Ok so I have this phpbb forum that came with my service and I will give it a try, but I cannot change my phpbb image to show my own image and I cannot add any banners

Any ideas what I can do? I went to there site , but found templates that may or may not help me. Being that I am website stupid, it is a bit hard


Chris

There should be plenty of support for this in the phpbb community.

But, it really depends on which style you are using. If you are using the default subsilver, then you have to change the overall_header.tpl and/or the phpbb logo in the images folder.

In overall_header.tpl find..

<img src="templates/subSilver/images/logo_phpBB.gif" 
border="0" alt="{L_INDEX}" vspace="1" />

and change the src to point to your file somewhere else. (if you do that, make sure you give the full path, since most likely it will be outside of phpbb.)

If you just want to change the image without changing the name of the file or src. then simply create your own image and replace logo_phpBB.gif in the images folder (simply name your image logo_phpBB.gif and over-ride the original.)

Theme SettingsTheme Name:Template:subSilver _vti_cnfTheme ElementValueSimple NameCSS Stylesheet:
Filename for CSS stylesheet to use for this theme. Background Image: Background Colour: Text Colour: Link Colour: Visited Link Colour: Active Link Colour: Hover Link Colour: Table Row Colour 1: Table Row Colour 2: Table Row Colour 3: Table Row Class 1: Table Row Class 2: Table Row Class 3: Table Header Colour 1: Table Header Colour 2: Table Header Colour 3: Table Header Class 1: Table Header Class 2: Table Header Class 3: Table Cell Colour 1: Table Cell Colour 2: Table Cell Colour 3: Table Cell Class 1: Table Cell Class 2: Table Cell Class 3: Font Face 1: Font Face 2: Font Face 3: Font Size 1: Font Size 2: Font Size 3: Font Colour 1: Font Colour 2: Font Colour 3: Span Class 1: Span Class 2: Span Class 3:
Theme SettingsTheme Name:Template:subSilver _vti_cnfTheme ElementValueSimple NameCSS Stylesheet:
Filename for CSS stylesheet to use for this theme. Background Image: Background Colour: Text Colour: Link Colour: Visited Link Colour: Active Link Colour: Hover Link Colour: Table Row Colour 1: Table Row Colour 2: Table Row Colour 3: Table Row Class 1: Table Row Class 2: Table Row Class 3: Table Header Colour 1: Table Header Colour 2: Table Header Colour 3: Table Header Class 1: Table Header Class 2: Table Header Class 3: Table Cell Colour 1: Table Cell Colour 2: Table Cell Colour 3: Table Cell Class 1: Table Cell Class 2: Table Cell Class 3: Font Face 1: Font Face 2: Font Face 3: Font Size 1: Font Size 2: Font Size 3: Font Colour 1: Font Colour 2: Font Colour 3: Span Class 1: Span Class 2: Span Class 3:

this is what it looks like under the template managemant, but I do not see where I can replace my image?

ok so it did not save it so that you can see the entry areas.

It mostly just gives me an option to change colors.

I guess its not that bad.

I just see alot of forums like this one where people put gogle and ads on it. This one does not seem like I can

I would suggest not using the template manager.

To change the image, you have to edit the files yourself. Or, replace the image yourself. You would have to acces the files through your control panel, where you keep all of your files. Your phpbb files should be in a directory called html, under phpbb or phpbb2. Once you find the phpbb folder, enter and find the templates folder, then choose the subsilver folder. In there you will find the files and images that make your forum. Find the appropriate tpl. file to edit. If you can't do it from your control panel, you'll need to copy it to your computer to edit, then upload it back to the internet.

Phpbb community would be of more help here. Besides the forum, they have tutorials, and maybe a mod (modification) that would allow you to change the image from your phpbb administrator control panel. In fact, i know they do. The only thing is, you would have to edit files yourself. That seems to be your problem.

Great thank you so much