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Subject: STEP 4a

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Important (almost important)

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Date Posted: 20:23:36 01/29/13 Tue
In reply to: Moderator 's message, "How to create your own Forum" on 19:08:17 01/29/13 Tue

This next bit of information will alter the entire physical appearance of the forum.

ALTHOUGH,
You choose your background image in the GENERAL SETTINGS,
this can also be done in the DISPLAY SETTINGS.

In the General Settings
You scroll halfway down.
Past,
Your e-mail address
E-mail you with Voyforums Updates
Can Be Listed In our forum category. ....etc.
Header
Footer ....etc.
URL to Background image
BACKGROUND COLOR.

Let's bypass this entire section,
and go to DISPLAY SETTINGS

go past
Theme Selector
Category Manager
Admin Password

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I PREFER USING ADVANCED USER OPTIONS.
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So, once you click
"New Options DISPLAY SETTINGS".

You'll see many options.
And, this offers the best selection.

URL to Header Image
ALT-Text for Header Image Tag
Header image border width
URL of your Homepage for link-back
Text for link-back
URL to Background image
Background color
Normal text color
Link color
Visited link color
Active link color
Additional
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In another tutorial,
I will browse through all these features.

BUT, for now: I Will only focus on ONE.

will see several features in PAGE DESIGN.

URL TO Header Image.
This is NOT the photo to the background.
It's the header Image on Top.

Now, scroll down past....
URL to Header
ALT-Text for Header
Header image border width
URL of your Homepage for link-back
Text for link-back
URL to background image.
BACKGROUND COLOR.

I'm assuming that you're NOT using a background image.

So, instead, you will choose your own background color.

This will change the entire appearance of your forum.
So, here we go......

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[> Subject: Re: STEP 4b How to input colors.

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Date Posted: 20:47:22 01/29/13 Tue

Now that you're in FORUM DISPLAY SETTINGS,

scroll down past

URL TO Header Image, URL to Header, ALT-Text for Header,
Header image border width,URL of your Homepage for link-back,
Text for link-back, URL to background image, BACKGROUND COLOR.

I'm assuming that you're NOT using a background image.

So, instead, you will choose your own background color.

So, here we go......

I would strongly recommend using a simple color.
But, in order to do this, you must input 6 numbers
(which represent the color you're choosing).

On most browsers, you'll probably need to include the # symbol.

So, for example:

in the BACKGROUND COLOR option, try inputting a few numbers.

LET'S TRY changing the color to YELLOW.
So, input the code #FFE5B1.
(of course, at the bottom, click the "SUBMIT" button.
and, WOW, you're entire background is Yellow.

Okay, so you don't like the color.
But it's EASY to change it.
Click the back button on your browser.
VOY FORUMS is the most click-back friendly website on the entire internet.
In other words, you can press the BACK arrow, and it will not corrupt the data (Nor will it require re-log in).

SO, let's try another color.
It's a good idea to learn about all the different numbers.

Here's a few examples:
#FFFFFF is white. Of course, that's too dull.
#EFEFEF is whitish. Just a touch Off-white.
#CCCCCC is grayish.
#AAAAAA is darker gray.
#9D9D9D is a touch darker gray.
#888888 is darker yet.
#555555 is almost black. Probably not desirable.
#000000 is Black. Pitch black.

It's ironic to note that Black can be a nice color for forums.
If you can adjust other features, and the color of links.
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For this,
you might want to use the GENERAL SETTINGS feature.

The reason is because Voy forums has a preset feature,
which creates a nicely prepared
normal text color, link color, visited link color, active link color.

But,
I'm assuming that most people will choose lighter colors.