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[sparklyscotty]

How do I add a pic to my signature? Also, it says the HTML is off. Can I switch it on?
And finally - I am hoping to start a discussion board on one of my client's websites. How do I set up one like this? I like the format more than any other forums I use.
-Angel-

 

[The_JinJ]

Hi

You'll have to host the pic somewher then use:

But have it all on one line

HTML is disabled - use BBCode instead - have a look here for what you can do http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/faq.php?mode=bbcode

Have a look at www.phpbb.com

Cheers
Neil

 

[SuffolkDesigns]

This site uses phpbb which you can get from phpbb.com

It is quite easy to install, and alot of hosts (like us ) have alot of scripts including phpbb that can be auto installed from the control panel with a couple of clicks.

This forum also looks like it has been modified to center the forum using div tags and has a banner rotation script such as phpadsnew (guessing) to place the advertising banners around the edges and at the top.

 

[kyber]

Avatar

Click on the profile button, just to the right of the logo at the top of the forum page, scroll down to avatar and either click on the browse button and select a suitable graphic on your computer OR fill the web address of an existing graphic you want to use. The graphics do need to be reasonably compact and less than around 6kbytes.

If you have a graphic that is too big, use a graphics program to scale it down (if it is suitable for scaling). There are compression programs to reduce file sizes but most graphics packages do a good enough job.

For photo type images you probably want to use JPEG (.jpg) format. On saving in jpeg you can generally reduce the quality of the image to get a smaller file size.

For more cartoon/simple graphic type images use .gif format.

html
No, you cannot turn on html. Most forums disable it to stop people breaking things.

Forum

It is very easy to set up a forum. This forum uses the free open source software phpBB - there is a link for this near the bottom of the page. However, a lot of money has been spent on top of the free software to provide a good look and feel and a number of extra features.

I run several forums. One uses a preconfigured version of phpBB with lots of extras. See the link at the bottom of The Sewing Forum for Integramod. I also run some forums using commercial software like vbulletin.

You do need web space that provides PHP and mySQL services. PHP being a server side programming language and mySQL a database system. Both of these products are free. There are many web hosters on this forum that can provide you with everything you need ready to go.

Stuart