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[csdisme]

Let me start out by saying I am new to vBa and to PHP, but I have done quite a bit of programming in HTML.

With that said, let me say that I had a running forum that I wanted to add a complete website to. Previously, when you would type in the site's URL you would go directly to the forum. What I wanted to do was to go to a home page that I created in HTML and Flash. Then navigate to the forum though links on my home page.

I downloaded and added CMPS with 1 minor problem that I corrected by reading through the forum. So everything to this point is going reasonably smooth. Now I get to the part about adding the modules to my homepage.

I am at a complete standstill. I have read many of the different posts and I am just not getting it. I know how to make the homepage come up when you go to our site, and I can link to the forum off the homepage. But what I am not getting is how to put the different modules on the homepage??

I am sure it is something I have seen in the forums over and over but it's just not registering with me.

I would appreciate any help anyone could give me.

Thanks in advance.......

[Brian]

Are you trying to add a new module, or just enable/disable the existing ones?

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[csdisme]

Thanks for the quick reply, Brian!!

I am just trying to use 5 of the existing ones. I would like to use "welcome block", "stats", "latest topics", "online users" and "poll".

Thanks again.....

[Brian]

I'm not sure I completely understand what you're asking... If you're just trying to disable/enable them then you just go to your Admin CP and either disable the module by editing it through the 'Edit Modules' section, or the 'Edit Pages' section (to enable/disable them on a specific page).

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[csdisme]

I have already "enabled" the ones i would like to see. What I am not understanding is how to make the ones I want show up on the home page.

I have my home page (called mainpage.html) I would like the 5 modules I mentioned in my other post to be on that page. I have read the instructions several times and I am just not following how to do it.

Thanks again for your help.....

[Brian]

The modules will only show up on your CMPS pages or any forum pages that you integrate the CMPS with. You can't add them to a html page.

[csdisme]

OK, thanks for clarifying that. Is there a way to make a custom template or some other way to integrate the two??

Secondly, how do I get the the modules to show up with the forum listings. I have created a new page and named it "forums" and edited it to include the modules that I want. I renamed cmps_index.php file to index.php. Both of these files are in "public_html/forums" folder. When I try and link to the new page by using "www.clanofthedamned.com/forums/index.php?forum=forums",
all I get are the modules I have selected, no forums. If I change the new index.php file (renamed from cmps_index.php) back out to the old index.php file, all I get are the forums with no modules.

I appreciate you putting up with must seem like the most ridiculous questions, but I just can't seem to work through this.

Thanks

[Brian]

Have you had a look at the User's Manual available in the Member's Area here? Most of your questions are answered in there.

[csdisme]

Yes, I have read and reread the user manual.

Here is what I have done:

I set the page variable to "damned".

I created a new page called "Forum Home" for my homepage. The identifier is set to "clanforum". I adjusted the modules the way I would like them.
I went into my new index.php file (new_index.php) and modified it per the instrustions in the manual.

Everything is in the public_html/forums folder.

When I use the link:
www.clanofthedamned.com/forums/new_index.php?damned=clanforum
I get a page that has everything in the right place, but no Forums and no calendar in the right column. I have the search module, the users online module and the calendar module activated for the right column, but the calendar module doesn't appear. I also have "custom page content" activated for the center column. There is a box in the center titled "Forums" but nothing is in it. There is also a box under the Forums box called "What's Going On" and that appears to be complete.

That's about it I guess, it looks like it is almost there, but I just can't get the forums to list on the new page.

[Brian]

Would you mind submitting a support ticket via the Member's Area here so I can have a look?