How to use Theme Options

25. Jun, 2010 by in Help | Tags: , , , | 4 Comments »

Some Vanilla themes can be customized with additional options if they have a Theme Options page. Theme Options can include: color styles, text areas, and images. *This feature is available to all members. What we will cover Locating Theme Options The Theme Options Page Lets begin! Locating Theme Options There are 2 ways to locate [...]

Did you know? YouTube quick code

18. Jun, 2010 by in Help | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »

Embedding YouTube Video You can easily embed a YouTube video using a simple span class: <span class=”youtube-embed”>M8BxbdQqMRE</span> Enter the above code in any new discussion or discussion comment. *NOTE: The video id is located in the YouTube URL after the = . That’s it!

Template Tag – literal

15. Jun, 2010 by in Template Tags | Tags: , , , | Comments Off

Tag Name literal Description The literal tag is used to enclose content that you don’t want to be parsed by the custom theme. Use this tag when you have content with curly-braces, but they aren’t tags. Example {literal} body { font-family: Verdana; } {/literal} See full list of Template Tags

Vanilla Template tags

14. Jun, 2010 by in Help | Tags: , , | Comments Off

This help topic deals with theming. For a full tutorial on theming refer to this tutorial. Template tags are used within your forum to display information dynamically. A template tag is code that instructs Vanilla to “do” or “get” something. For example if you write: {searchbox} The Search box will be displayed. Some template tags [...]

Vanilla Connect

10. Jun, 2010 by in Help | Tags: , , | Comments Off

Vanilla Connect is no longer supported. jsConnect is Vanilla’s current single-signon solution. What is Vanilla Connect? Vanilla Connect is a single sign-on feature that allows companies to send their existing users into their Vanilla Forum without registering or signing in again. How does Vanilla Connect work? We use some pretty neat technical magic to make [...]