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bouncingpeanut
02-21-2005, 01:01 PM
Sorry about the title, tried to make it meaningful but I'm not sure after all that it was.


Ok, I've wanted VBA for a while but my stupidity has held me back, nervous sort you know, am going to dl it and put it on a second server as my test site, believe that's ok as its only for my eyes.

The page in which you have vb advanced detailed (http://www.vbadvanced.com/products.php?do=productinfo&p=4) . Is this "easy to create" easy to create in terms of me being a total fool. Because having just that one column which is fixed content (or fixed until you want to change it) is something that I'd prefer. I really wouldn't want that middle column with how many replies etc as is on your front page... Hope that makes sense.

Second question relates to when my board is upgraded, I just upgraded to I think 3.07 (latest one) would I have to reinstall a ton of things and change a lot of code.. I have two small hacks installed and for ME that is enough, I wouldn't want to have to do too much code changing,. Edited to add, I mean when vb announces a security patch or something, I realise initially I would have to change a ton of stuff.

I've got other questions but I'll continue going thru old posts, it's just those two above which are primary concerns of mine.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.
KW802
02-21-2005, 01:09 PM
BouncingPeanut,

If I'm following along.... Yes, you can turn off the middle column and individual modules as you prefer. You can also create new modules with static content and then display those modules in a fashion similar to what Brian is doing with the products page. For example, this page (http://www.coolscifi.com/index.php?page=smilie_creator) was created by creating a new module with the content that I wanted then I went into the page properties and turned off everything in the right column and then turned off everything in the middle column except for the new module that I created. If I had wanted to I could've turned off everything in the left column as well but I wanted to keep the navigation module present.

When upgrading, yes, you'll need to either re-install your hacks or merge the code together. That would apply for vBa CMPS or any other 'hack' where the PHP files are modified. I can't speak for any other hacks you may have installed but the vBa CMPS changes are usually pretty quick to do.
bouncingpeanut
02-21-2005, 02:10 PM
Thanks so much. Yeah the small hacks are easy changes, I think I was concerned using this portal that the changes would be so huge I'd end up messing up the upgrades and nothing working or losing the posts and members lol.

Thanks a lot, I think given your info I will take the plunge, but I'll play about on a spare server first and spend sometime reading up some of the old posts,
Thanks again!
KW802
02-21-2005, 02:12 PM
Thanks so much. Yeah the small hacks are easy changes, I think I was concerned using this portal that the changes would be so huge I'd end up messing up the upgrades and nothing working or losing the posts and members lol.

Thanks a lot, I think given your info I will take the plunge, but I'll play about on a spare server first and spend sometime reading up some of the old posts,
Thanks again!No problem. When you do the install on your test box you'll see that the changes are mostly cut & paste so they're pretty minor to re-do if necessary.

If you have any questions or run into any problems during your testing just post in one of the CMPS forums and we'll do what we can to get it resolved.

Have fun. :)
bouncingpeanut
02-21-2005, 08:14 PM
No problem. When you do the install on your test box you'll see that the changes are mostly cut & paste so they're pretty minor to re-do if necessary.

If you have any questions or run into any problems during your testing just post in one of the CMPS forums and we'll do what we can to get it resolved.

Have fun. :)

Thanks I will. I have been surprised how easy some of this is, but the instructions are great and the support here is second to none. So far I've only managed to re do the style (just header and colour changes based on my active site) and add my own custom box, but getting there slowly. I want to play around with it abit because it won't matter if at this stage I mess it up ;)

Thanks again for such a great product and especially the friendly and helpful responses. Awesome community!