Some General Questions

[MGPetrify]

Hi !

First off I'm pretty fluent in html & css but this is like my first time ever using a third party program to make a website, I usually just hand code.

Questions :


1: I'm trying to change the color of the text on the forum that says "Last Post" and I cannot figure out how.

2: How do I change and add different pages on the nav bar? Currently there are "Home" "Forum" "Blogs" and "What's New?",

3: I deleted all of the premade cms stuff on the left side ( I believe those were the sections and categories) that had all of the random things I didn't want on the website. Now I'm trying to bring some sort of "Box" like the "Recent Blog Posts" and "Recent Forum Posts" and put it on the left side. I want to put some a title and some text in it, and it would also be great if I could have other moderators change what is inside of it. What would be the best way to go about doing this?

4. I'm having a lot of trouble actually adding new things, all I can find the the admin panel is changing css and making widgets/grids, but how do you actually implement them without seeing the raw code?

5: How would I make my image on the top left http://mechanicalgamer.com/index/content.php not have that wrong colored gray in the back? I used the dropper thing in Photoshop to get the color, but its still different. I think its because the default is a gradient. Is there anyway to make just the background of my image opaque, but keep the text there?



Thanks a lot ! :-)

[fevredsuk]

1, Change style var forum head color ( will also change colour of forum title)

2, Theres a mod to add tabs, or you can create a plugin to add a tab which I think is better.
Check here

3, ??

4 ??

maybe search the mods on this site for blocks or widgets.. Will at least give yiu an idea of what is required

5. change the style var for header background to same color as your logo

[MGPetrify]

Originally Posted by fevredsuk

1, Change style var forum head color ( will also change colour of forum title)

2, Theres a mod to add tabs, or you can create a plugin to add a tab which I think is better.
Check here

3, ??

4 ??

maybe search the mods on this site for blocks or widgets.. Will at least give yiu an idea of what is required

5. change the style var for header background to same color as your logo

Forum header color didn't work. It was already a color that should show up through the background, but it didn't.

[Videx]

There are a few articles about the CMS up on the vb blog/cms, be sure to read those. Beyond that you're pretty much on your own. Sorry, I can't find a direct link for you.

[dale09]

1. You need to figure out which stylevar it is, then change it in the admin panel.

5. I think your best bet would be to use a transparent background on your logo.

[TWood]

5. It's definitely a gradient, so your best bet is to use a PNG with a transparent background.

If you haven't already, install Firefox and add an add-on called Firebug. It will show you how a website is structured. Also, in the General Settings>Add Template Name in HTML Comments set that to 'yes' while working on your site. It will add comment lines in the View Source so you can see where templates start and stop.

I also came to this with rudimentary knowledge of HTML and CSS, and it's different to have new layers of building blocks to work with. It helps to study up on templates and phrases in the manual:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/