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NovaArgon
post Nov 27 2007, 04:56 PM
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Hi guys i'm trying to make my homepage and forums look more alike so that you don't feel like you have went to a different place when you go to the forums.

my home page is http://www.drysnot.com
my forums is http://www.drysnot.com/forums

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I want to take green and have it as the background on my home page and use the blue to border the link that are currently on my home page.

Do you guys have any idea how to do that?
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post Nov 27 2007, 06:38 PM
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Usually your forum software has an administrative control panel where you can alter the SKIN of the forums. You have to be logged in as an administrator to get to it.

For more detailed help I'd contact the developers of the forum software, or their support forums.

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post Nov 27 2007, 06:59 PM
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QUOTE(jimlongo @ Nov 27 2007, 06:38 PM) *

Usually your forum software has an administrative control panel where you can alter the SKIN of the forums. You have to be logged in as an administrator to get to it.

For more detailed help I'd contact the developers of the forum software, or their support forums.

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Thanks for the reply.

I can't get html support form where I got the forums software. I'm just trying to figure out how to copy the border I dont know the code to create it.

I'm still trying to learn.
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post Nov 27 2007, 11:06 PM
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It's phpBB. They have a large user forum.
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post Nov 28 2007, 12:22 AM
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Yea but they only give support for the forums. I might not have worded it good but the forums are good. I'm happy with how they look.

http://www.drysnot.com/forums is good

http://www.drysnot.com needs to be changed to match.


I was thinking I would try and used tables or something.

I can change the background color easy then I should be able to butcher the forums with an image editor and I can copy and past enough of the forum border so that I can recreate it and just use it as a background image on the homepage.

Do you think that would work or would the existing tables get in the way?
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post Nov 28 2007, 01:14 AM
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Oh! We throught you wanted to change the look of the forum. laugh.gif

Well, View Source at the forum front page and snatch away.
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post Nov 28 2007, 01:17 AM
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Haha thanks for the help. I'm about to post what i'v got and see how it looks in a sec
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post Nov 28 2007, 01:26 AM
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how do I center the bg image
<body bgcolor="#282828" background="background.jpg">

right now its titled or whatever

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post Nov 28 2007, 01:50 AM
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You need to use CSS. See Background and Color Properties in our CSS reference.
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post Nov 28 2007, 01:52 AM
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I don't know how to code css

does it take long to learn? Could I figure it out tonight?
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post Nov 28 2007, 02:05 AM
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Please see the FAQ entry Where can I learn about CSS?
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post Nov 28 2007, 03:01 AM
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background-position= 50% 50%
background-position= center center

where to I put them to make them work?

I was thinking here but I keep missing

<body bgcolor="#282828" background="background.jpg">
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post Nov 28 2007, 03:06 AM
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Please see Linking Style Sheets to HTML in our CSS reference.
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post Nov 28 2007, 03:20 AM
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Thanks for the links and all your help

Your killing me though lol
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post Nov 28 2007, 03:30 AM
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You ever feel like you are on the wrong boat?

<body bgcolor="#282828"
background-image:'background.jpg';
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 50% 50%;
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post Nov 28 2007, 03:37 AM
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Ok

I got the background in order

now for the rest of the tables


<style type="text/css">
body
{
background-image: url('background.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 50% 1%;
}
</style>
</HEAD>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://shots.snap.com/ss/78410ed50ea4cbab427b634626bea5df/snap_shots.js"></script>
<body bgcolor="#282828">
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post Nov 28 2007, 12:26 PM
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http://www.drysnot.com
http://www.drysnot.com/forums

I got it thanks so much for all your help
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post Nov 28 2007, 02:17 PM
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There is always a down side to everything lol


Its great in fire fox but in ie it is all jacked up

any ideas?

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post Nov 28 2007, 02:34 PM
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As the quoted message said, you need a type="text/javascript" attribute in your <script> tag.

And your images need alt attributes. See ALT texts in IMG.

And you've used a non-standard height attribute. You can remove it and use CSS instead.
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post Nov 28 2007, 03:04 PM
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QUOTE(Darin McGrew @ Nov 28 2007, 02:34 PM) *

As the quoted message said, you need a type="text/javascript" attribute in your <script> tag.

And your images need alt attributes. See ALT texts in IMG.

And you've used a non-standard height attribute. You can remove it and use CSS instead.



Thanks so much for the help. I think i'm valid now.

Do you know if there is something to make IE and Fire Fox look the same?

My page is jacked up in IE but looks great in Fire Fox
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