been able to go into my styles and modify them: Made one called Lustrous Archive and then started hacking on it - moved stuff around, copied the footer up into the header, but I sure can't find anything that has the nav buttons I had (and removed). I've even tried cutting/pasting the code from the Fusion template in just to see what that does.

I've checked the templates, looked at the history - old, new, etc. - of the styles, but it doesn't look like what I need is present anywhere else. I was hoping to get lucky and find those three templates I killed and then copy them back in. Nope. Not working.

So, who here on this board would like to lend a hand and get hired to fix my broken stuff?
From what I'm learning (yes! I am learning!), it doesn't look like it's going to be that hard, I just don't understand the coding enough to accomplish what I need.

Thanks in advance to anyone that's willing to step up and correct my damage.

[Max Taxable]

A thought occurs: Try the Wayback Machine at archive dot org, see if they have any of your pages indexed before the mistakes. Page source code on them will exist, along with images and their filenames too, if so.

[K-fab]

AWESOME!!!! I never, in my wildest dreams, thought there was something like that.

Now that I have the code, I have to figure out what parts I need, but at least I have it!

THANK YOU!!!!

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Okay, I have no clue how to implement the coding back into the templates.

Anyone have a helping hand they'd like to lend?