HTML help - code to place my forum on to my website

[lauralea82]

Hi everyone, I'm new here.

I'm looking for some help to get the HTML code for my forum to be able to place it in to my website - this is almost foreign to me so if anyone knows what I'm trying to talk about I'd appreciate the help. 


Thank you so much

Laura

[Retread]

Jan 30, 2020 7:57:53 GMT -8 lauralea82 said:

Hi everyone, I'm new here.

I'm looking for some help to get the HTML code for my forum to be able to place it in to my website - this is almost foreign to me so if anyone knows what I'm trying to talk about I'd appreciate the help. 


Thank you so much

Laura

Hi lauralea82

When placing an external element into a website, an iframe is used. However, ProBoards forums can not be placed in an iframe. It doesn't sound as if what you want to achieve is possible but I've alerted a ProBoards Admin, just in case.

[lauralea82]

Jan 30, 2020 8:40:06 GMT -8 Retread said:

Jan 30, 2020 7:57:53 GMT -8 lauralea82 said:

Hi everyone, I'm new here.

I'm looking for some help to get the HTML code for my forum to be able to place it in to my website - this is almost foreign to me so if anyone knows what I'm trying to talk about I'd appreciate the help. 


Thank you so much

Laura

Hi lauralea82

When placing an external element into a website, an iframe is used. However, ProBoards forums can not be placed in an iframe. It doesn't sound as if what you want to achieve is possible but I've alerted a ProBoards Admin, just in case.

Thank you, the website support didn't think proboards supported this either but said to ask just incase. 

[Scott]

lauralea82, just confirming that Retread is correct in that our forums cannot be embedded into a website.

[lauralea82]

Jan 30, 2020 8:46:02 GMT -8 Scott said:

lauralea82 , just confirming that Retread is correct in that our forums cannot be embedded into a website.

Ah that's a shame but thank you for your quick responses and for understanding what I was saying =)

[Scott]

lauralea82, our forums are extremely customizable. You could style your forum to match your website and create links that connect the two giving them the 'feel' of being on the same site.

[lauralea82]

Thank you Scott, I did wonder this as an option - that should be quite straight forward shouldn't it?

[Retread]

Jan 31, 2020 9:11:16 GMT -8 lauralea82 said:

Thank you Scott, I did wonder this as an option - that should be quite straight forward shouldn't it?

You can do quite a bit with the Colors & Theme Creator to give your forum a similar appearance to your website.
From your Admin panel, navigate:
Themes> Admin Home> Themes> Colors & Theme Creator
Then click on Customize Theme Colors
A popup will appear which will allow you to change the colors in various areas.

If you need to go deeper than that, you might want to create a thread in the Request a Theme sub-board of the Themes board. Be sure to include a link to your website as well as a link to your forum.

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Regarding the links, the link back to the website can be as simple as you like or it could require more finesse if you're going for a more finished look. It really depends on what locations you want it to appear on your forum and what sort of look you want it to have. If you want to have it show on every forum page, you might put the link in the Global Header. We can help you with that, if you supply the link to the website.

Regarding the link from the website to the forum, we can give you the basics if you supply the link to the forum but would not be able to advise on how you can embed that on your website. The support team for your website could probably help you with that.

[lauralea82]

Jan 31, 2020 11:02:37 GMT -8 Retread said:

Jan 31, 2020 9:11:16 GMT -8 lauralea82 said:

Thank you Scott, I did wonder this as an option - that should be quite straight forward shouldn't it?

You can do quite a bit with the Colors & Theme Creator to give your forum a similar appearance to your website.
From your Admin panel, navigate:
Themes> Admin Home> Themes> Colors & Theme Creator
Then click on Customize Theme Colors
A popup will appear which will allow you to change the colors in various areas.

If you need to go deeper than that, you might want to create a thread in the Request a Theme sub-board of the Themes board. Be sure to include a link to your website as well as a link to your forum.

---

Regarding the links, the link back to the website can be as simple as you like or it could require more finesse if you're going for a more finished look. It really depends on what locations you want it to appear on your forum and what sort of look you want it to have. If you want to have it show on every forum page, you might put the link in the Global Header. We can help you with that, if you supply the link to the website.

Regarding the link from the website to the forum, we can give you the basics if you supply the link to the forum but would not be able to advise on how you can embed that on your website. The support team for your website could probably help you with that.

Thank you!! This has been so helpful! 

Regarding the link to the forum from the website; I have set this up very basic and happy with how it is for now. I hadn't thought about linking the website to the forum. 

I have changed the look a little and will play around with this. Thank you again for your help both =)