creating a banner for the top!

[ShiseidoRed]

hey everyone,

i want to create an entirely new banner for the top of my forum...

i want it lined up perfectly with my new forum style.

http://www.yessaid.com/forum

how exactly do i find out what dimensions i need and how do i go about doing this?

please help me step by step.

thanks so much in advance!

i had someone else make this one and i'd like to be able to do it myself.

[Jake Bunce]

The width of your forum is defined in your:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> StyleVars (in the menu) -> Main Table Width

You should make your banner be the same width as this setting.

[ShiseidoRed]

so mine is set at 800 ( a fixed width )...

how do i tell someone how to make one? like what dimensions?

and can it be like all one image or does it have to be broken into pieces?

thanks jake, you rock!

[Jake Bunce]

If you want it to fit your forum, then you should tell that person to make the banner 800 wide by some height.

It can be sliced up or not... it all depends on how your page layout is constructed.

[HeadRat]

how do I replace the vbulletin logo with my own?

[Jake Bunce]

how do I replace the vbulletin logo with my own?

The location of the logo is defined in the:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> StyleVars (in the menu) -> Title Image

You can change this setting to point to a different image, or you can upload your image in place of the default logo at the default location.

[HeadRat]

I put images/mygif.gif and uploaded, but it is not working, says customized in this style in red under it in my CP, did I upload it to the wrong place?

[Jake Bunce]

Did you upload the image to the images directory within your forum directory?

[HeadRat]

I figured out I put it in the wrong place, i put it in the right place, now i can't get the size to change, even if I change it in Adobe, where to I click to change it?

[Jake Bunce]

To change the size of the image you need to edit it using a program like Photoshop. Then you need to upload the new image.

[HeadRat]

Ok, i think I got it, maybe you can help me with something else off topic. how do I set it up so that when someone types, www.thenameofthesite.com it opens to my Forum Home page without having to set up some sort of redirect, or is that the only way, also, how do I get to the home page of my forum, I don't think I have ever seen it.

[Jake Bunce]

...how do I set it up so that when someone types, www.thenameofthesite.com it opens to my Forum Home page without having to set up some sort of redirect, or is that the only way...

You want the text to be linked? You can use [url] tags to do that. For example:

[ url = http://www.vbulletin.com/ ] vBulletin [ / url ]

(without the spaces)

...also, how do I get to the home page of my forum, I don't think I have ever seen it.

It is normally at index.php. For example:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/index.php

[Jake Bunce]

...how do I set it up so that when someone types, www.thenameofthesite.com it opens to my Forum Home page without having to set up some sort of redirect, or is that the only way...

You want the text to be linked? You can use url tags to do that. For example:

[ url = http://www.vbulletin.com/ ] vBulletin [ / url ]

(without the spaces)

...also, how do I get to the home page of my forum, I don't think I have ever seen it.

It is normally at index.php. For example:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/index.php