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#181514 - 03/25/07 02:51 PM Using portal pages for straight HTML
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I want to use portal pages to incorporate the rest of my website, but with the look and feel of the forums. But I can't figure out how to do it.

For example, I'd like to use the same header, the left-column content islands, the breadcrumb bar and navigation bar, and the footer bar. But the main content area I'd like to display the content from my other site pages. I thought I could do this, but I realized last night that the portal pages are for posts from selected forums. I was pretty disappointed. However, I have this feeling that I CAN do what I want, but I just don't know how or where to start.

Can anyone advise me?

Thanks. \:\)
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#181517 - 03/25/07 03:01 PM Re: Using portal pages for straight HTML [Re: Rose]
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If your pages are static you can add additional templates to incorporate content.

For example, I have added a template entitled "vinyl" by adding the additional files /templates/default/vinyl.tpl along with /scripts/vinyl.inc.php and then call it with
http://www.audiotoolers.com/ubbt/ubbthreads.php?ubb=vinyl

For more info have a look at sample.inc.php in the scripts directory.
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#181518 - 03/25/07 03:02 PM Re: Using portal pages for straight HTML [Re: Rose]
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Hi,

See this page on UBBDev - that will allow you to use these sort of pages.

You can then have a page like http://www.fansfocus.com/football/premiership/-league.php

\:\)
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#181519 - 03/25/07 03:19 PM Re: Using portal pages for straight HTML [Re: Ian]
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The link in Ian's post shows you how to keep your existing pages and use them as redirects. The advantage to this is that search engines will continue to spider them and you also won't get any 404 errors if anyone arrives from an existing search result.

Example: http://www.audiotoolers.com/vinyl.php where vinyl.php is just a redirect.

( I was going to link to that info but didn't know if it was allowed ;\) )
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#181520 - 03/25/07 03:23 PM Re: Using portal pages for straight HTML [Re: ScriptKeeper]
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???? not sure what you mean here ScriptKeeper?

Confused of Essex
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#181521 - 03/25/07 03:27 PM Re: Using portal pages for straight HTML [Re: Ian]
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Which part?
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#181523 - 03/25/07 04:39 PM Re: Using portal pages for straight HTML [Re: ScriptKeeper]
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Where mine is a redirect?

It is an actual page that pulls in a scripts page and a template page.
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#181524 - 03/25/07 04:59 PM Re: Using portal pages for straight HTML [Re: Ian]
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Ian and Scriptkeeper, thanks so much for your replies. There's a lot of information there, so I'll get started on it.

Much appreciated. \:\)
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#181528 - 03/25/07 06:24 PM Re: Using portal pages for straight HTML [Re: Ian]
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 Originally Posted By: Ian
Where mine is a redirect?

It is an actual page that pulls in a scripts page and a template page.

Oooh, sounds interesting. How do you get the page to "pull in a script and template"? Tell me more.
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#181529 - 03/25/07 06:46 PM Re: Using portal pages for straight HTML [Re: Ian]
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 Originally Posted By: Ian
See this page on ubbdev - that will allow you to use these sort of pages.
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