forum is using the default VB icon

[Joe_B]

How do i change the icon so it shows up in the address bar instead of the VB default one?..i am so green i am scared to go outside incase a cow tries to eat me..so please explain.


-Joe

[sockwater]

Simply replace favicon.ico in the root of your forums with whatever icon you want to use (in *.ico format).

[Joe_B]

and this area i take it is in my admin CP panel?

[Wayne Luke]

favicon.ico is an image file on your server. The one for vbulletin resides in the forum's root directory.

[Joe_B]

appreciate it guys...thanks to both of you.

[jbripps]

hi...trying to change out the default vbulletin logo/header on the top of the page until my graphics are ready to place there. How can I do that???

When I go to style manager, edit, and header, this is what pops up, not sure what to tweak.

thanks,
J


<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]" id="header_right_cell">
<if condition="$ad_location['ad_header_logo']">$ad_location[ad_header_logo]<else />&nbsp;</if>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->
<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open
$_phpinclude_output
$ad_location[ad_header_end

[jbripps]

hi...update..found another thread in a search...followed instructions, but I think I need a graphic to upload, so for now, I left it blank so there's a red "x" in a box...is there a way to put some font in there until my graphic is ready?

J

[copiertalk]

Open paint and creaate a file and upload it.

[jbripps]

fantastic...thank you, great idea! what type of file should I save it as, and where should I upload it to? I'm a bit confused as to where to store it.

J

[copiertalk]

create a .jpg or a .gif

most files of that type are in the images\misc directory but you can almost store it anywhere on your website as long as you get the path correct in the template and style manager

[copiertalk]

What kind of topics are your forum about?

[jbripps]

crud...i don't know where to park pictures on my site. I know how to upload them when I want to include them in a post, but I can't find where to "store" them. I know it's easy, but I'm missing something here....too hot in NY...lol

My BB is media related....you?

J

[copiertalk]

I FTP onto my site and upload them to a directory. I use Filezilla.

Mine is about office machines, mostly repair and troubleshooting.

[jbripps]

OK...found a place to store the pic, but I can't get paint to make it smaller, at least the background of it...i'll work at it...thanks so much again

J

[copiertalk]

open the picture in paint.

Image > resize/skew > plug your values in for how much to reduce the picture.

file > save as > newfilename

save it as a new file to not destroy your original picture.

[jbripps]

All I did was make a text logo for now, I have saved it in my album under my non admin user cp...but I can't figure out the right name or path to put in the title image box in stylevars....doesn't want to stick..not sure what to use.

I was under the impression that I would have to store the pic. somewhere in the system as opposed to leaving it on my desktop?

J

[sockwater]

Upload it with an FTP program to your host, just like when you installed vBulletin. Upload to the images/misc directory, then in the Style Manager, edit the stylevars for your style, and change the Title Image path to images/misc/your-image-file.gif

[jbripps]

thanks so much, but I don't know where to find the images/misc directory...I am using a remote computer with admin cp...I'm still able to upload to the server...right? As of now, I uploaded to my album, but can't get the right path....ughhh..

J

[sockwater]

How did you upload the vBulletin files to install vBulletin? Open the same program, log into your server, and upload your image to the images/misc folder.

[jbripps]

ok...i get it...i had my friend who is a web designer upload it onto his server/s as I was not sure my computer could handle the load. Now I know why I'm so confused...is it possible for me to arrange for the upload from the admin cp?

[sockwater]

Sure. If you have already uploaded it to your albums, you can use it from there. View the image in your album and copy the Image URL from the box below it. Now in the admin panel, edit your header template in the style manager. Remove the part in red and replace it with the URL to your image. Your albums will have to be public for this to work.

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]" id="header_right_cell">
<if condition="$ad_location['ad_header_logo']">$ad_location[ad_header_logo]<else />&nbsp;</if>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->

[jbripps]

phewwwwww...thanks so much...got it up and working...doesn't look the greatest, but it will do for now....

thanks again!!!

J