Help Me?

[Cool21]

okay, where do I place the new background at? like what template?

[peterska2]

Ok, to remove the box shown and just leave the stats and login box as plain text boxes, replace your entire navbar template with

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function log_out()
{
    ht = document.getElementsByTagName("html");
    ht[0].style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(grayscale=1)";
    if (confirm('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]'))
    {
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        ht[0].style.filter = "";
        return false;
    }
}
//-->
</script>

<br />






<if condition="in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, array(adv_index))"><br /><else />

<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" id="collapseobj_navbar" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_navbar]">
<tr>
    <td class="alt1" width="100%">
        <if condition="is_array($navbits)">
            <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
            <tr valign="bottom">
                <td><a href="#" onclick="history.back(1)"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_back]" border="0" /></a></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td width="100%"><span class="navbar"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]" accesskey="1">$vboptions[bbtitle]</a></span> $navbits[breadcrumb]</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt; padding-top:1px" colspan="3"><a href="$scriptpath"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_finallink.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reload_this_page]" border="0" /></a> <strong>$navbits[lastelement]</strong></td>
            </tr>
            </table>            
        <else />
            
            <if condition="$show['guest']"><div style="padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px;"></div><table width="100%"  border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"   style="border: 1px dotted #89959B;">
     <tr>
    <td bgcolor="#F8F8F8" style="border-top: #FFFFFF 1px solid;
    border-left: #A7C4E7 7px solid;"><div><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/arrow.gif"  alt="" align="absmiddle" /> $vbphrase[currently_active_users]: $totalonline</div>
            <div><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/arrow.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" /> $vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads, $vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts, $vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers</div>
            <div><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/arrow.gif"  alt="" align="absmiddle" /> <phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>
        </div></td></tr></table></if>
        </if>
    </td>    
    
    <if condition="$show['guest']">
        
        <td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap" style="padding:0px">
            
        <!-- login form -->
        <form action="login.php" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password,vb_login_md5password)">
        <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js"></script>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[username]</td>
            <td><input type="text" class="button" name="vb_login_username" id="navbar_username" size="10" accesskey="u" tabindex="1" value="$vbphrase[username]" onfocus="if (this.value == '$vbphrase[username]') this.value = '';" /></td>
            <td class="smallfont" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" value="1" tabindex="3" id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accesskey="c" checked="checked" />$vbphrase[remember_me]</label></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[password]</td>
            <td><input type="password" class="button" name="vb_login_password" size="10" accesskey="p" tabindex="2" /></td>
            <td><input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[log_in]" tabindex="4" title="$vbphrase[enter_username_to_login_or_register]" accesskey="s" /></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
        <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
        <input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />
        <input type="hidden" name="forceredirect" value="1" />            
        <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
        </form>
        <!-- / login form -->
            
        </td>
        
    </if>    
    
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

  <div style="padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px;"></div></if>

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->
    
    <if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
    <!-- header quick search form -->
    <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_search_menu" style="display:none">
        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">$vbphrase[search_forums]</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
            <form action="search.php" method="post">
                <input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
                <input type="hidden" name="showposts" value="0" />
                <input type="text" class="bginput" name="query" size="20" />$gobutton<br />
            </form>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[advanced_search]</a></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
    </div>
    <!-- / header quick search form -->
    </if>

    <if condition="$show['member']">
    <!-- user cp tools menu -->
    <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none">
        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        
        <tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[quick_links]</td></tr>        
        <if condition="$vboptions['enablesearches']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td></tr></if>
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td></tr>
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td></tr>
                
        <tr><td class="thead"><a href="usercp.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[user_control_panel]</a></td></tr>
        <if condition="$show['siglink']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editsignature">$vbphrase[edit_signature]</a></td></tr></if>
        <if condition="$show['avatarlink']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editavatar">$vbphrase[edit_avatar]</a></td></tr></if>
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editprofile">$vbphrase[edit_profile]</a></td></tr>
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editoptions">$vbphrase[edit_options]</a></td></tr>
        
        <tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[miscellaneous]</td></tr>
        <if condition="$show['pmstats']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages]</a></td></tr></if>
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[subscribed_threads]</a></td></tr>
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[my_profile]</a></td></tr>
        <if condition="$show['wollink']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="online.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[whos_online]</a></td></tr></if>
        
        </table>
    </div>
    <!-- / user cp tools menu -->
    </if>
<!-- / NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->
</if>

To make the grey section behind the category titles narrower (to fit your short category names better) Replace your forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template with this

<if condition="$forum[forumid] == 9">
<else />
</table>
     <div style="padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px;"></div>
</if>
<!-- vBStyles Cat Top Start -->
 

<table   border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"  width="$stylevar[tablewidth]"  align="center">
  <tr>
    <td width="21" height="31" align="left" valign="top" style="background-image: url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/top_bg.gif)"><img border="0" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/top_left.gif" width="21" height="31" alt="" /></td>
    <td height="31" align="left" valign="middle" style="background-image: url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/top_bg.gif)"><div style="color: #496690; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 6px; font-family: Tahoma;"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><b>$forum[title]</b></a></div></td>
    <td width="19" align="left" valign="middle"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/top_end.gif" alt="" width="19" height="31" border="0" /></td>
    <td width="70%" align="right" valign="top" style="background-image: url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/top_center.gif)"><a style="float:$stylevar[right]; padding-top: 9px;" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></td>
    <td width="14" height="31" align="right" valign="top"><img border="0" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/top_right.gif" width="14" height="31" alt="" /></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<!-- /vBStyles Cat Top End -->
        
        
        

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
<tr align="center">
      <td class="thead" width="35">&nbsp;</td>
      <td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
      <td class="thead" width="200">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
      <td class="thead" width="65">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
      <td class="thead" width="65">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
      <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
      <td class="thead" width="120">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
      </if>
    </tr>
$childforumbits
</tbody>
</if>

[Christine]

Originally Posted by Cool21

okay, where do I place the new background at? like what template?

Check Kerry-Anne's instructions as those might be easier, but the image I posted would just be uploaded to the /images/gradients/gradient_tcat.gif in the folder that houses your style (unless it is modified).

[imported_slappy]

If you'll pardon the Off Topic question, I would be interested to learn the name of the Style you are using. I like the rounded corners. Or is it one you made from scratch?

Regards,

[Cool21]

I got it from vbstyles.com.

okay, one more question? How do I place my own banner on there so that it won't mess up my theme. Like it has a nav_bg and when i place the banner url on it....it looks messed up? Know how to do this???