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  • smoothfuego
    New Member
    • Apr 2006
    • 9

    question about skinning before I buy

    I'm interested in buying a vbulletin forum but I'm just wondering if I pay for them to install it on my server/website how will I be able to change it to the style and look I want so it'll look like my website, is it like editing a html page??? (just wondering never done a forum before)
  • feldon23
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2001
    • 11291
    • 3.7.x

    #2
    vBulletin uses templates. Each template contains HTML and a few bits of logic (conditionals, javascript, etc.). To display one area of the forum, such as the forum home, you might see 10-15 different templates combined to make that page. One template is just the navigation bar. One template is the header. One template for each forum name/description. vBulletin is quite easy to customize. The color scheme is done by changing CSS values in a nice control panel.

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    • nVaux
      Member
      • Jun 2004
      • 69
      • 2.3.5

      #3
      check out the admin demo
      http://www.bitmonkeys.com - Visit us

      - nVaux

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      • smoothfuego
        New Member
        • Apr 2006
        • 9

        #4
        thank you for your help but I mean to basically edit the look of the forum to your own design, how do you do it, do you have to edit a html template page typa thing or just the images???? (I'm kind of confused about that)

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        • harmor
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2003
          • 1334

          #5
          To make it unique you need to edit a lot of templates but you can edit the images and CSS to change the look.

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          • feldon23
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2001
            • 11291
            • 3.7.x

            #6
            What's your definition of a new design? Can you give us an example website of what you want it to look like?

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            • smoothfuego
              New Member
              • Apr 2006
              • 9

              #7
              Originally posted by feldon23
              What's your definition of a new design? Can you give us an example website of what you want it to look like?
              like this http://www.vbulletinclub.com/index.php?styleid=71 , so it's like a personal design thing

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              • feldon23
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2001
                • 11291
                • 3.7.x

                #8
                vBulletin doesn't use 1 or even 10 HTML files. There are nearly 150 templates that are glued together in different combinations to create the look and feel of the forum.

                You'll have to modify the header, footer, navbar, and a few other templates at minimum to get a look like that.

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