UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.classic UBB.classic 6 Support How do I move my forum tables down farther in the Vars Style UBB Board I have?

Hellow, I have been working steadly for over a month now getting my new board ready for my members.

In designing graphics, using backgrounds, and header combinations, so that the backgrounds are not just plan and blend in with the headers, I have run into a serious problem, I can't seem to get rid of.

The problem is that I have troubble lining the background up with the header's image which is in the defult theme "link to your domain/noncgi directory." I have made new headers for my new board, so I have edited each individual theme with the link to the new image files stored in my non-cgi directory.

Well, I have had enough of trying to intergerate the header image with the background image so they look like one image. I had to do this, as at first due to the fact that the defult theme html files in the cgi-bin directory have a link to a header image and not just that; more specific the html code would be yourdomainlink.com/linkbacktoyourboardhomepage"img src="../ubb/bbtitle.gif"

After studying the idea of simply removing the link and html code that is for the board header title that appears in each forum, I have come to the conclusion that if I do then my forum talbes and other content talbes such as "who's onlne" table ..ect.. will be pushed up. I know this already. Because, I went into the styles in cpanel and deleted the link to the bbtitle.gif and found that it had pushed my tables up closer to the top. This is why I went with the plan to create both header and background image combination and try to line them up. They line up only part of the time in my site menu frame.


Thus my new board is tested already via my desktop copy of my index.htm file to see if the link opens up in my fram properly. It does as the link is taget="main"

I am unable to function this new boards images background with the headers not lining up right. I have tried several different crops. Some look fine now. But only inside of my frame. If you open the board up direct link browser the image for the header comes out of allignment.

After experiment after experiment, here is what I have come here for help with. I beleive the only soultion is for me to remove the html for the link to the bbtitle.gif and the link within code html link back to the board front main page summary out of the html file(s) so that its not there. More, I also have discovered that I will need to move my forum, and content tables down about a good 400 pixels or more. Again, this is because if the link is removed for the image it self it pulls my forums, and content tables upto far to the top to suit me. Specifically, it will bump the tables upto to the top reletive about 115 pixels from the actual top of the page. That is not acceptable. It will hide the picture image of the background behind the actual forum tables.

So, finally what is my question, at last right? Well, how do I do this? In order for me to play in the html defult files for my board, I need to know which ones to play with in order to move the tables down about 400 more pixels releitive so that I can just use the backgrund as my image and not use header and bg images in combination attempting to make them look one.

Is my anwer simply to edit the public_common.pl file and it takes care of it for all forums, or am I stuck with the task of editing all 30 of my forums? Ahohoo, I hope not! Also, I need to know what codes I am looking for as I do not know much about html. Can anyone here please help me out with this?

One last thing. I have noticed that some sites that use UBB Classic have different themese. The UBB Support site is the only one besides mine that I have found that uses the defult vars theme. Is there one most simular in design wise that I can get that does not have that stupid link and board header link to bbtitle.gif and has its content and forum talbes lower down instead so I can create an image that looks like a header but is in the background? This is after all now with my new board becoming a devolopment issue as my intent is to build a new board for my members that is top of the line. Its already looking awsome! Now, checking out my site you wont find the link to the UBB on my site. We're still using the a different board. We desperately are annoyed at how slow it is. However, it is better than Phpbb... Opps did I say that? I had one of those before proboards which is also cgi and quite simular to Infopop. Infopop of course being far more superior lol.. But, I had a php one and hated it. I would like to get my new UBB Board fully ready for my members as soon as possible. I just cant do it until its perfect! I need some help...PM me, email me something. Sorry my current board that is just temp does not have a guest forum..

Handled over at UBBDev - this requires code hacking.

Perhaps I should have stuck to the UBBDev community with stuff like this.. []http://www.eboysecrets.com/ubb/graemlins/wiggle.gif[/]

If it requires any modification of stock code all UBBCentral will say is "Go to UBBDev" as it'll void your warrenty for your board until you re-run stock code <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Actually I havent changed it yet, and I am looking into some other options. I have however modified the defult iamges with all new icons and buttons stuff like that to match the theme templates I use.

Images/buttons & such don't count as hacking - so you're still cool there. It's just when you manually edit files that it becomes code-hacking. <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />