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Message board help

[spikedo55]

Just uploaded my first try at phpbb. I need to now customize some things. Are there any tutorials on the web that discuss customizing phpbb besides the forum at the home site? Thanks.

[wruk999]

Hi,

I am just customising phpBB for use in our environment, and all the help I have used, has been over at the forum on the phpBB website, but I have also done a lot of editting of the code myself.

What kind of thing in particular are you looking for doing?

wruk999

[spikedo55]

I want to replace the phpbb logo at the top with one of my own. I also want to add a spot for a rotating 486x60 ad banner at the top. Any help would be appreciated. I've never done a forum before.

[Yidaki]

>I want to replace the phpbb logo at the top with one of my own.

There are TONS of discussions at the phpbb forums about how to do exactly this. Search their forums for phpbb logo and you'll find plenty of hints.

>I also want to add a spot for a rotating 486x60 ad banner at the top.

Just edit the include file yourphpbbboard/templates/subsilver/overall_header.tpl and include your own ad rotation code and change the phpbb logo. You can customize everey single part of your board through customizing the template files. Just look into your templates folder.

If you're firm with mysql / php, you might also have a look at the php files in your board's root folder as well as some include within your includes folder. You could add additional queries and display related content, news or other mods.