Theme / layout... Is this possible?

[bloodybloke]

Hi there



Apologies if I'm being blond but wonder if this is possible???



Here is my current board...



What I want to know is if I will be able to put some other detail on this 'home' page?



I was thinking of a couple of areas with information such as user profile & members online or something..



My question is that I see from the structure area there are a number templates for different layout options, but am I able to adopt one of these for my main home page but then keep the boards below that?

Such as ....

[Tressa]

The layout options you display are for custom pages. You can create a custom page to have as your "home" page, but your categories will not be listed on a custom page. There are a number of ways to include additional information on the existing home page, like several styles of sidebars. Sidebar Redux is very popular, has great support and can be customized in many ways. If you can be more specific about what you want added and where, someone can help you.

[bloodybloke]

Thanks Tressa

Just some things to make it look a little more lively & not just like another forum you know!
Like I said before, forum stats, or member profile box, or recent posts / threads. A small chat window maybe?

It'd be nice even to be able to put these things in side bars nearer the top than at the bottom really.

Thanks again for your help.

[Tumbleweed]

Jan 15, 2014 1:17:12 GMT -8 bloodybloke said:

Thanks Tressa

Just some things to make it look a little more lively & not just like another forum you know!
Like I said before, forum stats, or member profile box, or recent posts / threads. A small chat window maybe?

It'd be nice even to be able to put these things in side bars nearer the top than at the bottom really.

Thanks again for your help.

Someone might be willing to just make you an information area like one of the layouts you posted. We'd just need to need to know which one and where you'd like it, like below your banner area or above it. 
If you are leaning toward the side bars then go ahead and install it. If you go to your admin panel to the plug-in library, you can load the side table plug-in directly to your forum.

You can add the shout box into the side table as well as some of the other things you mentioned. You just need to decide what exactly you want and someone can help you or just do a search, there are plenty of topics on how to do certain things.