i just downloaded and installed the board message just like on this site but i cant find where the settings are, any suggestions?
Have you looked inside AdminCP -> Board settings -> Change -> Board message ? should be there.
ok i found it, there are 2 settings there, how do i change the colour of the box?
You can change the color in the template: Global templates -> global_boardmsg -> Edit. Replace its content with:
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" style="color: #xxxxxx; border: 1px solid #xxxxxx; background: #xxxxxx;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="color: #xxxxxx; border: 1px solid #xxxxxx; background: #xxxxxx;">$boardmessage</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br />
how do i make the text bold? and in the centre?
Add <center><b> tags to the start of your message and </b></center> tags at the end.
and how do i chuck a link in?
hello there
in the Board message settings > Board message
set the message as something as follow
<div align="center"><font size ="3"><b>Important: </b><a href="http://www.thetechex.net/showthread.php?tid=228">MyBB 1.1.1 Released</a>.</font></div>
this example has all you need BOLD, Hyperlinking, Aligning etc...
modify it or learn from it.
regards
<a href="http://www.domain.tld">Linkname</a>