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[igorw]

Let me explain. $phpbb_root_path is the relative path to your phpBB installation. One dot means the current directory, two dots means the parent directory. It always needs a slash at the end.

So if your board is in /board/ (like we have here), and the file you want to use is in / (the webroot), your $phpbb_root_path has to be: ./board/ .

If your file is in /board/fun/, $phpbb_root_path would have to be: ./../ .

If your file is in /board/fun/games/, $phpbb_root_path has to be: ./../../ .

I hope you get it.

[Crispy]

Ahh thats helped me out. Cheers. I was editing part of the file which used php_root, when i hadn't defined it right.

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$phpbb_root_path = (defined('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH')) ? PHPBB_ROOT_PATH : './community/';

Now it works perfect

I'm almost done now, i juse need to put my website navigation at the top of the forum, and remove the default phpbb header arrangement. Is this all in overall_header.html?

[igorw]

Yes.

[Crispy]

Righto, i reckon i should be able to work this out hehe. Fingers crossed.

THinking about it, do i put the html for the navigation in the overall_head.html, and the uniqu CSS for it in the common.css file?
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I happen to notice you have a feed on your home page, feeeding topic titles to your homepage. Was this coded by yourself, or was it a mod to export to rss?

thanks again

[igorw]

The class used to create RSS feeds is custom-coded. It uses phpBB's template system.

[Crispy]

Thats very clever I'm guessing there are no plans for a public realease hehe.

Could you answer my other question, about the html/css of the header please, then i know if i understand it right. :
"do i put the html for the navigation in the overall_head.html, and the uniqu CSS for it in the common.css file?"

[Semi_Deus]

Thats very clever I'm guessing there are no plans for a public realease hehe.

Could you answer my other question, about the html/css of the header please, then i know if i understand it right. :
"do i put the html for the navigation in the overall_head.html, and the uniqu CSS for it in the common.css file?"

Yes
This is what our menu looks like in overall_header.html:

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<ul class="bevelmenu">
        <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
        <li class="active"><a href="./index.php">Board</a></li>
        <li><a href="/articles/">Articles</a></li>
        <li><a href="/blog/">Blog</a></li>

        <li><a href="/tools/">Tools</a></li>
        <li><a href="/rules/">Rules</a></li>
        <li><a href="/about/">About</a></li>
        <li><a href="/contact/">Contact</a></li>
        <li><a href="./ucp.php?mode=logout">Logout [ Semi_Deus ]</a></li>
    </ul>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 

(source firefox, not our real code, for real we have added multiple if statements for login and registering etc.)

[Crispy]

righto, thats cleared things up for me. cheers.

[Crispy]

A little, update. I'm just waiting on a coder to code my header, but this is what i have so far:

[img]http://i35.tinypic.com/rmo9rn.jpg[/img]

OR

[img]http://i34.tinypic.com/fblr9w.jpg[/img]

Haven't decided which yet, properbly the rising sun one.

[Crispy]

Right, ok. I coded the navigation. But i have two quries.

1) I have a button which displays 'login' and one wich says 'logout' for the navigation, how can i add a <if> variable to it, more to the point, what variable do i need?

2) how can i get arid of the line gap in between the top of the banner, and bottom of the navigation.

Board: http://dsminded.com/community

Cheers. -Clive

[igorw]

There is S_USER_LOGGED_IN.

[Crispy]

i tried this:
<!-- S_USER_LOGGED_IN --><a href="http://dsminded.com/community/ucp.php?mode=logout"><img src="http://dsminded.com/community/styles/proGrey/imageset/logout.gif" width="104" height="31" border="0" alt=""><!-- ENDIF -->


Brings an error up:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home/swabru7r/public_html/community/cache/tpl_proGrey_overall_header.html.php on line 108

[harmlessgoat22]

you need to do <!-- IF S_USER_LOGGED_IN -->

[Crispy]

Wicked mate, worked a treat. an't belive i forgot the IF.

I done <!-- IF not S_USER_LOGGED_IN --> for the login button, and it worked a treat.
I used {U_LOGIN_LOGOUT} for the logout url fienld so the session data would match up right. -Worked great

Cheers for your help again evil and harmlessgoat22.

[Semi_Deus]

ans:2) add negative css margin to the bottom half.