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Peter
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 Posted June 19th, 2004 09:19 AM IP   
Using custom templates, you can truly customize your board by directly editing the html source of your board.
Editing templates requires html knowledge. If you're not comfortable editing html, don't use the custom templates.
A template file is built up as a regular html page with some added code. The templates contains something called variables. A variable contains
a value, such as the board title. A variable looks like this: {variable}
When a page is view by a user, a {boardtitle} variable would be replaced with the name of your board. Variables should never be edited as this may disrupt the functionality of your board.
A piece of a template can look like this:
<!-- BEGIN newpm -->
<a href="pm.php?boardid={boardid}">Private Messages</a>: You have {newpm.newpms} unread messages
<!-- END newpm -->
You can see two variables here: {boardid} which identifies your board id, and {newpm.newpms} which displays the number of unread messages.
The lines <!-- BEGIN newpm --> and <!-- END newpm --> are other types of variables.
They can have two different uses. In the example above, it is used to determine if a users is logged in, and if so display the number of unread PM's. If a user is not logged in, the code would not be displayed.
The other use for the <!-- --> variable is for loops, or repeating a code. It is used to loop a code such as the listing of threads.
A loop could look like this:
<!-- BEGIN threadloop -->
This is a thread with the title {threadtitle}
<!-- END threadloop -->
Lets say you have 5 threads in your forum. The code inside the <!-- --> variables would be repeated 5 times. The output would look something
like this:
This is a thread with the title Welcome
This is a thread with the title This is my thread
This is a thread with the title Forum Rules
This is a thread with the title Check my thread
This is a thread with the title Hello
Here are some more examples:
Code:
<a href="newtopic.php?forumid={forumid}"><img alt="Post new topic" border="0" src="{newentryimage}"></a>
Output:
<a href="newtopic.php?forumid=123"><img alt="Post new topic" border="0" src="http://novogate.com/images/newtopic.gif"></a>
Code:
<!-- BEGIN iftrue_poll -->
{iftrue_poll.poll}
<!-- END iftrue_poll -->
Output:
If thread contains a poll, display it. Otherwise no code will be shown.
Peter,
Excoboard Developer
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Dave
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Posted June 19th, 2004 09:33 AM IP
Thanks for that. Nice work 
Wow! Just being editing the template: It's awesome!
[Edited by Dave]
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TK-7771
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Posted June 19th, 2004 09:55 AM IP
Very cool 
One question tho. Would we be able to add a different banner for each forum?
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2004 World Champions Boston Red Sox 
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Peter
Excoboard.com
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Posted June 19th, 2004 10:17 AM IP
The forum template is the same for all forums, so that would be a no.
Peter,
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TK-7771
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Posted June 19th, 2004 12:31 PM IP
Oh well, just checking.
Still very cool
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2004 World Champions Boston Red Sox
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krillmeed
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Posted June 21st, 2004 02:32 PM IP
Not being an expert, i have a couple of the members writing codes for me as we speak, i do not know how it was managed, but we do have a different banner for each skin, i.e. LCARS, krillmeed and klingon, (Romulan and Vulcan being worked on now); is that what TK-7771 meant, or is this going right over my head
Check out my forum at http://www.krillmeed.com/forum/index.php Enjoy
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TK-7771
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Posted June 21st, 2004 08:42 PM IP
Not exactly what I meant.
What I was talking about was, if your on the index you have your main banner. You click on a forum in say a PC talk catergory, there would be a banner highlighting the catergory/forum.
But your idea works too. Have to play around with the templates and css see what I come up with 
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2004 World Champions Boston Red Sox
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krillmeed
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Registered: May 2004
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Posted June 22nd, 2004 01:22 AM IP
It works great with the CSS now we have 5 different skins and headers, and that is just the start, but i cannot take much credit for this, it is one of my members with the help of the skin selector
Check out my forum at http://www.krillmeed.com/forum/index.php Enjoy
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NonHeartless
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Registered: Apr 2004
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Posted June 30th, 2004 07:22 PM IP
does this "multiple banners" thing require html?
please help me. i'm a newbie
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sdn
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Posted June 30th, 2004 07:37 PM IP
It requires my skin selector script and custom-made stylesheets.
My signature was here, but then the new rule came and sat on it.
(Spared No Expense - the fully modded ExCoboard) Currently kinda bland, so answer my thread and suggest stuff.
AmpleAdy makes awesome templates.
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krillmeed
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Posted July 1st, 2004 02:06 AM IP
You can see a couple of the style sheets a member of mine did at SDNīs Forum, here is the topic http://www.excoboard.com/exco/threa...&threadid=68922 and the skin selector too is on that page. What we have done with it can been seen here http://s2.excoboard.com/exco/index....hp?boardid=2891
As i said in the topic, with the exco templates and the skin selector, all it needs is a bit of time and your imagination. Myself i am verv happy with the way things worked out, and i am new a this
[Edited by krillmeed]
Check out my forum at http://www.krillmeed.com/forum/index.php Enjoy
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Travis P Redfish
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Posted September 5th, 2004 09:10 PM IP
I'm completely unaware of exactly how todo any of ths (yet) but am willing to learn
please pardon my ignorance, but do I first start out in Settings and then click Enable Custom Templates?
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Gary
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Posted September 5th, 2004 10:06 PM IP
I would not do that until you learn some HTML....Here is a very good link to learn HTML.
http://www.w3schools.com/
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Travis P Redfish
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Posted September 6th, 2004 08:56 AM IP
Quote:
Gary wrote:
I would not do that until you learn some HTML....Here is a very good link to learn HTML.
http://www.w3schools.com/
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thank you Gary! I will definately check out the link. after that opportunity to learn more about HTML (I do know some albeit a small amount), is it correct in assuming that I will need to first go to Settings and then Enable Custom Templates?
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Sage
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Posted September 6th, 2004 11:07 AM IP
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Travis P Redfish wrote:
is it correct in assuming that I will need to first go to Settings and then Enable Custom Templates?
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yep
- More Scripts and Mods at indexOf('ExCo')
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Travis P Redfish
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Posted September 6th, 2004 12:39 PM IP
thank you Sage
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Travis P Redfish
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Posted September 6th, 2004 02:32 PM IP
actually, this is one very cool feature
I do admit enjoying the ability to tweak little things here & there on the board ... I'm having a blast with it (thanks again for the helpful replies)
[Edited by Travis P Redfish]
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Orpheas
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Registered: Sep 2004
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Posted October 10th, 2004 08:48 PM IP
[Edit] - Yuck old posts before I understood the Exco.. fixed
(Edited by Orpheas)
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sdn
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Posted October 11th, 2004 11:43 AM IP
You'd have to write a script to do that as it stands. The other option is to add a community leaders list to that box.
My signature was here, but then the new rule came and sat on it.
(Spared No Expense - the fully modded ExCoboard) Currently kinda bland, so answer my thread and suggest stuff.
AmpleAdy makes awesome templates.
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Orpheas
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Posted October 11th, 2004 05:49 PM IP
I can get it to say Community Leaders, but there is no number
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Catchow
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Posted October 29th, 2005 11:14 PM IP
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Orpheas wrote:
I can get it to say Community Leaders, but there is no number
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What do you mean "number"?
Goodbye to all my friends.
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slayer1927
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Posted August 28th, 2006 04:36 PM IP
how do you make a banner from scratch
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Catchow
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Posted August 28th, 2006 07:06 PM IP
With any grapics programs that you have slayer.
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slayer1927
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Posted August 29th, 2006 03:26 PM IP
what do i need i can get them
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Catchow
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Posted August 30th, 2006 02:58 AM IP
Slayer a lot of people use ms paint. If you have windows, you already have it. At cnet, there are a number of free graphics programs that you can download. A google search will turn up more for you. As for what you need, it is kinda up to you. You can use free ones or spend thousands of dollars on some of the bigger software. I have seen several people draw out their designs on paper or canvas and then use a scanner to put the artwork on their pcs. Actually I do that sometimes myself.
You could create a design in ms paint and add fancy text to it at an online site like grsites.com It is up to you to figure out what you need and want and what your budget will allow. I would start at cnet if I were you. I just went to get the link and I see a few new programs that I want to check out for myself. He he he! http://www.download.com/3101-2016_4....html?tag=promo
Goodbye to all my friends.
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slayer1927
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Posted September 6th, 2006 09:28 PM IP
ok i think i caN do that but i may need your help again
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Catchow
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Posted September 6th, 2006 10:21 PM IP
Slayer this whole board is full of help for you. It is why we are here.
Goodbye to all my friends.
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Koyana Nuva
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Posted August 17th, 2007 04:09 PM IP
Quote:
Peter wrote:
The forum template is the same for all forums, so that would be a no.
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However, you can create a separate banner for the forums then the index. Simply put your first banner inside the index template, and put your second banner inside the forum template.
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slayer1927
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Posted September 9th, 2007 07:55 AM IP
Yah i have changed a lot of the things several times on my boards to different things.
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CalMtnGal
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Posted October 3rd, 2007 06:11 PM IP
Hi I am new here I have been reading and getting loads of help from all the script posting. Thank you so much for that. Ok now I have a question. In the admin panel there is a place where the administrator can put in special titles for members. Is there a way to put a second box that does exactly the same thing right below it??
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