Customize/add html without admin cp

[mharris]

Hi all,

I have had trouble with my style manager in my admin's cp since I installed VB. But I would actually prefer to customize without going through the cp anyway.

Is it possible to customize my forums by editing the file(s) that are on my server? I want to simply download the necessary file using my ftp client and just add some simple html and then upload the edited file. This is how I did all my editing with phpBB. I want to edit the "shell" or "skin" of my forums. Is this possible in VB without using the control panel?

Thank you in advance,
Michelle

[Dismounted]

How have you had trouble with the Style Manager?

[mharris]

When I click on any of the selections in the style manager, such as “edit templates” or “edit settings”, then click “go”, nothing happens. The only thing I can do is expand the template options but even when I do that, I still cannot select any of the options. This happens on the style I installed and use for my forums as well as the default style.

I’ve tried it from different computers. I’ve tried to ctrl-click thinking that it may be a pop-up window, but nothing seems to work. That’s why I thought maybe I could just edit the headers, index, etc by editing the files on my server rather than editing via the style manager.

Thanks!

[Kirk Y]

Templates are stored in your database and converted into a format that would make it, for all intents and purposes, unreadable for the purposes of editing.

What browser have you been using?

[mharris]

I've been using IE.

[Dismounted]

With Javascript enabled?