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It's going to be different without Davlin :( hope to see you around the forums every now and then. Congratulations @Stake!

Have you checked to make sure the auto-award hook is enabled? I think by default all of the auto-award hooks come disabled.

No problem

Looks like that free hosting service does not meet IPB4's requirements. Try either upgrading to their paid hosting or switch hosts.

Sounds like whoever first installed IPB on the old DB used the prefix 'IPB_'. You can try dropping all of the tables that do not have that prefix and then either use PHPmyadmin to get rid of the 'IPB_' prefix or edit your conf_global.php file $INFO['sql_tbl_prefix'] = ''; to include 'IPB_' file.

Open the drop-down menu above the reCaptcha public key and select reCaptcha

Thanks guys and haha no worries @Davlin

Congratulations Saviour!

Also you can test send your self emails to make sure your config is setup correctly. Support > Diagnostics > Email Tester.

I just recently noticed that webflake has FontAwesome Icons on the sidebar blocks and I tried replicating it, but I'm currently stumped. I was wondering if any of you can point me in the right direction. Just figured it out. I didn't realize until now that most of the sidebars have their own BoardIndex. I guess lack of sleep really does slow down your thought process Mark this as solved please.

Hey there Webflakians, Today I spent hours trying to figure out how to manually edit the Font, Size, and Text Color dropdown menus that is included with IPB's ckeditor. I have tried searching the world wide web, but after some browsing I couldn't find a single tutorial. So I decided to make one through trial and error. To make it a little easier to understand why someone would want to do this I will be using the hook Editor Themes V1.0.0 by IPS Themes. It's available for download here: After installing the hook I setup it up like so With the hook active and setup the dropdown menus looked horribly ugly and blocky The Text Color dropdown stood out to me like a sore thumb Also if you want to use for example the paste option, it's practically impossible to see without having your nose 2 inches from your monitor Lets start by making our paste tool easy to see and practical. Under Look & Feel find and open ipb_ckeditor.css Once you have your ipb_ckeditor.css file open, search for this .cke_skin_ips .cke_dialog_contents, .cke_skin_ips .cke_dialog_footer{ border-top: 1px solid #333 !important; background: #222222 !important; } Now all we need to do is simply change the background color. I chose to go with the this color .cke_skin_ips .cke_dialog_contents, .cke_skin_ips .cke_dialog_footer{ border-top: 1px solid #333 !important; background: #adadad !important; } What we get is something that is easy to see and not so straining For the Font and Size dropdown menus you'll have to have FTP access. You'll need to simultaneously edit 2 files in order for the changes to take effect. Editor.css and Panel.css. You can find both by navigating to this folder: /public/js/3rd_party/ckeditor/skins/ips. We'll start by change this background. Find this bit of code (remember to make these edits in both files) ul.cke_panel_list { list-style-type: none; margin: 3px; padding: 0; white-space: nowrap; } And change it to ul.cke_panel_list { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: nowrap; } Next Find .cke_panel_listItem a { padding: 2px; display: block; border: 1px solid #fff; color: inherit !important; text-decoration: none; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; } Tweak it like so .cke_panel_listItem a { padding: 2px; display: block; border: none; color: inherit !important; background-color: #595959; text-decoration: none; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; } About half way there. Find and edit this .cke_panel_grouptitle { font-size: 11px; font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif' , Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #dcdcdc; color: #000; margin:0px; padding:3px; } End result should match this .cke_panel_grouptitle { font-size: 11px; font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif' , Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap; background: #dcdcdc url('{style_images_url}/highlight_faint.png') repeat-x 0 1px !important; color: #000; margin:0px; padding:3px; } You are now done with your Font and Size dropdown menus and they should look similar to what I currently have Much, much better right? Well alas I think so. Ok now we just have the Text Color dropdown. The edits are still in the same 2 files so don't close them yet. Find .cke_colorblock { padding: 3px; font-size: 11px; font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif; } And change it to .cke_colorblock { padding: 3px; font-size: 11px; font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif; background: #595959; } Now Find span.cke_colorbox { width: 10px; height: 10px; border: #808080 1px solid; float: left; } And edit it like so span.cke_colorbox { width: 10px; height: 10px; border: none; float: left; } Basically all we are doing is removing all of the borders. Find a.cke_colorbox { border: #fff 1px solid; padding: 2px; float: left; } Change it to a.cke_colorbox { border: none; padding: 2px; float: left; } Find a:hover.cke_colorbox, a:focus.cke_colorbox, a:active.cke_colorbox { border: #316ac5 1px solid; background-color: #dff1ff; } Change to a:hover.cke_colorbox, a:focus.cke_colorbox, a:active.cke_colorbox { border: none; background-color: #dcdcdc; } Find a.cke_colorauto, a.cke_colormore { border: #fff 1px solid; padding: 2px; display: block; cursor: pointer; } Change to a.cke_colorauto, a.cke_colormore { border: none; padding: 2px; display: block; cursor: pointer; } Last, but not least find a:hover.cke_colorauto, a:hover.cke_colormore, a:focus.cke_colorauto, a:focus.cke_colormore, a:active.cke_colorauto, a:active.cke_colormore { border: #316ac5 1px solid; background-color: #dff1ff; } And get rid of the border a:hover.cke_colorauto, a:hover.cke_colormore, a:focus.cke_colorauto, a:focus.cke_colormore, a:active.cke_colorauto, a:active.cke_colormore { border: none; background-color: #fff; } Finally a conclusion to this simple yet long tutorial. your Text Color dropdown should now look like this For those of you who have read this whole tutorial I hope it has helped you in some way.

What version of IPB and what version of Auto Reply are you running?

Under Look & Feel > Template Tools. Check HTML, CSS, and Replacements. Rebuild it and see if those errors go away.

No problem, I've been cramming for my midterms all day. I needed this break

Alright so I just set-up a test forum real quick and tried a couple of different methods for changing the Start New Topic and Locked buttons. This, so far is what has worked best for me. Keep in mind that it is not the best, nor is it the only way of accomplishing what you are asking for. In ipb_style.css find (Do not include the "{...}" in your search) For the Start New Topic button .topic_buttons li.important a, .topic_buttons li.important span, .ipsButton .important, .topic_buttons li a, .topic_buttons li span, .ipsButton {...} Under this add .topic_buttons li.startNewTopic a{ padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px; } For the Locked button, either search for topic_button_closed.png or find (Do not include the "{...}" in your search) .topic_buttons li.important a, .topic_buttons li.important span, .ipsButton .important, .ipsButton.important{...} Under This add .topic_buttons li.lockedTopic a{ padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px; } Now for the Start New Topic button open forumIndexTemplate under Forum View and search for the following bit of code accesskey='s' There will be two different bits of code containing this accesskey, one each for the top and bottom Start New Topic buttons. Both of them should look similar to these Top <ul class='topic_buttons'> <if test="usercanpost:|:$forum_data['_user_can_post']"> <li><a href='{parse url="module=post&amp;section=post&amp;do=new_post&amp;f={$forum_data['id']}" base="publicWithApp"}' title='{$this->lang->words['topic_start']}' accesskey='s'>{$this->lang->words['topic_start']}</a></li> <else /> Bottom <ul class='topic_buttons'> <if test="bottomusercanpost:|:$forum_data['_user_can_post']"> <li><a href='{parse url="module=post&amp;section=post&amp;do=new_post&amp;f={$forum_data['id']}" base="publicWithApp"}' title='{$this->lang->words['topic_start']}' rel='nofollow' accesskey='s'{$this->lang->words['topic_start']}</a></li> <else /> Now all you have to do is tweak both of these just a little bit so they look like so <ul class='topic_buttons'> <if test="usercanpost:|:$forum_data['_user_can_post']"> <li class='startNewTopic'><a href='{parse url="module=post&amp;section=post&amp;do=new_post&amp;f={$forum_data['id']}" base="publicWithApp"}' title='{$this->lang->words['topic_start']}' accesskey='s'>{$this->lang->words['topic_start']}</a></li> <else /> and <ul class='topic_buttons'> <if test="bottomusercanpost:|:$forum_data['_user_can_post']"> <li class='startNewTopic'><a href='{parse url="module=post&amp;section=post&amp;do=new_post&amp;f={$forum_data['id']}" base="publicWithApp"}' title='{$this->lang->words['topic_start']}' rel='nofollow' accesskey='s'>{$this->lang->words['topic_start']}</a></li> <else /> Now back to the Locked button, open topicViewTemplate under Forum View and search for the following bit of code accesskey='r' There will be three different bits of code containing this accesskey, we just want the first one. <ul class='topic_buttons'> <if test="closedButton:|:$displayData['reply_button']['image'] == 'locked'"> <li class='important'> <if test="pollOnly:|:isset($displayData['poll_data']['poll']['poll_only']) && $displayData['poll_data']['poll']['poll_only']"> <if test="closedButtonLink:|:$displayData['reply_button']['url']"> <a href='{$displayData['reply_button']['url']}' accesskey='r'>{parse replacement="lock_icon"} {$this->lang->words['top_poll_only_reply']}</a> <else /> Just edit the top bit to include our 'lockedTopic' subClass <ul class='topic_buttons'> <if test="closedButton:|:$displayData['reply_button']['image'] == 'locked'"> <li class='important lockedTopic'> <if test="pollOnly:|:isset($displayData['poll_data']['poll']['poll_only']) && $displayData['poll_data']['poll']['poll_only']"> <if test="closedButtonLink:|:$displayData['reply_button']['url']"> <a href='{$displayData['reply_button']['url']}' accesskey='r'>{parse replacement="lock_icon"} {$this->lang->words['top_poll_only_reply']}</a> <else /> Here is a quick before and after of the Start New Topic button and Locked button You can make a separate subClass for each button you wanted to change, so that way you can change each one to your liking, or you can just make one general one for them. In my example I made one specifically for the Start New Topic and Locked buttons.