How can I have an intro page like this?

by Yada on July 1st 2009, 3:15 pm

Hi. I would like to give my forum a website effect by creating an intro/ entry page like here:
http://simplycilla.com/
Now, I know it's not a forumotion address and I apologize if it's not convenient but I coulnd't find one forum with this feature that I'd seen a while ago..
I'd appreciate any help. Thanks

by Torres on July 1st 2009, 4:36 pm

Hmm... not sure, but I can only guess. Try and use the code below, editing some information in the code like the image you would like displayed, ect...

Code:: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>#1 Priscilla Presley Fan Site ~ SimplyCilla</title> <style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body> <div align="center"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="mp/simplycilla/newindex.html"><img src="mp/simplycilla/layouts/version6/indexpic copy.gif" alt="Welcome to SimplyCilla" width="720" height="720" border="0" /></a> </p> </div> </body> </html>

by Yada on July 1st 2009, 4:40 pm

But where do I put that code and could you possibly highlight the text that needs to be customized? study

by Sammy 10 on July 1st 2009, 5:55 pm

Its called HTML Page.
Go to Admin Panel > Modules >HTML Page and you have to have a code to have the page to work.

by Yada on July 1st 2009, 6:14 pm

Thanks everyone.. I tried what you said, I can change the colour and the welcome message but the picture still does not come up. Where do I put the link(s) for the picture? Could you please underline in the code posted above?
Thanking you Smile

by TheKiller on July 1st 2009, 7:27 pm

erm Try this

Code:: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>Rising Dead</title> <style type="text/CSS">  </style></head> <body> <div align="center"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="mp/simplycilla/newindex.html"><img src="mp/simplycilla/layouts/version6/indexpic copy.gif" alt="Welcome to SimplyCilla" width="720" height="720" border="0" /></a> </p> </div> </body> </html>

by Amandeep619 on July 1st 2009, 7:46 pm

Download a HTML Editor from Google and paste the code given, and once you have done that, you will be able to view the page, and change whatever you like from there. I used HTML editor and made this page: www.LG-Club.co.cc
No need to register, just showing.

by TheKiller on July 1st 2009, 8:12 pm

hey my question is how do you redirect your forum to the into ?
so when you enter the forum you see the into and not the Home

by Amandeep619 on July 1st 2009, 8:14 pm

When you create an HTML Page, you get the choice of setting it as your Homepage, and set it to Yes, so when people go to your site, they will see that HTML Page.

by TheKiller on July 1st 2009, 11:55 pm

i did that !
i set it to YES Clicked Submit then it asked me to enter the Forum address
i enter it and Click again Yes then submit i get the message
-HTML page successfully updated.
This page cannot be set as the homepage until you insert a link to the website forumotion.com..-

i have entered the Forum URL (http://risingdead.ultimarpg.net)
I also tryed to the HTML Code

Code:: <a href="http://RisingDead.UltimaRPG.net" target="_blank">RisingDead.com</a>

And i still get that Error
Can Someone please tell me if i did a mistake or something :|

by Yada on July 2nd 2009, 4:00 pm

TheKiller wrote:erm Try this

Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>Rising Dead</title> <style type="text/CSS">  </style></head> <body> <div align="center"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="mp/simplycilla/newindex.html"><img src="mp/simplycilla/layouts/version6/indexpic copy.gif" alt="Welcome to SimplyCilla" width="720" height="720" border="0" /></a> </p> </div> </body> </html>

Thank you but I cannot seem to get the picture working.. Everything is ok except the picture! Sad

Where should I put the link of the picture, please?

by Yada on July 2nd 2009, 4:06 pm

Amandeep619 wrote:Download a HTML Editor from Google and paste the code given, and once you have done that, you will be able to view the page, and change whatever you like from there. I used HTML editor and made this page: www.LG-Club.co.cc
No need to register, just showing.

Thank you for the info and the link. Mr. Green

I will keep it for future reference after I get better at basic maintanence Embarassed

by TheKiller on July 2nd 2009, 5:37 pm

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="Text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<title>YOUR FORUM NAME</title>
<style type="text/CSS">

</style></head>
<body>

<div align="center">
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="forum.htm"><img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/empty.gif" alt="YOUR WELCOME MESSAGE" width="720" height="720" border="0" /></a> </p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

by TheKiller on July 2nd 2009, 5:42 pm

Can someone tell me how do i set it as homepage ?

by Yada on July 2nd 2009, 5:58 pm

Thekiller, for the first time I can see the photo! Many thanks for your time and effort. I also managed to link it to forumotion. However, there seems to be 2 of the same photo on the homepage and another thing: I cannot see a homepage unless when I'm previewing. Would you or anyone else know what I'm doing wrong?

Do you wish to use your forum page header and page footer ? No
Use this page as homepage ? Yes

and the link to the homepage is http://rileykeough.forums1.net/page_html.forum?mode=preview

and this is what I put on HTML page;
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="Text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<title>RILEY KEOUGH FAN FORUM</title>
<style type="text/CSS">

</style></head>
<body>

<div align="center">
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="forum.htm"><img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/empty.gif" alt="WELCOME TO RILEY KEOUGH FAN FORUM" width="720" height="720" border="0" /></a> </p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

<a href="http://www.forumotion.com"><img src="http://www.illiweb.com/fa/banner/en/banner1.gif" alt="Free forum" title="forumotion.com" /></a>

by Yada on July 2nd 2009, 6:01 pm

TheKiller wrote:Can someone tell me how do i set it as homepage ?

After you paste the link TheKiller posted and edited the CAPITAL letters with your links and text, it will ask:

Do you wish to use your forum page header and page footer ? No

Use this page as homepage ? Yes

and click, copy and paste one of the forumotions banner code in the same HTML page and save it

by TheKiller on July 2nd 2009, 7:44 pm

Ok Yada Thank You weary much !!!!

Between Try this HTML Code Wink

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="Text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<title>RILEY KEOUGH FAN FORUM</title>
<style type="text/CSS">

</style></head>
<body>

<div align="center">
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="forum.htm"><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/e04q6f.jpg" alt="WELCOME TO RILEY KEOUGH FAN FORUM" width="720" height="720" border="0" /></a> </p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

<a href="http://www.forumotion.com"><img src="http://www.illiweb.com/fa/banner/en/banner1.gif" alt="Free forum" title="forumotion.com" /></a>

by TheKiller on July 2nd 2009, 10:57 pm

Between if you want to add a favicon picture on your into page add this
HTML Code too Wink

by Yada on July 3rd 2009, 3:42 pm

Thanks TheKiller. I think I did everything you typed. But, still there is not an intro page set-up. Why do you think? I mean it looks like this:

http://rileykeough.forums1.net/login.forum?connexion

not like an intro page like here: http://simplycilla.com/

by TheKiller on July 3rd 2009, 3:51 pm

heh your Into Page is up
click http://rileykeough.forums1.net/
not http://rileykeough.forums1.net/forum.htm

by Yada on July 3rd 2009, 4:19 pm

TheKiller wrote:heh your Into Page is up
click http://rileykeough.forums1.net/
not http://rileykeough.forums1.net/forum.htm

thank you! Now I can see it! The picture looks wider than it normally is.. How can I sort this out? This's my last question.. Thank you all for your help