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[GangXtaBoii]

I saw some different skins on different pages and some of them had pages like 'Home' and 'Portal' but if I clicked on this two pages most of them directs me to the forums again. is it possible to change this for example to add a static page with static content if someone clicks on home and if someone clicks on portal they see the latest articles of the blogs (hosted by the admins). i hope you know what i mean and want. thx a lot

[Patrick B.]

The way to do this is by using IP Content. This is an official IPS addon. It works like a website for your forums and does pretty much everything you've asked about.

[GangXtaBoii]

so it is possible to create a static page with this addon like an impressum and add this page as a link to the menubar?

[DanielV]

GangXtaboii, on 09 September 2010 - 05:47 AM, said:

so it is possible to create a static page with this addon like an impressum and add this page as a link to the menubar?

It is indeed. IP.Content can do this and much more. It has a built-in articles system, and sample templates to help you get started. I have linked to my website, and have an example of what I think you are asking, including a home link in the navbar. As was mentioned above, IP.Content is an official addon to IP.Board.

http://www.xbsgaming...page/index.html

Thanks

[GangXtaBoii]

Ok thx. So i can add more than just a "Home"-Page with static content (articles or other text) like you did now?

thx

[bfarber]

GangXtaboii, on 09 September 2010 - 12:06 AM, said:

I saw some different skins on different pages and some of them had pages like 'Home' and 'Portal' but if I clicked on this two pages most of them directs me to the forums again. is it possible to change this for example to add a static page with static content if someone clicks on home and if someone clicks on portal they see the latest articles of the blogs (hosted by the admins). i hope you know what i mean and want. thx a lot

Note also that IP.Board does have a built in (free) portal you can use, however you cannot use it to create static pages on your own. All in all I think you will benefit more from IP.Content, but as I said, there's a free portal application built in, which is why you see 'Portal' or 'Home' tabs on some sites (though the links should not direct to the forums, but I couldn't comment on that without seeing the site in question).

[GangXtaBoii]

http://www.ipbforums...ipb3/index.html <<-- this is the skin I wanna apply for my page.

So would it be possible to add a new menu-button with a static page (created with IP.Content)?

[GangXtaBoii]

I tried to add some pages in the demo-blog I got (http://a15655.ipsdemo.ipslink.com/) but I didn't find the setting to add a new menu-link or something like this. also I do not get any other links of the other pages I make.

And I do not know where the articles appear ^^ there are allready some articles but I don't find them at the frontend...

[DanielV]

gangxtaboii@gb-world.net, on 09 September 2010 - 11:28 AM, said:

I tried to add some pages in the demo-blog I got (http://a15655.ipsdemo.ipslink.com/) but I didn't find the setting to add a new menu-link or something like this. also I do not get any other links of the other pages I make.

And I do not know where the articles appear ^^ there are allready some articles but I don't find them at the frontend...

That's because the menu links have to be added via the templates.

For my site, if I wanted to add said menu, I would go into globaltemplate, and add said code there to get the desired effect.

[bfarber]

That looks like it might be the older version of IP.Content on the demo. Will have to check into it.

To add the articles system to a page, you just edit the page and add this:

{parse articles}

In the page manager in the ACP, the little green arrow next to each filename is the link to that page. You can add links to pages in your skin templates/menus if you want, but it is not done automatically.