So Frustrated, Please Help

[Sunny]

I'm sure all of this is an easy fix, I'm just really frustrated I have to go between nearly five different areas on my site now to change things. I don't think v5 was well planned. It has too much going on and instead of using headers/footers and colors there are just.... I can't even explain my rage. ANYWAY, the site:

folksongs.freemessageboards.com/

^^^^ the betatester


Now I can't find anything because I don't know if it is a code for the templet, headers/footers, or a plugin. I've followed link in other threads to the index of the plugins (for example) and there isn't anything there to help...

Right, so this is what I need help with:

x- I want you to see the full image I have, of course, but it cuts it off. I tried to not make it the logo and I get that annoying thick bar of color in it's place.
x- I don't want all of the rounded edges everywhere, how can I get rid of that?
x- I don't want the title showing for every side table (I currently only have one but it still shows the 'welcome' text). I tried just not having it and I deleted the whole thing
x- Can I remove the posting legend?
x- Can I make the sub-board text bigger without the rest of the text on the whole site changing size?
x- I'm trying to understand the mini profiles thing. I know what they are and I have them in my v4.5 site but I thought I read somewhere that they were already loaded. I guess not. So I looked through many different indexes with not luck. Is there a plugin for it?


I thought I should say a few things that I do like about the need system, however limited: the badges are awesome and the participate button is really helpful


And I know I've outstayed my welcome already, but I have a betatester now and I've decided to stay with proboards and I don't want all of my hard work on the new site to go to waste when the betatester is over (because my testing site will be deleted). So what's the best plan? I still want to keep the posts.

[Tim Camara]

• Remove your header image from the logo area on the images tab.  Add it as the background image of the header in the Easy Theme Creator.

• Go to the style sheet page, at the top, you'll see the following: 
  

.rounded-corners(@a, @b, @c, @d) {
border-radius: @arguments;
-moz-border-radius: @arguments;
-webkit-border-radius: @arguments;
}

.rounded-corners(@a, @b, @c) {
border-radius: @arguments;
-moz-border-radius: @arguments;
-webkit-border-radius: @arguments;
}

.rounded-corners(@a, @b) {
border-radius: @arguments;
-moz-border-radius: @arguments;
-webkit-border-radius: @arguments;
}

.rounded-corners(@a: 5px) {
border-radius: @arguments;
-moz-border-radius: @arguments;
-webkit-border-radius: @arguments;
}

Just change all the "@arguments" to "0px"

• This will depend on what side table mod you're using, I'd recommend posting on the thread you got the plugin from, as they'll be able to give more direct help.

• If you go to your forum settings page, there's a radio button option under 'Info Centers' to turn the legend off.

• Do you mean the text on the home page displaying the list of sub-boards, or the text on the actual sub-boards themselves inside a board?

• I'm not quite sure what you're asking here.  I can see the mini-profiles on your forum just fine?
  

[Sunny]

Thanks for the help so far. I'm going to try most of this right now.

x- I'll post in the thread for the table mod for help in the section
x- this worked, thank you - can I remove the name of the site that is now over the image?
x- this worked, thank you
x- perfect!
x- I mean on the homepage, yes. I have a small text overall and then the sub-boards text is even smaller. I don't want the main text to get any bigger but that is the only way I can make the sub board names on the homepage bigger
x- It just seems so minimal. Can I give it headers and colors? Is that the job of a possible plugin? Finally, can I also up the font size in the mini-profile without increasing the font size of the whole site?

x- I didn't put anything next to this one in my first post, but might I be able to make my beta tester site into my true site? Or maybe a better question is, is there anyway all of my code work and testing on the beta site can be preserved so that I can put it on the main site I have? Or will the beta tester be deleted right away?

Thank you for all of your help so far.

[Tim Camara]

For the subboards, find the following line in your Style Sheet:


@board_sub_font: 75% @default_forum_text_font_family;
and change the 75% to be whatever size you want it to be.

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For mini-profiles, go to your visual editor (the tab next to the Style Sheet tab), and find the section labeled Mini-Profiles.  You should be able to adjust the various text sizes and colors from here.

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You can't turn your betazone forum into your real forum, but you can export any plugins and themes you've developed into your real forum.  

[Sunny]

When we are able to export, when v5 is complete and up, will my beta tester be around long enough to me to export from there, or do I have to make a separate file and save it to my computer and then upload it?

[Tressa]

Not sure exactly when they will be deleted, but the beta test forums will be around for another couple of months at least. Maybe one of the admins can update us on when?

[Tim Camara]

You can export your stuff right now. For themes, go to Admin Area > Themes > Theme Manager > (The theme you want to export) > Export tab. For plugins, go to Admin Area > Plugins > Build > (The plugin you want to export) > Export tab. For plugins, make sure you set 'Editable' to yes (if it's present), so you can modify it in the future if you want.

[Sunny]

Can I export them if I'm on v4.5 now?

[Brian]

Feb 28, 2013 15:32:39 GMT -8 Sunny said:

Can I export them if I'm on v4.5 now?

Yes.

Exporting a theme or plugin saves it to your computer as a file. You can keep that file for as long as you want until your forum is ready for it.

Once you've converted your original forum to V5, you'll need to import those files back into your newly converted forum. After that you'll have zero work to do on your theme if you've already completed it.

[Sunny]

Okay, that's good news.

I seem to have added a border around my forum in v5, but I can't figure out where I put the code to edit it...this is part of the reason why I don't like v5. Anyway, has anyone used it this in v5 to know where it is to edit it?

[Tim Camara]

I don't see any border around your forum right now, did you already get it fixed?

[Sunny]

No, it's the grey part that is around the forum. I'm using Chrome, could that be a reason you can't see it?

[Tressa]

Check the bottom of your Style Sheet (Admin Home > Themes > Advanced Styles & CSS > Style Sheet). That's where I added a border, according to instructions in this thread.

[Tim Camara]

Tressa should be correct, the following CSS is at the bottom of your Style Sheet:

/* border around forum */
#wrapper {
 background-image: url('http://i45./f55/mizuni_uni-chan/Folk%20Songs/Layouts/FS_background_2v1_zps662f0473.png');
 background-repeat: repeat;
 background-attachment: fixed;
 background-color: #d3d3d3;
 margin-bottom: 10px;
 padding: 1.3em;
}

Remove that and you should be good to go.

[Sunny]

I checked and I found it. It was in the CSS all the way at the bottom >_<

Thanks for all your welcome. I think for now I can handle the rest. Thanks again