Forum banners?

[Hazel]

Hiya I'm very new to creating a forum and was wondering how to add a picture banner for my new forum
Some of the settings I've tried doesn't seem to be working :< I've tried the banner settings on Colors & Themes Creator and Advanced Styles & CSS but both didn't work
If someone could help me, that would be great thanks

[Retread]

Hi Hazel

The first thing we should discuss is how you want the image to function.
As a background image in the banner section?
Or as a logo?

The former allows the forum title (or a logo) to be displayed in front of the image. The forum title (or logo) is a clickable link which will allow the user to return to the home page of the forum. But the background image itself is not clickable.

The latter doesn't allow text to be displayed in front of it. But it is clickable and you could embed any text desired in the image itself, when you create the image. It's possible to make a logo fill the entire banner area, seamlessly.

Once you decide on how the image should function, we can talk you through the steps necessary.

[Hazel]

Apr 11, 2020 11:12:37 GMT -8 Retread said:

Hi Hazel

The first thing we should discuss is how you want the image to function.
As a background image in the banner section?
Or as a logo?

The former allows the forum title (or a logo) to be displayed in front of the image. The forum title (or logo) is a clickable link which will allow the user to return to the home page of the forum. But the background image itself is not clickable.

The latter doesn't allow text to be displayed in front of it. But it is clickable and you could embed any text desired in the image itself, when you create the image. It's possible to make a logo fill the entire banner area, seamlessly.

Once you decide on how the image should function, we can talk you through the steps necessary.

Hi I meant the logo, sorry

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Hazel, uploading a logo is fairly easy if you know where to look.

From your Admin panel, navigate:
Themes> Theme Manager

Then hover over the listing for desired theme.
Several buttons will appear on that line. Click the button marked Images. A new page will appear.

The first heading on that page is Forum Logo.
To the below the word Logo you'll see two buttons. Click the one marked Upload and a dialog will appear that will allow you to navigate the folders on your computer and select an image.

After you select the image and click the Open button on the dialog, the dialog will disappear and your image will be uploaded. It's auto-saved, so at this point, you're done.

Let me know if you're successful and/or you have other issues related to the logo.

[Hazel]

Apr 11, 2020 12:20:30 GMT -8 Retread said:

Hazel, uploading a logo is fairly easy if you know where to look.

From your Admin panel, navigate:
Themes> Theme Manager

Then hover over the listing for desired theme.
Several buttons will appear on that line. Click the button marked Images. A new page will appear.

The first heading on that page is Forum Logo.
To the below the word Logo you'll see two buttons. Click the one marked Upload and a dialog will appear that will allow you to navigate the folders on your computer and select an image.

After you select the image and click the Open button on the dialog, the dialog will disappear and your image will be uploaded. It's auto-saved, so at this point, you're done.

Let me know if you're successful and/or you have other issues related to the logo.

I tried another browser to see if my logo banner appears, and apparently it doesn't show up on the browser that I normally use and I'm not sure why Banners use to show up on other proboard forums I've used, they don't show up anymore though

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Apr 11, 2020 13:53:47 GMT -8 Hazel said:

I tried another browser to see if my logo banner appears, and apparently it doesn't show up on the browser that I normally use and I'm not sure why Banners use to show up on other proboard forums I've used, they don't show up anymore though

Hmmm. That sounds like an issue with the browser you normally used or an extension on that browser. What browser causes the problem for you?

[Hazel]

Apr 12, 2020 6:36:29 GMT -8 Retread said:

Apr 11, 2020 13:53:47 GMT -8 Hazel said:

I tried another browser to see if my logo banner appears, and apparently it doesn't show up on the browser that I normally use and I'm not sure why Banners use to show up on other proboard forums I've used, they don't show up anymore though

Hmmm. That sounds like an issue with the browser you normally used or an extension on that browser. What browser causes the problem for you?

I use the Brave browser, I also tried turning off their adblocker but I don't think it worked

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Apr 12, 2020 6:47:47 GMT -8 Hazel said:

I use the Brave browser, I also tried turning off their adblocker but I don't think it worked

That's not a common browser so I don't know how to advise you. Maybe ask about it on the Support Board, but I would guess the proboards admins might just say, we don't support that. idk.

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Any chance of a link to the forum ?