Fun4TheMoney 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 Here are my brand new Xisto-hosted forums, thanks to Tonic, who set the whole thing up for me. My ForumsThese forums are for all of my websites--some of which are pretty lame, but I'm working on all of them. Please go post something. I don't have any traffic, yet, so there's no reason to hang around, but I really don't want my forums to look naked when I start promoting my sites.Thanks, y'all. Suz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MechVegita 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 Cool forum but not really that great your still using the defualt skin choose another and best of all theres no cool banner but I still would like to see more cause im looking forward to joining when theres more done to the forums ok bye/--MechVegita--- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fun4TheMoney 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 Cool forum but not really that great your still using the defualt skin choose another and best of all theres no cool banner but I still would like to see more cause im looking forward to joining when theres more done to the forums ok bye/ --MechVegita--- 136249[/snapback] What I'd really like to do is put a little graphic next to the name on each category, so people can recognize when the forums go from one site to another. Anybocy know if that's possible with PhpBB? Suz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karlo 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 I love your forum, it would be better if you don't use PHPBB. if you want to create a forum, make sure that your forum is unique. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odyssey 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 Since you use phpBB, you shoudl really customize your forums a whole lot more.People like to use forums that are extremely unique with one another, because people like to see creativity!Check out http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/That is my forum, and my friends helped me customize to the extent that I would prefer to have it, and it looks great! I had this forum so far running close to a month, and has served me reliable.Always remember with phpBB to do updates, so you keep people from hacking and taking control of you forums! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mbd5882 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 You should use invision.Try a demo, Or i could give uthe newest full version-That i brought. :D I just love the LOL icon its funny- Thanks,FFC Webmaster,Asad Haider. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fun4TheMoney 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 Since you use phpBB, you shoudl really customize your forums a whole lot more. People like to use forums that are extremely unique with one another, because people like to see creativity! Check out http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ That is my forum, and my friends helped me customize to the extent that I would prefer to have it, and it looks great! I had this forum so far running close to a month, and has served me reliable. Always remember with phpBB to do updates, so you keep people from hacking and taking control of you forums! 136606[/snapback] Your forums look great. I guess I still have some work to do. Please explain about updates and getting hacked. I never would have thought of such a thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odyssey 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 Since phpBB is open source (free download) hackers try it and investigate if there is any security flaws. If there is any security flaws that they can find, they look around on the internet and find forums that arent up to date. If they find one that isnt up tp date, then they try attacking it.The current version of phpBB is 2.0.14. You can find your version in the Administration Control Panel, on the first page at the bottom. It is extremely important that you keep it updated so no one cant hack your forum. The newest version also tells you that its up to date in green text on the main page of the Administration Control Panel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odyssey 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 Forgot to add, you can always download the current version off of phpBB, forget the exact site, just Google it. The version in cPanel is not the up to date one, its always good to update it manually from phpBB's website Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fun4TheMoney 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 Forgot to add, you can always download the current version off of phpBB, forget the exact site, just Google it. The version in cPanel is not the up to date one, its always good to update it manually from phpBB's website 136654[/snapback] Thank you. I signed up for the phpBB updates, newsletters, whatever. I'll post myself a sticky to stay on top of this. Thanks again. Suz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odyssey 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2005 Thank you. I signed up for the phpBB updates, newsletters, whatever. I'll post myself a sticky to stay on top of this. Thanks again. Suz 136658[/snapback] No poblem, its always great to help someone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonic 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2005 If you want to install different styles just visit https://www.phpbb.com/styles/ pick the desire theme, download it and upload it to public_html/forum/templates/name-of-template/ then from your activiate it from your phpBB Admin Control Panel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mzeppelin 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2005 Hehe cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fun4TheMoney 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2005 If you want to install different styles just visit https://www.phpbb.com/styles/ pick the desire theme, download it and upload it to public_html/forum/templates/name-of-template/ then from your activiate it from your phpBB Admin Control Panel. 136981[/snapback] Here's the challenge. I want each forum to look different, since they come from 4 different websites. From what I can see, I have to change everything at once. I was hoping I could work around that by putting a little logo on each new forum title line, but I couldn't find any way to do that, either. This is NOT a big deal. I love my forums just the way they are. It's just fun to tweak things a little here and there. Suz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fun4TheMoney 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2005 If you want to install different styles just visit https://www.phpbb.com/styles/ pick the desire theme, download it and upload it to public_html/forum/templates/name-of-template/ then from your activiate it from your phpBB Admin Control Panel. 136981[/snapback] Sorry, I meant "categories" not "forums" in my last post. I checked those other styles and they are AWESOME. I really like ThrillKill and Whatisreal. Now I'm tempted to start fooling around and design my own. Hold me back. I have real work to do. AARRGGHH! Suz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites