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 X. Customization:

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In the new 1.1 version of YapBB, layout is strictly a matter of customizing the *.ybt files in the 'templates' subdirectory. Each template-set (theme if you will) has his own subdirectory within the 'templates' subdirectory.

 

These template files are simple HTML files which you can edit in your HTML editor or text editor. In these template files you will find many occurances of texts in the form of {varName}. These pieces resemble PHP variables and will be replaced by their actual values when the template is parsed.

 

If you are only interested in changing the coloring scheme, you can accomplish this by altering the accompanying style.php file within the templates directory of you choice.

 

For more detailed information on customizing the look and feel of YapBB, please consult SDK.TXT. It also contains information about the 'standards' each template file should conform to.

 

To insert your own set of smilies into your forum, open up 'smilies.php' and change the contents of the array. Note that the 'text' part of this array may be left empty. Thay way, you can still select it as an emoticon accompanying the messages, but cannot actually use it *in* any messages.