A whole bunch of questions....

1. How do I customise the logo that appears in the forums. I' m aware that I could just replace the image name but would ideally like to replace all of the header with my own html/asp code. I' m aware of the Dynamic header and footer but they appear to be rather different.

2. How do I change the colour? I' ve changed the colors to a blue theme via the Admin CSS screen but all that does is change the table background for the forum titles. All other headers etc remain brown. If I browse the forum using a slow dial-up line I actually get to see my correct colors (everything blueish themed) and then there' s a flash and everything except the forum cells gets changed back to the brown/orange theme?

3. I can' t get the LINK feature to work in announcements. I type in a URL and click link which adds square brackets link= tag around the URL but this then appears as is. The link tags are not being parsed properly/replaced with a href tags which is what SHOULD happen surely.

4. I wanted a set of forums where membership (registration) has to be approved by the admin first. I ticked the appropriate box and yet can happily register as a new user and access forums without the admin having to give me approval.

I am on the latest version (downloaded on Thursday 19th September).

Thanks,
Ian

Thanks for any help. The features in these forums look awesome but I' m struggling to work out how they work.

Ian

OK, I' ve sorted out the color issue by making a new version of tcell.gif

And the " approval required" seems to be working in that someone who registers can no longer get into the forums.

However it is impossible to approve anyone!

The User Management screens only show the users waiting for approval if I select users who are not registered but none of the options let me approve them.

In addition I get an email which says Admin, you can click on the link below to approve xxxxx, but there is no link!!!!!

Help!

Noticed a minor bugette too.

Despite specifying an upload limit the upload dialog box shows something like " Max 99999999k" .

All of the questions here can be solved by going to the admin panel and click on the small ? button at the top. We have detailed instructions there.

Also, the PGD tag help file is in the post/edit/reply window. Click on the ? and you will see them. You need to closely examine what each button means if you are unfamiliar with this type of formatting.

Because you are the admin, so there is no limit for you (both ext and size) to upload

Thanks.

but I' m afraid I found the " detail" lacking. The article you sent me on setting up an approved user mechanism certainly helped where the online help doesn' t - eg the online help tells you what parameters are available but doesn' t tell you the information you really need - that you MUST set up the confirmlink and confirmlinkalt parameters in the Server Messages forum if you are to have any chance of approving users that try and register.

This is now working if I want to approve users

But not if I want to reject them

I do not see how the " rejected" email can ever be sent as the only option I have to approve/reject a user is to use the email I when a user registers which provides a link. But the link only offers me the option to " approve" a user, not to reject one?! Incidentally the " approval" link in the email always gets split over two lines (even though there is plenty of room on one line) with only the first part of the URL actually a hyperlink so one has to cut and past the different parts manually into a browser. It' s not a major bug but it would make approval so much easier if the link didn' t get split so that you could just one-click it to go straight to the approval page.

On another point I see nothing in the ? help that explains why my images and also signatures are not being shown. From profile the image is viewable by clicking on the picture icon after uploading it but that is the only way the image can be viewed. The ? documentation implies this will cause the picture to appear in message postings but it doesn' t. If I go to " Basic Configuration" this has little help to give either. So, I' ve said allow pictures in messages in my Profile. I' ve set a reasonable width for the name (greater than the image size). I' ve clicked the tickbox that says " Embed picture in post" when I actually submit a message (I think this is meant for pictures within messages rather than profile pictures but heck, I' ll try anything) - but still no picture appears!

I' m sure this is not a bug and that there is some other setting somewhere that will make the image AND the signature magically appear, but I see no assistance on this matter in any of the ? pages. These pages help a little but they are pretty basic in that they explain what values can be input but NOT how they interact with each other or can be overriden by other settings. More tutorials are needed I feel (like the excellent one on Server Messages).

Thanks, in advance, for any assistance. I feel I' m almost there now but need to be able to reject users and would like the picture functionality for profiles to be available too (the upload picture within a message works fine - it' s just the profile one that seems to be problematic).

Ian

ORIGINAL: irascian

but I' m afraid I found the " detail" lacking. The article you sent me on setting up an approved user mechanism certainly helped where the online help doesn' t - eg the online help tells you what parameters are available but doesn' t tell you the information you really need - that you MUST set up the confirmlink and confirmlinkalt parameters in the Server Messages forum if you are to have any chance of approving users that try and register.

That' s why I have a tutorial forum explaining how every server message works (with a template). The tutorial forum is accessible to every license holder of the software -> this is how our support system works.

This is now working if I want to approve users

But not if I want to reject them

True, as there is not a reject mechanism.

I do not see how the " rejected" email can ever be sent as the only option I have to approve/reject a user is to use the email I when a user registers which provides a link. But the link only offers me the option to " approve" a user, not to reject one?! Incidentally the " approval" link in the email always gets split over two lines (even though there is plenty of room on one line) with only the first part of the URL actually a hyperlink so one has to cut and past the different parts manually into a browser. It' s not a major bug but it would make approval so much easier if the link didn' t get split so that you could just one-click it to go straight to the approval page.

That' s why we have an alternative confirmlinkalt parameter. This should serve the purpose well. Alternatively, you can use admin panel to approve a particular user.

On another point I see nothing in the ? help that explains why my images and also signatures are not being shown. From profile the image is viewable by clicking on the picture icon after uploading it but that is the only way the image can be viewed.

Your profile picture is your profile picture. It can be viewed in your public profile. The small picture is for yourself only (for you to see if you have successfully uploaded it)

The ? documentation implies this will cause the picture to appear in message postings but it doesn' t. If I go to " Basic Configuration" this has little help to give either. So, I' ve said allow pictures in messages in my Profile. I' ve set a reasonable width for the name (greater than the image size).

No it doesn' t imply anything other than " the picture will be viewable inside the public profile" . It doesn' t have anything to do with your message.

I' ve clicked the tickbox that says " Embed picture in post" when I actually submit a message (I think this is meant for pictures within messages rather than profile pictures but heck, I' ll try anything) - but still no picture appears!

The embed picture function is for uploaded picture only (attachment to the post). It has nothing to do with your profile photo.

I' m sure this is not a bug and that there is some other setting somewhere that will make the image AND the signature magically appear, but I see no assistance on this matter in any of the ? pages. These pages help a little but they are pretty basic in that they explain what values can be input but NOT how they interact with each other or can be overriden by other settings. More tutorials are needed I feel (like the excellent one on Server Messages).

If you want picture in your message, simply link a picture using the [img][/img] tag in your signature, and make sure you check " add signature" when you post or check " always add signature" in your own profile.

Thanks, in advance, for any assistance. I feel I' m almost there now but need to be able to reject users and would like the picture functionality for profiles to be available too (the upload picture within a message works fine - it' s just the profile one that seems to be problematic).

You can use avatar for this purpose. It is available in your profile page too. The profile picture is for your public profile only, while avatar will appear under your name beside your post. the avatar option is explained inside the context-sensitive help file.