Help in putting up a website with SMF and TP installed.

[abbyh]

I would like to make a language forums which aims as fun while learning forum for both japanese and english language. I had recently made one myself but for 2 to 3 times, I keep messing it up, I can't get some mods to work on my site and can't make the portal page look as what I want it. I am thinking of starting again from scratch  since I still hadn't showed it to production.

This is my website that I made....and messed   http://evvywebpages.com/nlelp/index.php

Hope somebody would reply.

[Renegd98]

What is supposed to be wrong with the site?

I see you did not use the frame where you have the links in the middle of the main page. I see you need to add a Forum button.

[ZarPrime]

The Phobos theme has support for TP so if you go to Admin --> Current Theme and go down the page, you should see a box to click for TinyPortal support.  That should put the Forum button up on your pages.

ZarPrime

[abbyh]

  Oh, thank you for your support. This has helped me to stick with my forum and not to delete it. Great help with the Admin>Current Theme Options. But as for the portal Page I still don't know how to figure it out like putting frames on the middle/front panels.  I also can't make the HTML Blocks active. Every blocks I add doesn't make the active buttons green.

I include a screen shot on my Panels and Blocks admin page.

[ZarPrime]

You have to click on the red buttons to make them green and then go down and click save.

ZarPrime

[IchBin]

You don't have to click save, as the ajax should change everything needed. Which is why the image changes from red/green and vice versa.

[abbyh]

Hi,

I tried clicking the red button, (which hovered 'activate') but still don't change to green.

[Renegd98]

As far as putting the frame on the block. When you edit the block you will see and area that allows you to edit the following prperties:

Use frame from theme
Use frame, but not title
Use just the title
Do not use title/frame

Just select the look you are wanting. For the center top area you have now, I would use the first choice.

[abbyh]

I changed my forum theme and I've made the red buttons turned to green. But I still didn't see these set-up active on the front page. Later when I checked on the TP Panel, the green buttons turned red again. I again activated it, and I see someof the blocks visible on the front page(so happy~) but not the HTML/BBC type blocks. I think I need to get more education on HTMLs.


Renegd98, found it from the frame options, now set to 'Use frame from theme', thank you.


Thank you everybody for the replies.