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try here Look & Feel > Manage Skin Sets & Templates > Manage Templates in IP.Board Post Screen > postFormTemplate find <li class='ipsField tag_field'> <label for='ipbTags' class='ipsField_title'>{$this->lang->words['topic_tags']}</label> <p class='ipsField_content'>{$formData['tagBox']}</p> </li> change to <!-- <li class='ipsField tag_field'> <label for='ipbTags' class='ipsField_title'>{$this->lang->words['topic_tags']}</label> <p class='ipsField_content'>{$formData['tagBox']}</p> </li> -->

Have you tried acp > Member Groups > Manage Member Groups > GLobal Disable Tagging Ability NO

Sounds like a bad template. Recheck the html. You can copy it and try it by itself on your home computer. Also check the acp logs for errors and check the forum folders for php errors.

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Yes. You can try 2 ways. 1 . Use phpmyadmin and run these queries to disable all applications and hooks installed. If you have a prefix in front of the table name add it to the queries. update core_applications set app_enabled=0 where app_id > 9; update core_hooks set hook_enabled=0; 2. Use phpmyadmin and find all the apps you had loaded in the core_applications table. Upload all those applications files to the server like when you installed them. Try that. If it does not work. Use only this query in phpmyadmin update core_hooks set hook_enabled=0; Then try it. All hooks will then have to be enabled one at a time to see if it causes an error by entering a test topic and viewing the board index page. The ones that cause errors will have to be removed and re installed.

If you create a css file for your hook and save it. Then export choosing the css file it should add it with your changes in the hook. Be sure the new .css file is located in the skin folder like this one. forum/public/style_css/css_1/ (ipb default skin)

You need to click all the skins under where they use. On the left side change reset to the cubic skin.

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On my skin there are these lines <if test="avatar:|:$author['member_id']"> <li class='avatar'> <if test="canSeeProfiles:|:$this->memberData['g_is_supmod'] OR ( $this->memberData['g_mem_info'] && ! IPSMember::isInactive( $author ) )"> <a itemprop="url" href="{parse url="showuser={$author['member_id']}" template="showuser" seotitle="{$author['members_seo_name']}" base="public"}" title="{$this->lang->words['view_profile']}: {$author['members_display_name']}" class='ipsUserPhotoLink'> </if> <if test="hasVariable:|:$this->settings['member_topic_avatar_max']"> <img itemprop="image" src='{$author['pp_main_photo']}' class='ipsUserPhoto ipsUserPhoto_variable' /> <else /> <img itemprop="image" src='{$author['pp_thumb_photo']}' class='ipsUserPhoto ipsUserPhoto_large' /> </if> <if test="canSeeProfiles2:|:$this->memberData['g_is_supmod'] OR ( $this->memberData['g_mem_info'] && ! IPSMember::isInactive( $author ) )"> </a> </if> </li> <else /> <li class='avatar'> <img itemprop="image" src='{$author['pp_thumb_photo']}' class='ipsUserPhoto ipsUserPhoto_large' /> </li> </if> so to remove change to this <!-- <if test="avatar:|:$author['member_id']"> <li class='avatar'> <if test="canSeeProfiles:|:$this->memberData['g_is_supmod'] OR ( $this->memberData['g_mem_info'] && ! IPSMember::isInactive( $author ) )"> <a itemprop="url" href="{parse url="showuser={$author['member_id']}" template="showuser" seotitle="{$author['members_seo_name']}" base="public"}" title="{$this->lang->words['view_profile']}: {$author['members_display_name']}" class='ipsUserPhotoLink'> </if> <if test="hasVariable:|:$this->settings['member_topic_avatar_max']"> <img itemprop="image" src='{$author['pp_main_photo']}' class='ipsUserPhoto ipsUserPhoto_variable' /> <else /> <img itemprop="image" src='{$author['pp_thumb_photo']}' class='ipsUserPhoto ipsUserPhoto_large' /> </if> <if test="canSeeProfiles2:|:$this->memberData['g_is_supmod'] OR ( $this->memberData['g_mem_info'] && ! IPSMember::isInactive( $author ) )"> </a> </if> </li> <else /> <li class='avatar'> <img itemprop="image" src='{$author['pp_thumb_photo']}' class='ipsUserPhoto ipsUserPhoto_large' /> </li> </if> --> If you want to add group avatars first upload the images for each group using the name group4.jpg for root admin , group3.jpg for members and so forth in the forumsupload folder using ftp.The extension can be what yu want like gif but you need to change the jpg in the following code to gif. So add this code after the code to remove the current avatar <li class='avatar'> <img itemprop="image" src='{$this->settings['upload_url']}/group{$author['member_group_id']}.jpg' class='ipsUserPhoto ipsUserPhoto_large' /> </li>

Most you see are done with apps or hooks. But you could do your own. Create in the core/public languages new bits with names like this forum138_topic_default_txt . Create one for every forum with the default text changing the 138 to the forum number you want text added for start topic. Edit template Look & Feel > Manage Skin Sets & Templates > Manage Templates Post Screen > postFormTemplate find <if test="upload_form_check:|:$formData['uploadForm']"> <fieldset class='attachments'> {$formData['uploadForm']} </fieldset> </if> add this above it <php>if ($form['doCode']=='new_post_do') {$tmp = '$tmp2 = $this->lang->words["forum'.$form['f'].'_topic_default_txt"];'; eval($tmp); }</php> <script>document.getElementsByName("Post")[0].value='{$tmp2}';</script>

Of course you can edit the boardindextemplate to add descriptions for categories.. find <foreach loop="categories:$cat_data as $_data"> <if test="cat_has_forums:|:is_array( $_data['forum_data'] ) AND count( $_data['forum_data'] )"> <div id='category_{$_data['cat_data']['id']}' class='category_block block_wrap'> <h3 class='maintitle'> <a class='toggle right' href='#' title="{parse expression="sprintf( $this->lang->words['toggle_cat'], IPSText::striptags( IPSText::htmlspecialchars($_data['cat_data']['name'] ) ) )"}">{parse expression="sprintf( $this->lang->words['toggle_cat'], $_data['cat_data']['name'] )"}</a> <a href="{parse url="showforum={$_data['cat_data']['id']}" seotitle="{$_data['cat_data']['name_seo']}" template="showforum" base="public"}" title='{parse expression="sprintf( $this->lang->words['view_cat'], IPSText::striptags( IPSText::htmlspecialchars($_data['cat_data']['name'] ) ) )"}'>{$_data['cat_data']['name']}</a> </h3> change to <foreach loop="categories:$cat_data as $_data"> <if test="cat_has_forums:|:is_array( $_data['forum_data'] ) AND count( $_data['forum_data'] )"> <div id='category_{$_data['cat_data']['id']}' class='category_block block_wrap'> <h3 class='maintitle'> <a class='toggle right' href='#' title="{parse expression="sprintf( $this->lang->words['toggle_cat'], IPSText::striptags( IPSText::htmlspecialchars($_data['cat_data']['name'] ) ) )"}">{parse expression="sprintf( $this->lang->words['toggle_cat'], $_data['cat_data']['name'] )"}</a> <a href="{parse url="showforum={$_data['cat_data']['id']}" seotitle="{$_data['cat_data']['name_seo']}" template="showforum" base="public"}" title='{parse expression="sprintf( $this->lang->words['view_cat'], IPSText::striptags( IPSText::htmlspecialchars($_data['cat_data']['name'] ) ) )"}'>{$_data['cat_data']['name']}</a> <br>My Cat description here. </h3> The easiest way would be to add the description to the language files something like $this->lang->words['cat10_description'] and create one for each cat replacing the 10 with the cat id number. Then adding that instead of a bunch of if statements.

ACP > Look&Feel > Skin Name > CSS > ipb_ckeditor.css find .cke_contents{border:solid 1px #696969;background-color:white;} change white to whatever color you want like black, grey, blue, green or ??

That is correct.. Do not set the secondary. Subscriptions remembers your old primary and reverts it back to the original group usually members.

This should be the bottom part of the boardindextemplate <if test="showActive:|:$this->settings['show_active'] && $this->memberData['gbw_view_online_lists']"> <h4 class='statistics_head'>{parse expression="sprintf( $this->lang->words['online_right_now'], $stats['TOTAL'] )"} {$this->lang->words['active_users']}</h4> <p class='statistics_brief desc'> {parse expression="sprintf( $this->lang->words['active_users_detail'], $stats['MEMBERS'], $stats['GUESTS'], $stats['ANON'] )"} <if test="onlineListEnabled:|:$this->settings['allow_online_list']">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='{parse url="app=members&amp;module=online&amp;sort_order=desc" base="public"}' title='{$this->lang->words['online_link']}'>({$this->lang->words['online_link']})</a></if> </p> </if> <if test="activeNames:|:count($stats['NAMES']) && $this->settings['show_active']"> <br /> <p> <span class='name'>{parse expression="implode( ",</span> <span class='name'>", $stats['NAMES'] )"}</span> </p> </if> </div>

Add this to the conf file. location ~ .(jpe?g|png|gif)$ { valid_referers none blocked mysite.com *.mysite.com; if ($invalid_referer) { return 403; } } Of course change it to your site from mysite.com ..

Why are you using secondary groups instead of making the primary VIP during the subscription??

acp > Applications & Modules > Manage Applications & Modules Click pencil on right by nexus. Choose Tab Restrictions, Then click yes to Hide for all current and future groups?

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Would be nice to see the whole error. Did you select any groups to be shown. You have to ht the green + sign ... Under tab members then group name indicator..

Or change this setting and exclude all staff (admin, root, mods, etc..) Exclude groups from being generated Administrators ( STAFF ) Banned Donator Guests Members Moderator Root Admin ( STAFF ) Super Moderator Uploaders Validating Visiting Staff

Try these : profile_portal & profile_portal_views

You need to be more specific. The text color? The background color? And you want every topic different or alternating topics. Every topic could mean a hundred thousand colors if you have a hundred thousand topics.

What cookie was going to tell you was to register as a new member. Then use phpmyadmin to change the member_group_id to 4 in the members table for that new member. Then the new member can sign in as root admin and you can change the original member password ..

Doesn't seem you have a problem anymore. But good luck on your new dedicated server. Be sure to get full maintenance and make them optimize it for you.