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**TwelveMotion** · October 25, 2004

I got my site and my forum up an running real smooth, but on my forum I have a large phpBB logo on the top left of the main page. Is there any way I can change that logo to my websites logo? If so, can I then make that website logo be a link to my sites main page?

Also where do I get new skins? I am looking for a light blue/dark blue motif.

**TCH-Thomas** · October 25, 2004

Please see http://www.phpbb.com/mods/ for instructions on how to get the most out of your forum.

Also, moving for organization.

Edited October 25, 2004 by TCH-Thomas

**TCH-Bruce** · October 25, 2004

For information on changing the logo see this help page:

http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/id80.htm

**TwelveMotion** · October 25, 2004

Hmm well I fallowed all the instructions and I made a .gif image thats the same dimensions of the phpbb logo, I put it into the subsilver/images folder but after uploading, the logo is still there. I went back into the folder and now there are 2 logos a phpbb and a phpBB logo, both open as the picture I made in photoshop... Whats the problem?

Also I couldn't find any additional skins, or looks in either of the link provided. Did I just look wrong? All I found was "modifications" but that didn't seem to be what I am lokoing for.

**TCH-Don** · October 25, 2004

Did you replace the

logo_phpBB.gif

with a logo using the same name?

**TCH-Thomas** · October 25, 2004

1) The logo, if replacing it which is what I think you want to do in this case (otherwise you need to modify the code to I think), you have to make sure that the logo have exact same name as the old one.

2) For skins look here: http://www.phpbbstyles.com/. I am sorry but I didnt look to closely on the first one. This new link have skins/themes. Not many but there are. If they are not what you look for, try google for "phpbb skins".

**TwelveMotion** · October 25, 2004

I did enter the exact name, and now if I go to my forum and say open image in new window it appears to be ing subsilver/images/logo_phpbb.gif but if I open the image on my remote, or local folder they both open in photoshop as the image I made. So I don't even know where the classed logo is! It isn't in my folders.

**TCH-Don** · October 25, 2004

I would suggest you use your ftp program and navagate to your

forums/templates/subSilver/images/

and delete the logo_phpBB.gif

view your forum and refresh so there is no logo

then upload your logo_phpBB.gif to the same place and again refresh.

**TwelveMotion** · October 26, 2004

Wow talk about frustrating! I deleted all things named Logo_phpBB, I had 2 of them in my remote folder logo_phpbb and logo_phpBB I didn't know you could have file names that close together... I deleted both, and after about 20 min of reloading the image finally went away. I then put in my own file, and it will not accept it. I have been reloading for about ten minutes.

Also I downloaded a new skin, how do I make use of it?

**TCH-Thomas** · October 26, 2004

I dont use phpbb myself, so I cant be of much use in this except for the basics. Sorry for that.

As for skins/themes, have a look here: http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/#section3_4_1

(I know Raul is something of a phpbb-expert, lets hope he checks in )

As for the logo. It seems to be a weird problem you have gotten, but make remember that its case-sensitive. phpBB is not the same as phpbb in this case.

**TwelveMotion** · October 26, 2004

Ok I finally got the logo working, apparently I needed to name it phpBB with capital BB. Now the style is giving me trouble. The site you linked me too gave these directions:

When installing a new template(e.g. one that you downloaded), be sure that your new template directory is nested correctly in the templates directory. It also must have the correct name (case sensitive). For instance, if you had a new template named subCheese, then in the templates directory you should have a folder called "subCheese" (not "subcheese"), and in that folder will be all of your template files (*.tpl files).

BlueIce is the template i am trying to use and I checked and double checked for all of the above to be true. Yet when I go to Add Styles in the Admin Panel I have no options. It doesn't detect it or something. RAUL!!! Help!

Oh yeah I almost forgot. Is there a way to make the new php_logo I made link back to my host site? Instead of linking to the same forum that it is on?

**TCH-Thomas** · October 26, 2004

1) Theme problem... This one beats me. Sorry for that. I tried to install same theme as you now, and run in to same problem.

2) Link back... see this post.

Edited October 26, 2004 by TCH-Thomas

**TwelveMotion** · October 26, 2004

Ah, thank you for that link, although I am going to hold off on changing that until I get my new skin... Should I PM Raul or something?

**TCH-Thomas** · October 26, 2004

Nah, he will see this and if he knows the answer he will tell. :lol:

**borfast** · October 26, 2004

Well, if you did everything correctly as you say you did, then the style should appear.

There's not much I can add to the discussion since I never used that skin and you didn't provide the URL to your forum.

Make sure you uploaded the files with the correct name. Like Thomas said, file names are case-sensitive (as you have see with the logo, this can be the cause of big problems, if you don't know what you're doing).

Also make sure that you uploaded ALL the files.

Check the permissions on the template folder and make sure that everyone has read access to it. They should be OK but just in case...

That's about all I can say. I'm also sending you a PM.

Edited October 26, 2004 by TCH-Raul

**borfast** · October 26, 2004

I just tried uploading BlueIce to a phpBB forum I have on a site and it appears on the list of styles to install. :lol:

**TwelveMotion** · October 27, 2004

I tried to activate BlueIce and there was some error, and now my forum is gone... I just loads to forum/index but it's blank, no source code. I panicked and deleted BlueIce and hoped it would defoult to subsilver but it didn't, and I don't know how to access my forum without actually accessing the forum.... Is there a way to go to my admin access without actually clicking on it? I guess it a rather long and complicated link?

**TCH-Thomas** · October 27, 2004

Do you have a link to your forum for us so we can have a look and go from there?

**TwelveMotion** · October 27, 2004

Haha yeah sorry.

www.virtualalex.com/forums

Tell me what else you need.

**borfast** · October 27, 2004

Man, I fixed it all for you last night, why did you have to go and break it again?

Just kidding

I really don't know what's wrong but it's a bit strange.

I tried going into the forum database and finding the configuration directive that sets the chosen style, so I could change it back to subSilver, but I can't seem to find it :lol:

Does anybody know where it is?

**borfast** · October 27, 2004

Hummm... I tried going to the forums admin panel and after I logged in, I was redirected to http://virtualalex.com/forum/templates/Blu...LOGIN_ACTION%7D

What the $#%& have you done here? :lol:

I'm not sure where you could change the config option that sets phpBB path. I can't find it in the database or config.php Does anybody know where it is?

Yesterday I did notive you had a directory called "forum" and now I can see that's the source of the problem: you messed up the two instalations.

I'd say the safest way to solve it is to delete both "forum" and "forums" directories and start again...

**borfast** · October 27, 2004

I see you have re-installed your forums and deleted the other directory. Did you manage to install the other style?

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