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Title: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: cortese on January 05, 2006, 08:44:25 PM
Hello,

Been running smf 1.05 since October or so.. Came across Helios first which i fell in love with so checked on this site the other day and ran into TP! Oh my! If this goes final for sale i will no doubt purchase and tell others. But anyways... Figured out how to install it and use the Helios TP theme too!!

Took me a bit but i got it down well somewhat..

Now the question is putting in a logo into the upper right corner... Which file do i edit to do this...

Be-warned no knowledge of PHP just basic html... Should i use dreamweaver mx to do this... totally lost and confused.. right now it looks great but iam missing a nice logo for myself at the top.

Its a Everquest II fan site btw... take a look and maybe someone can help me..

http://www.darkchaos.org

Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: Rasyr on January 05, 2006, 09:09:38 PM
Actually, I am not sure you have to edit any files. I took a quick peek at the code, and from the looks of it, all you need to do is to go into Admin, then go to Current Theme (or the equivalent in 1.05), and then just put in the url of the logo image you want to use (which should be on your website someplace).

Like I said, I am just guessing here, but it looks like if you put the url of your logo image in the settings page for the current theme, then it should put it in the website where you are wanting it to go (I am presuming in the box with the user info at the top, just under the color change section).

Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: Rasyr on January 05, 2006, 09:35:31 PM
I don't have 1.05 installed, so this is kinda rough....

Go into SMF's Admin section.

Look for the section about Themes

There should be a place for you to put in the URL for your site's logo.

Put the URL in there, save it, and see if it shows up where you are wanting it to show.

Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: cortese on January 05, 2006, 09:37:54 PM
Quote from: Rasyr on January 05, 2006, 09:09:38 PM
Actually, I am not sure you have to edit any files. I took a quick peek at the code, and from the looks of it, all you need to do is to go into Admin, then go to Current Theme (or the equivalent in 1.05), and then just put in the url of the logo image you want to use (which should be on your website someplace).

Like I said, I am just guessing here, but it looks like if you put the url of your logo image in the settings page for the current theme, then it should put it in the website where you are wanting it to go (I am presuming in the box with the user info at the top, just under the color change section).




Sorry when it comes down to this stuff iam a php/apache idiot! So iam like um hmm what does he mean.... i dont want to loose this nice helios tp theme either!

Do you put it in the TopBar box? so it goes above the top part???
If so what do i put in the logo box there...

still confused sorry, please understand :)
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: IchBin on January 05, 2006, 09:54:19 PM
Put the logo in the logobox. :) Don't worry about topbar unless you want something else up top.
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: Rasyr on January 05, 2006, 09:57:17 PM
Okay, I just downloaded and installed a copy of 1.0.5 and have just discovered that the entry that I am telling you to look for isn't there. There is apparently no field that you would enter the forum logo URL into -- unless perhaps there is one in tiny portal settings, or one in the settings for the theme itself.

Sorry about that.



Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: cortese on January 05, 2006, 10:20:05 PM
Quote from: IchBinÃ,â,,¢ on January 05, 2006, 09:54:19 PM
Put the logo in the logobox. :) Don't worry about topbar unless you want something else up top.

Ok thats simple enough for me to understand LOL!!!
But where does it point to as far as a directory?
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: IchBin on January 05, 2006, 10:23:21 PM
It shows you an example right by it. I don't have the theme installed right now because I just reinstalled my beta testing site. But I think if you look at the "Current Theme" Settings where it gives you the logobox. There is an example right above/below the box that tells you how to enter in the URL to the file.
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: cortese on January 05, 2006, 10:37:12 PM
Quote from: IchBinÃ,â,,¢ on January 05, 2006, 10:23:21 PM
It shows you an example right by it. I don't have the theme installed right now because I just reinstalled my beta testing site. But I think if you look at the "Current Theme" Settings where it gives you the logobox. There is an example right above/below the box that tells you how to enter in the URL to the file.

Actually what you said on the previous message did it!
I just gotta edit my logo so its not so big!
thank you so so so so so much! i love you! :)

check it out...

http://www.darkchaos.org
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: IchBin on January 05, 2006, 10:55:08 PM
Looks nice! One thing though....it looks like you're using the 1.1 RC1 version of the helios theme instead of the 1.0.5 version.
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: cortese on January 05, 2006, 11:16:57 PM
Quote from: IchBinÃ,â,,¢ on January 05, 2006, 10:55:08 PM
Looks nice! One thing though....it looks like you're using the 1.1 RC1 version of the helios theme instead of the 1.0.5 version.


can you provide me with a link where i can download the current verison i looked all over i couldnt find nothing. i had helios on there before the TP but it didnt work with it so found one that works. but if you know a link i can download the current verison that works with no editing on my part please do!!!
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: IchBin on January 06, 2006, 01:49:53 AM
You can get it here.
http://www.tinyportal.net/smf/index.php?topic=306.0
It is named helios_multi_tp.zip in the first post of that topic.
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: cortese on January 06, 2006, 02:36:02 AM
Quote from: IchBinÃ,â,,¢ on January 06, 2006, 01:49:53 AM
You can get it here.
http://www.tinyportal.net/smf/index.php?topic=306.0
It is named helios_multi_tp.zip in the first post of that topic.

Thats the one i downloaded and installed it.
This one... helios_multi_tp.zip (603.25 KB - downloaded 144 times.)

100% positive.

any suggestions?
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: IchBin on January 06, 2006, 03:06:08 AM
I'm pretty sure it wasn't the one, unless Bloc has updated it. I think in the 1.0.5 version the sidebars don't have the surrounding graphical borders. I could be wrong, but the RC1 version was made to have those not the 1.0.5 version.
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: cortese on January 06, 2006, 03:26:24 AM
Oh no there is a option to take those on. but i actually had it put the borders around the sidebars.
Title: Re: Confused and Baffled! Please help
Post by: IchBin on January 06, 2006, 03:34:59 AM
hmmmm.... well if it works who cares eh? lol