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OOOPS - I soon as I posted this, I found that the Template Editor contains Portal editing controls. So, please ignore this post (until I get into trouble and come back sobbing.)

I've done a search here for these questions but did not find any posts that specifically address my questions. I would appreciate some guidance on the portal page layout.

I've learned how to edit the MyBB default theme using the theme editor. Thanks, Mr. Doom!

Now I want to change the layout of the portal page at

http://www.newportneighborhood.org/forums/portal.php

Specifically, I want a 3-column layout with the new threads box moved from the left to the right side and a center column where announceme4nt from the fourms will appear. Also I want a box in the left column that contains links to special pages (i.e.; a membership page, about us, etc.)

Finally, limited experience with other forum software suggests there are controls for how many threads appear in the portal, etc. They must be somewhere but I don't see them.

But I can't find where to edit the ;layout of this default portal page.

Is there a Portal editor I am not seeing?

OK, no sobbing. But I am having a problem understanding hot to cause announcement to appear in the center column.

http://www.newportneighborhood.org/forums/portal.php

To get the current layout of the portal page, I went into the Template editor > Portal . Expand > edit and edited the HTML like this

<html>
<head>
<title>{$mybb->settings['bbname']}</title>
{$headerinclude}
</head>
<body>
{$header}
<div align="center">
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="0">
<tr><td valign="top" width="200">
{$welcome}
{$pms}
{$search}
{$stats}
{$whosonline}
</td>
<td valign="top" width="350"> {$announcements}
  </td>
<td valign="top" width="200">
{$latestthreads}
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
{$footer}
</body>
</html>

But {$announcements} is not displaying even though I have announcements in the forum itself.

What I am not doing right?

Is this something like what you are after ?

At the bottom of the "Default" theme - Change the theme to "Poudlard". Wink

http://forum-styles.com/mybb-demos/portal.php

Lopalong Wrote:Is this something like what you are after ?

At the bottom of the "Default" theme - Change the theme to "Poudlard".

http://forum-styles.com/mybb-demos/portal.php

This is exactly what I need (3 column portal). Can you explain how you achieved this?

Thanks in advance.

Where in the ACP is this...

Template editor > Portal . Expand > edit

I must be missing it cos I can't seem to find it.

jerseyjoe

jerseyjoe

Lopalong

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