Styles

[Lady Ginasue]

I need some help please from those of you out there who have added additional styles to your boards.

What I would like to do is make another style for part of my board. The forums that would be in the new style are private forums so only a few people get to see them.

First off I"m not sure how to make a new template. How to have it set up so that the ones in the private forum see this new template. If they go back to the main fourms board they see the default style.

I'm a dumbie as far as knowing what to do.

[Logician]

Most complicated part of vb for new users.. It was my first question when I purchased vb either..

The general rule is this: If your only aim is to change colors/fonts:
a) just create a new replacement set
b) Create a new style and point this replacement set.
c) stick with 1 template sets (default?) that is used in all your styles and point it in your new style page.

But if you say want to change some images in certain sections of the board or make other drastic visual changes as well, you have to create a new template set for your new style either. So:
a) create a new replacement set
b) Create a new template set
c) Create a new style and point this new replacement set and template set there.

I personally suggest alternative 1. I have 4 replacements sets in my own board for different colors but I use one template set shared by all of them in the style page. This approach makes hacking and board administeration easier as you don't need to deal with a lot of template sets anymore.