UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications Forum Design Integration Tutorials?

Hi Folks Im so new at this the doctor is still spanking me. I really need to read some tutorials or something before I start asking stupid questions.

Can anyone help me? I read Allen's basic and that was the first ANYTHING that made any sense to me but I need it spoon fed where I can read it until it sinks in.

I am so fraustrated with just trying to find out what I am supposed to be doing with this.

THanks!
Ben

What are you looking to do/change so we can point you in the right direction?

I'm sorry this stuff intimidates the dickens out of me.
my ubb version says it is 6.2.1

I want to change the looks of the forums and put my own headers and side tables on them like so many of the examples I have seen chasin links in here.

I also read SOMETHING about as a "portal" but I didnt really get it. I want to build a community with a lot of web pages with information but I want the whole thing to really pivot around being able to talk to people about the content at the fourms.

I know isnt very precise but I told you Im really a new baby here and this stuff looks incredibly complicated.
Thanks again.

Come on guys I know Im green but tell me what to do here will you?

Patience, my child...

So, you just want to wrap your board in a table and/or put a menu on the side? It's very easy, no code hacking required.

I assume that you already have the HTML that you want to wrap your board in?

No, I dont have anything but a standard board and the desire to make it better.

I can wack some html out lickity split for it I want to understand what is going on here before I decide what to do with that.
Thanks for the reply going down for the second gulp here......
;-)

got a link to what you're tryin to make this look like? (a page on your site you want the forum to integrate with? )

Well Thr forums at your website look excellent Allen, the table on the right is OK but I could go with it on the left.
Also the header is simple and easy to use,
I have seen some of them that just too complicated and they make they whole thing difficult to use.

Is that any help? I'm really shooting into the dark here.

Well, the easiest way to just wrap the board is to stick it in a table...

Go to the styles area of your control panel, choose the proper style set, select it for editing.

In the Header box, put the following code:

Then put the following in the Footer box:

Problem solved.

You will, of course, want to put your menuy bits on the left where "menu on the left goes here" is.

I assume you know enough HTML to work with it from there, making improvements?