[Read] - Frequently Asked Questions

Last Updated: 23rd January 2003

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Question: How do i add gaps between my categorys like here at vbulletin.org?

Answer: Install this template modification.

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Question: How do i add spaces between my postbit?

Answer: Install this template modification.

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Question: How do i center my banner and then center the buttons below it?

Answer: Install this template modification.

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Question: How do i remove my moderator column?

Answer: Install this template modification.

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Question: How do i add a column to the left/right of my forumhome?

Answer: Install this template modification.
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Question: How do i add a custom profile field in my postbit?

Answer: Firstly you need to have set up a custom profile field. In your admin cp goto 'User Profile Fields > Modify'.

Hover your mouse over the edit link for the custom profile field you want to be displayed in your postbit. The link in the status bar should be like:

profilefield.php?action=edit&profilefieldid=5

Note the profilefieldid.

Then in your postbit template insert "$post[fieldx]" where 'x' is the profilefieldid of the profile field you want displayed.

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Question: How do i add a gradient to the categorys on my forumhome?

Answer: Goto the replacements section of you admin cp and change the { categorybackcolor} replacement from your hex color to:

PHP Code:

#000000" background="{ imagesfolder}/catbg.gif" 


Make sure you change the hex to the color you want it to be before loading the gradient and ignore the gap between the { and the imagesfolder. Also don't forget to upload your gradient called 'catbg.gi'f to your imagesfolder.

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Question: How do i add images to the top of my categorys on forumhome?

Answer: Install this template modification.

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Question: How do i center my category names on forumhome?

Answer: In your 'forumhome_level1_nopost' template find the <tr id="cat"> tag. Replace it with <tr id="cat" align="center">

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Question: How do i add images above and below my postbit?

Answer: Well there are several postbit images releases but this is the basic one.

Check out this for lots of other postbit releases too.

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Question: How do i add images to the backgrounds of my textareas?

Answer: Install this template modification.

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Question: How do i add mouseover effects to various parts of my site?

Answer: Install this template modification.

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Other Information:

If there's anything else you would like to know then please feel free to post a new thread in this forum or check out:

http://www.vbulletintemplates.com - The official vbulletin template modification archive.

Also a complete rundown of the vbulletin template system can be downloaded here
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Regards

- miSt

[Xenon]

this is also usefull:

Originally posted by filburt1
Check out http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/ for a large archive of released templates.

Methinks this is definitely a good thing to make sticky in the Template Mods forum: http://www.vbulletin.com/members/get...p/template.pdf

Template guide on vb.com

ahh, thanks for this mist.

those hints are very useful

[MindTrix]

This whole thread is genius Thanks alot makes things alot easier (than searchin maself lol)

[Dean C]

Thankyou for the feedback but now its time to close this thread now i'm a mod

- miSt

[Tony G]

Were you intending to close it then? Because it appears open to me.

[Dean C]

Hehe *closing*

- miSt