Adding Smilies Guide You've download a set of smilies and your ready to start adding them. Firstly, upload your smilies to your folder via ftp /smilies (this may differ if you have a custom style and don't wish to overwrite the default). For the whole benefit of this guide, we will be adding a single smiley titled "banghead.gif". http://i46.tinypic.com/2nv87ic.gif OnceRead More..

[ This may be a "negative" article in that it details what should presumably be avoided, but does not offer alternatives. I do not bother because I think such advices as the following have been covered here well enough: submit contributive content on a regular basis, participate in discussions, visit like-minded forums, and etc. That said, my articleRead More..

As someone who used phpBB2 for the longest time, I was surprised to find that vBulletin 3x doesn't make the same accommodations for those who want to add style-specific rank images, or rank images that appear only for the style(s) you want. There was nothing in the "Mods" section that seemed to address the issue, and though there are plenty of requestsRead More..

Save for Web I find that many people opt for full transparency when applying images/graphics to their forums. This is fine, if that image hasn't got any curved areas or transparent areas. However, Opting for full transparency when dealing with curved images results in that image having a jaggy border showing around it which gives that image a roughRead More..