Post by Son Of Stone on Mar 2, 2014 15:48:31 GMT -6
Hello everyone here at Fast promotion, in this topic I will share with you on how you can add a custom header and footer for your Proboards forum! Basic HTML is all you really need to know, but I'll go over the main bits in this tutorial.
You may be asking why you would need this, perhaps you want to add a feature to your board that informs members about an important event, or maybe you want to share information about a game. This guide will help you add anything you'd like!
First Step:
First log into the Admin control panel. Of course you won't be able to modify your forum without logging in.
Alright so you're now logged into the admin control panel. You'll want to navigate towards the structure tab. Scroll over the tab, and select "Headers and Footers" tab.
Second Step:
So once you click on the "Headers and Footers" tab this should pop up:
This is the main layout of your forum, it lists all the sub forums and categories you've created when you first made your Proboards forum! Notice the first two tabs above the board layout? This is where the magic starts! Now there are two options to choose from, you may edit the board's global header and footer or the main header and footer. If you want your content to only show up when your members are on the main page of the forum, you'll select "Main Header & Footer." However if you want your header or footer to show up everywhere regardless of where your members are navigating you'll want to select "Global Header & Footer." As you can see, for testing purposes I selected "Global Header & Footer" so my edits show up everywhere on the board! After you've picked the header and footer option that fits your needs, follow the next step.
Third Step:
Alright you've picked the option that fits your needs, if done correctly this is what should pop up next:
This is where you get to code your own header or footer! Remember you can add anything you like, but HTML among other languages, spices things up a bit. It allows you to share a image, embed a video, anything that is possible with whatever language you know! For testing purposes I simply added the text "This is a test header." in bold, and centered on the page. The HTML code for that simple line of text is bellow:
Save the header, check out your forum and the text "This is a test header." should now show up just bellow the forum navigational bar! It'll either show up everywhere if you edited the global header and footer, or just on the main page if you only edited the main header and footer. Let me know if you need help with this guide!
You may be asking why you would need this, perhaps you want to add a feature to your board that informs members about an important event, or maybe you want to share information about a game. This guide will help you add anything you'd like!
First Step:
First log into the Admin control panel. Of course you won't be able to modify your forum without logging in.
Alright so you're now logged into the admin control panel. You'll want to navigate towards the structure tab. Scroll over the tab, and select "Headers and Footers" tab.Second Step:
So once you click on the "Headers and Footers" tab this should pop up:
This is the main layout of your forum, it lists all the sub forums and categories you've created when you first made your Proboards forum! Notice the first two tabs above the board layout? This is where the magic starts! Now there are two options to choose from, you may edit the board's global header and footer or the main header and footer. If you want your content to only show up when your members are on the main page of the forum, you'll select "Main Header & Footer." However if you want your header or footer to show up everywhere regardless of where your members are navigating you'll want to select "Global Header & Footer." As you can see, for testing purposes I selected "Global Header & Footer" so my edits show up everywhere on the board! After you've picked the header and footer option that fits your needs, follow the next step.
Third Step:
Alright you've picked the option that fits your needs, if done correctly this is what should pop up next:
This is where you get to code your own header or footer! Remember you can add anything you like, but HTML among other languages, spices things up a bit. It allows you to share a image, embed a video, anything that is possible with whatever language you know! For testing purposes I simply added the text "This is a test header." in bold, and centered on the page. The HTML code for that simple line of text is bellow:
<b><center>This is a test header.</b></center>Save the header, check out your forum and the text "This is a test header." should now show up just bellow the forum navigational bar! It'll either show up everywhere if you edited the global header and footer, or just on the main page if you only edited the main header and footer. Let me know if you need help with this guide!
