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CHAPTER 7
Chapter 7: Creating Your Own Template
As your
community grows, you may find that you need to expand the capabilities
of your forum. You might need to introduce new BBCode tags, file
attachments, photo galleries, or some new administration tool. Almost
anything that you would need can be added by installing a modification,
as you learned in Chapter 4. The key word here is
almost. Eventually you may need a
feature and find yourself unable to locate an existing modification for
it. When this happens, you have two options: ask someone for help in
locating a modification or create a new one yourself. In this chapter,
you will learn:
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What modifications are
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Skills and tools you need to create a modification
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How
to create a simple modification
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Ways to make your modification available to other phpBB users
- Building Your Skillset
- The Right Tools for the Job
- Creating a Simple MOD: A New BBCode Tag
- Step 1 - Determine Your Goal
- Step 2 - Plan Your Database Changes
- Step 3 - Choose Your Files
- Step 4 - File Editing and Creation
- Pros and Cons of the Strike BBCode Methods
- Step 5 - Break It and Fix It
- Make Your MOD Accessible to the World
- Packaging Your MOD
- Using the MOD Template Header
- Creating the List of Actions
- Using Other Actions
- Adding the MOD Template Footer
- The Completed Instruction File
- Creating a ZIP File
- Submitting Your Modification
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Paperback,
360 pages
Released: May 2005
ISBN: 1904811132
Authors: Stoyan
Stefanov, Jeremy
Rogers, Mike Lothar |
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Introduction
1: Introduction to phpBB
2: Installing and Configuring phpBB
3: A Quick Tour of phpBB
4: Customizing Your Forum
Free Chapter
5: Forum Administration
6: Creating Your Own Template
7: Creating a New MOD
8: Programming phpBB
Appendix A: Directory Structure
Appendix B: phpBB Resources
Appendix C: phpBB Code and Permission Cheatsheets
Appendix D: phpBB Database Structure
Index
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