Is this possible to do?

[XYZ500]

Hi,

I want this done. When I go the URL of my forum, it takes straight to the forum page. I want to have a "home page" that looks a bit like the home page of vbulletin.org except I don't want any widgets like BOTM poll and MOTM poll etc.

I know this can be done via vBulletin CMS but I am finding it very hard to use it plus I think its creating bugs and error in my forum for some reason.

Is there any plugin or product that can do this as well?

As an example of what exactly I want done, see the following image.

[Disco_Dave]

Everything you'll need with this add-on http://www.vbadvanced.com/

[XYZ500]

Originally Posted by Disco_Dave

Everything you'll need with this add-on http://www.vbadvanced.com/

You gave website link. Can you give me the exact add-on link that you're talking about?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by ECZ

You gave website link. Can you give me the exact add-on link that you're talking about?

Dave did provide the link, you must register an account on vbadvanced then simply download the plugin.

Very versatile, CMS system and such - very handy and best of all free. Just like vBulletin and most plugins - keep it up to date and you're set!

[XYZ500]

Installed this CMS. Not sure how to get the thing that I wanted. I see a "custom page" option there but don't exactly know how to activate it or edit the custom page.

[Lynne]

If you have questions about the modification, you will need to ask on the modification site.

[TheLastSuperman]

For that you simply need to know how to edit the home page OR edit a template and add in some basic html code and css.

Example

Add this to additional.css (template inside of the Style Manager in Admin Control Panel of vBulletin):

.mynewclass {
width:90%
margin:10px;
padding:10px;
color:#000000;
font-size:16px;
}

Now this would be what you add into the template or your new cms system:

<div class="mynewclass">
Hi, this is the home page of our forum. Lorem Epsum Dolor Emit Blah Blah Blah
</div>

That will make the box show as you wanted.

*You can remove the width:90% IF the margin i.e. the outside white-space around the box is too much, by removing the width part of the definition it will inherit the overall width of the site minus (the containers padding AND your div containers margin).

[XYZ500]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

For that you simply need to know how to edit the home page OR edit a template and add in some basic html code and css.

Example

Add this to additional.css (template inside of the Style Manager in Admin Control Panel of vBulletin):

.mynewclass {
width:90%
margin:10px;
padding:10px;
color:#000000;
font-size:16px;
}

Now this would be what you add into the template or your new cms system:

<div class="mynewclass">
Hi, this is the home page of our forum. Lorem Epsum Dolor Emit Blah Blah Blah
</div>

That will make the box show as you wanted.

*You can remove the width:90% IF the margin i.e. the outside white-space around the box is too much, by removing the width part of the definition it will inherit the overall width of the site minus (the containers padding AND your div containers margin).

Hey, thanks. I managed to figure it out.

Now, my forum is located at mysite.com. What I want to do is to make this new home page as my main index page. So when users go to mysite.com, they end up here. Then they click on the "forum" button on the nav bar and are taken to the forum.

How can I do that?

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Currently, mysite.com is home page which goes straight to forum. And mysite.com/cmps_index.php is what goes to CMS page. I have to click on "home" from the navbar to go to this page.

I want this page to appear first when someone goes to mysite.com and then they can go to forum by clicking on the "forum" on the navbar.

How can I do this?

[HM666]

Originally Posted by ECZ

Hey, thanks. I managed to figure it out.

Now, my forum is located at mysite.com. What I want to do is to make this new home page as my main index page. So when users go to mysite.com, they end up here. Then they click on the "forum" button on the nav bar and are taken to the forum.

How can I do that?

--------------- Added [DATE]1415127156[/DATE] at [TIME]1415127156[/TIME] ---------------

Currently, mysite.com is home page which goes straight to forum. And mysite.com/cmps_index.php is what goes to CMS page. I have to click on "home" from the navbar to go to this page.

I want this page to appear first when someone goes to mysite.com and then they can go to forum by clicking on the "forum" on the navbar.

How can I do this?

If you have installed CMPS in the same directory as the forum you just need to login to your admincp and go to "Settings>Options" then click on "Forum Home: Options" in the drop down. Find "Script Name for Forum Home Page" at the top and change it to "index" without the quotes. Then make sure you set your CMPS to index.php instead of cmps_index.php. Then you will need to rename the cmps_index.php to index.php. Be sure to same everything before doing this and back it up just in case. There are also most likely info on the vbadvanced site for doing this you should really check there I think they have a FAQ or something that you can get this info from.

[XYZ500]

Originally Posted by HM666

If you have installed CMPS in the same directory as the forum you just need to login to your admincp and go to "Settings>Options" then click on "Forum Home: Options" in the drop down. Find "Script Name for Forum Home Page" at the top and change it to "index" without the quotes. Then make sure you set your CMPS to index.php instead of cmps_index.php. Then you will need to rename the cmps_index.php to index.php. Be sure to same everything before doing this and back it up just in case. There are also most likely info on the vbadvanced site for doing this you should really check there I think they have a FAQ or something that you can get this info from.

Thank you for this. I will try this in the last step. First there is one more problem. I add "meta keywords" and "meta description" while making the page in the CMS settings but after I add these I see no change in my page. Secondly, how to customize the page title? It is showing to be "sitename.com".. not being able to change it.

For example, this site's homepage title looks like to be "vBulletin.org Forum - The official vBulletin resource". How can I edit this?

See the image below to understand what I'm talking about: