Lost headers with nav buttons - help!!!

[K-fab]

Howdy everyone.

Okay, right up front - I'm new to this!!!

I recently took over a forum and in the processing of upgrading, I've managed to kill some of the headers and links that were on the page - and learn a lesson of "revert" is not a good option at times!

I'm learning....

Anyhow, if you'll take a look at this snapshot, you can see that it contains a top line that has "home" "blogs", "classifieds", etc.. The search window is present, there are some nav lines below the main header.

If you want to see the damage I've done, clicking here will take you to my forum and you'll be able to see that I wiped it clean. Drats!

When I reverted, I managed to remove a few of the needed headers and now I need some help redesigning and posting them.

Can someone direct me to a post that shows how to go about defining and posting these sorts of links and such? I've searched, but I'm not really sure what I'm searching for. (still learning - can't state this enough).

If I can get the basics figured out, then I should be able to go about getting the stuff I killed redone. I'm determined, but it's hard to figure out where to start when you don't quite know where to start.

I have a back up of my site on my server, but when I search in it, for a file I believe is called vbulletin-style.xml, I can't find it. I was hoping that if I could find this back up file that I could drop it into my present running files. Would that work? Am I on the right track or am I on a wild goose chase with this thinking?

Thanks in advance for any guidance that can be shared.

[Max Taxable]

Re-import that style xml for that style in adminCP Style manager.

[K-fab]

Here's my problem - after upgrading from 3.7.1 to 7.7, I get this box on my admin panel:

Out-of-Date Custom Templates Found!
There are currently 14 customized template(s) that need to be updated or reverted. Some sections of vBulletin may not function if you do not do this!

Click here to view these templates!

I went in and started reading and thought that I would have issues if I didn't upgrade or revert. Being that I'm an idiot and didn't understand, I hit revert. Now the three custom headers I removed are no longer around.

I messed around in the template areas and was able to compare the original and the custom and could see the differences between the two (was highlighted), but I don't understand the syntax of the templates yet.

I'm not sure I have the old xml file (can't find it in the backup copy of my site). Reverting it killed the custom one I had (written by previous forum owner who knew what he was doing.)

I need some schooling on how to go about making a custom header so I can insert it back in.

Does this make sense? Lke I said, newbie here, so don't beat on me too hard if I'm not making sense.

[Max Taxable]

Re-import that style xml for that style in adminCP Style manager.

Find the XML file wherever you found the style - whether it's here, or on the developer's site.

[K-fab]

My issue - I don't know where to find the customized xml file.

I also don't know what the name of the three headers (styles? - files?) that I reverted are.

As stated earlier, I am not the one that did the site, nor developed it. I've just taken it over recently, although I've been a long time administrator. I never did any forum development.

re-import - not sure I follow this (yet). I find the two styles active on my site under style manager; the one I killed is "Lustrous Fluid" and it's the one I need to get up and running again.

But what to re-import I'm not sure I understand.

I appreciate the help thus far, btw.

[Max Taxable]

I would Re-import that style xml for that style in adminCP Style manager.

[K-fab]

I don't understand - where am I importing it from? What particular thing am I importing?

Sorry to be so dense.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by K-fab

I don't understand - where am I importing it from? What particular thing am I importing?

Sorry to be so dense.

The style you're having trouble with, the custom one. Find the style XML either in your personal files or from the place online where you downloaded the style. Upload this XML using Style Manager and choose the option: Lustrous Fluid where you see:

Merge Into Style (Selecting a style here will cause the imported style to be merged into an existing style, overwriting any conflicting entries.)

This will repair all templates in that style.

From there you can start worrying about customizations, and compatibility with your new vB version.

Alternatively, you can upload that XML and choose the "create new style" option, name it "Lustrous Archive" then use the templates to repair your style using copy/paste of primarily the navbar template and the headinclude template.

The second option also gives you the archive of the style for future use in such situations.

It is important to get that style XML because with custom styles there is no telling how the developer coded it, without it.

As a third alternative, you can copy/paste the templates from the default style into your Lustrous one, primarily the navbar and headinclude templates.

EDIT: After looking at your page source code, I was able to use google to find your style here:

Lustrous vBulletin Skin Updated 3.8.1 - ForumThemes.com

[K-fab]

Okay, thanks.

Find the style XML either in your personal files or from the place online where you downloaded the style.

One quick thing that I believe you're missing is that I've taken over this board and have no idea where to find the original code that the previous owner did. I never d/l'd the style. Think of it more like someone handing me a file cabinet and saying "have fun".

I need to go ahead and upgrade to 3.8.7 first, then I'll go in and start trying to fix what I broke.

I really appreciate the help and I promise, once I get the gist of what I'm doing, I won't be such a question asker.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by K-fab

Okay, thanks.



One quick thing that I believe you're missing is that I've taken over this board and have no idea where to find the original code that the previous owner did. I never d/l'd the style. Think of it more like someone handing me a file cabinet and saying "have fun".

I need to go ahead and upgrade to 3.8.7 first, then I'll go in and start trying to fix what I broke.

I really appreciate the help and I promise, once I get the gist of what I'm doing, I won't be such a question asker.

There's nothing wrong with asking questions, that's the very reason this board exists.

The link I gave you is where the style is located.