Anyone any good with Joomla?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:51 pm

I'm trying to construct a front page to my site using Joomla but its only giving me a headache... anyone with any free time or interest in PC Gaming care to give it a shot and help me out?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:05 am

I take that as a no...

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:13 pm

Me. What's up? Don't have a lot of free time but I'm pretty efficient.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:24 am

Joel wrote:Me. What's up? Don't have a lot of free time but I'm pretty efficient.

I'm starting to hate it..but its hard to find a free alternative. I wish I could find something that bridges from vBulletin threads.

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:17 am

Sava700 wrote:I'm starting to hate it..but its hard to find a free alternative. I wish I could find something that bridges from vBulletin threads.

What do you mean? There are a host of extensions that will help you put user records and profiles together, between Joomla and vBulletin. What specific functionality are you trying to extract from vBulletin?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:26 am

Joel wrote:What do you mean? There are a host of extensions that will help you put user records and profiles together, between Joomla and vBulletin. What specific functionality are you trying to extract from vBulletin?

I've got a slide show setup on it now..but I have to input the articles manually..what I want is something that will pull from a vBulletin news post and apply it to the slides or something similar. I've also got a issue with a banner on one of the templates I wanted to use, it appears to not be a header.jpg file like some others are where I can just replace the image using FTP...suggestions?

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:17 am

Sava700 wrote:I've got a slide show setup on it now..but I have to input the articles manually..what I want is something that will pull from a vBulletin news post and apply it to the slides or something similar. I've also got a issue with a banner on one of the templates I wanted to use, it appears to not be a header.jpg file like some others are where I can just replace the image using FTP...suggestions?

The banner issue is simple. I would just right click the banner in an internet browser and see what the destination is, then replace that file. Or you could just edit the index.php file in the template's directory to point to a different header file.

As for pulling articles from vBulletin.. I would look into one of the following extensions. Either should work with a little customization.
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/ ... Itemid,35/
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/ ... Itemid,35/

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:22 am

Joel wrote:The banner issue is simple. I would just right click the banner in an internet browser and see what the destination is, then replace that file. Or you could just edit the index.php file in the template's directory to point to a different header file.

As for pulling articles from vBulletin.. I would look into one of the following extensions. Either should work with a little customization.
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/ ... Itemid,35/
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/ ... Itemid,35/

I'll look at those extensions..but I've sent you a pm of the site so you can see the banner and how the right clicking isn't working exactly.

cause this is what I see in the php file:

<div class="center" align="center">
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="wrapper_r">
<div id="header">
<div id="header_l">
<div id="header_r">
<div id="logo"></div>

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:41 am

Sava700 wrote:I'll look at those extensions..but I've sent you a pm of the site so you can see the banner and how the right clicking isn't working exactly.

cause this is what I see in the php file:

I have 0 PMs.

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:18 pm

Sava700 wrote:I'll look at those extensions..but I've sent you a pm of the site so you can see the banner and how the right clicking isn't working exactly.

cause this is what I see in the php file:

Replace "/templates/rhuk_milkyway/images/mw_joomla_logo.png" file with the image of your choice. With the way that template is set up, to change the background image through the CSS file you would edit this div accordingly:

Code: Select all

div#logo {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    float: left;
    width: 298px;
    height: 75px;
    background: url(../images/mw_joomla_logo.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
    margin-left: 30px;
    margin-top: 25px;
}

That's found in the /templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/template.css file.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:47 pm

Send me a PM too Sava.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:18 am

ok i believe i got it figured out with some help from UOD tonight..