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Old 10-15-2005, 05:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi all

How can I make clicking on my forum banner link to my website so that members can easily move between the forum and my website. I have searched the forum but can't find anything that explains this or even if it can be done.

If its not possible could someone explain how to maybe put a button under the banner to facilitate the above (or indeed how to do both).

If what I'm asking isn't possible please forgive my ignorence.
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Old 10-15-2005, 06:35 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Make Banner link to URL

Nah, it is not totally impossible:

ACP >> Skins & Templates >> HTML Templates >> Global HTML elements >> Board Header

Find

Code:
<a href='{ibf.script_url}' title='Board Home'>
And edit the href='{ibf.script_url}' to suit your needs. Remember that this is your forum banner.

To add buttons under your logo:

Find

Code:
<!-- IE6/Win TABLE FIX -->
and add right above:

Code:
<table  width="100%" cellspacing="6" id="submenu">
<tr>
<td>
&nbsp;
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Put the buttons in where &nbsp; is.

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Old 10-15-2005, 05:58 PM   #3 (permalink)
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thanks for the reply Iyeru however could you give me an example. I've found the following code (shown below) as you explained but could you fit the url:

"insertwebpageURLhere" where needed to make it work.

<a href='{ibf.script_url}'><img src="{ibf.vars.img_url}/home.bmp" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<a href='{ibf.script_url}act=Help'><img src="{ibf.vars.img_url}/help.bmp" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<a href='{ibf.script_url}act=Members'><img src="{ibf.vars.img_url}/members.bmp" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<a href='{ibf.script_url}act=Search&amp;f={$ibforums->input['f']}'><img src="{ibf.vars.img_url}/search.bmp" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<a href='{ibf.script_url}act=calendar'><img src="{ibf.vars.img_url}/calendar.bmp" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<p><% MEMBER BAR %>
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Old 10-15-2005, 06:35 PM   #4 (permalink)
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That's not it. That would be the bar below the <!-- Win Table Fix -->

That's when you went too far.

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Old 10-15-2005, 07:45 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Thats why I can't see it because it isn't there. Below is everything from the beggining up to and including <!-- IE6/Win TABLE FIX -->


<script language='JavaScript' type="text/javascript">
<!--
function buddy_pop() { window.open('index.{ibf.vars.php_ext}?act=buddy&s={ibf.session_id}','BrowserBuddy','width=250,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes'); }
function chat_pop(cw,ch) { window.open('index.{ibf.vars.php_ext}?s={ibf.session_id}&act=chat&pop=1','Chat','width='+cw+',height='+ch+',resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes'); }
function multi_page_jump( url_bit, total_posts, per_page )
{
pages = 1; cur_st = parseInt("{$ibforums->input['st']}"); cur_page = 1;
if ( total_posts % per_page == 0 ) { pages = total_posts / per_page; }
else { pages = Math.ceil( total_posts / per_page ); }
msg = "{ibf.lang.tpl_q1}" + " " + pages;
if ( cur_st > 0 ) { cur_page = cur_st / per_page; cur_page = cur_page -1; }
show_page = 1;
if ( cur_page < pages ) { show_page = cur_page + 1; }
if ( cur_page >= pages ) { show_page = cur_page - 1; }
else { show_page = cur_page + 1; }
userPage = prompt( msg, show_page );
if ( userPage > 0 ) {
if ( userPage < 1 ) { userPage = 1; }
if ( userPage > pages ) { userPage = pages; }
if ( userPage == 1 ) { start = 0; }
else { start = (userPage - 1) * per_page; }
window.location = url_bit + "&st=" + start;
}
}
//-->
</script>
<!-- IE6/Win TABLE FIX -->
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Old 10-16-2005, 06:00 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Basically post your whole Board Header Code in a CODE BBCode tag here on this forum. It'll be easier for me that way.

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Old 10-16-2005, 09:26 AM   #7 (permalink)
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sorry it won't let me because there is an external link to my banner and it won't post it unless I have made 15 post in the forum or more.
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Old 10-16-2005, 10:11 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Find this HTML:

Code:
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/firetrack/FinishedBanner11.jpg"      alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
Change it to:

Code:
<a href="Insert_URL_HERE"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/firetrack/FinishedBanner11.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"></a>
Where it says Insert_URL_HERE, is where you change it.

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Old 10-16-2005, 10:53 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Thanks this helped me
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Old 10-16-2005, 05:10 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Iyeru, thank you for your time and staying with me through to the end. What I wanted to achieve you made happen.

Thanks again.
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Old 10-17-2005, 05:27 PM   #11 (permalink)
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erm - its me again

One more question regarding the above.

Is it possible to make the link open in a new window rather than leaving the forum, I still want my members to stay with the forum and not leave completely.
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Code:
<a href="Insert_URL_HERE" target="resource window"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/firetrack/FinishedBanner11.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"></a>
Sure can, just add the bold part to your link. I believe there is more than one target command that will open it in a new window, that is just the one I use.

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Well Done Iyeru !!

Members Like Yourself, Evilcorporatewhore, infernus, whiteknight3, winnopeg, etc
Are excellent, freindly and useful memders of forumer. Its a pleasure to have chosen such a damn fine free forum, an even better forum support forum ,
where members can get fast, direct and undertandable help . Well done Forumers. And FMods is great too, im quite fond of mods!
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Sorry for the delay in replying but had to wait for server 2 to come back online after the upgrade to make sure I didn't mess the codeing up .

Anyway thanks Infernus for your reply it works just the way I wanted.

Ditto to the above post.
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