Intro to Layers / HTML in Free Text Boxes

[masterslacker]

This tutorial will teach you how to create a theme layer for advanced customisations, and it will show you how to use it by showing you how to put HTML in your free text boxes. This will only work for paid/permanent users or early adopters as the advanced customisation area is not available for free users.

[29 July 2006]: Edited to reflect the new

Comments

[drugsbunny]

I was looking for how to do that thanks. Now to figure out why them free text buggers wont show up on my sidebar

[masterslacker]

By default all the free text boxes are hidden in the sidebar because their content is empty. To get them to show, you have to go into the Wizard, and in the "sidebar" tab, make sure you set the Free Text Positions to a number rather than "hide". The numbers you choose for all your sideboxes determines the ordering of their appearance in the sidebar, so make sure not to repeat any numbers.

[foxfireblue]

Thankyou so much! (I tried for a while and couldn't get ti to work until i realised i hadn't actually selected my new theme as a the one i wanted... kinda the point of themes) ^^ Now if only I coluld figure out how to move my 'icon in header' thing so it's under the banner...

Re: >< Dumb Question

[masterslacker]

Add a break tag after each img tag, like this:

var string myhtml = "

[masterslacker]

You cannot change the name of any of the functions. You must use the existing names. The name for the private textbox is:

function Page::lay_print_sidebar_freetextbox_private() {
#code here
}

[masterslacker]

Looks good to me. Try it and see what happens :)

[kimbari]

Hi. Wonderful instructions. Worked on my comm.

I was wondering is there a way to do box #10 also? I tried replacing both () and _# with 10 but nothing worked.

I shall be so sad if I can't have all 10 boxes. (And no, I don't mean the private box. There are 10 boxes, counting the numberless box as 1.)

Thanks for your help.

[masterslacker]

just replace the number 2 with 10. do not replace any brackets or underscores.

Mike.