nightfox_pc_asst
02-Jun-2005, 06:32 AM
Adding a flash banner to your vBulletin Site header
By Nightfox PC Asst
June 1, 2005
Okay this works for IPBB boards and I just added it to a test site for vBulletin. Heres how to do just that.
1) Create a flash image, in my example I used a program called Mix-FX, which allows me to create some simple yet cool flash banners on the fly.
2) Okay lets say we created our flash banner and saved it as flashvb.swf on our hard drive. Using FTP, upload the swf file to your main directory on the server that host your site.
3) Now goto Admin and Logon
4) Goto Styles & Templates > Style Manager
5) Choose the skin you want to edit and click All Style Options
6) Goto Common Templates and open the that template area
7) In the HEADER template bit, place the cusor just after the code of:
<a href="index.php?$session[sessionurl]">
8) Okay now place this code in that area you have your cursor on. (You may need to press enter to create some blank lines)
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase=
"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#4,0,0,0"
width="330" height="92">
<param name="SRC" value="flashvb.swf">
<embed src="flashvb.swf"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="92">
</embed>
</object>
9) Now click SAVE and your done. You should have an example that is shown here:
http://www.nightfoxpcforums.net/vb3/forums/index.php?styleid=6
By Nightfox PC Asst
June 1, 2005
Okay this works for IPBB boards and I just added it to a test site for vBulletin. Heres how to do just that.
1) Create a flash image, in my example I used a program called Mix-FX, which allows me to create some simple yet cool flash banners on the fly.
2) Okay lets say we created our flash banner and saved it as flashvb.swf on our hard drive. Using FTP, upload the swf file to your main directory on the server that host your site.
3) Now goto Admin and Logon
4) Goto Styles & Templates > Style Manager
5) Choose the skin you want to edit and click All Style Options
6) Goto Common Templates and open the that template area
7) In the HEADER template bit, place the cusor just after the code of:
<a href="index.php?$session[sessionurl]">
8) Okay now place this code in that area you have your cursor on. (You may need to press enter to create some blank lines)
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase=
"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#4,0,0,0"
width="330" height="92">
<param name="SRC" value="flashvb.swf">
<embed src="flashvb.swf"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="330" height="92">
</embed>
</object>
9) Now click SAVE and your done. You should have an example that is shown here:
http://www.nightfoxpcforums.net/vb3/forums/index.php?styleid=6