Setting up your proVista template is easy, once you know which files to edit, and how to edit them.
First we will add your own logo, or logo's. proVista includes a rotating logo script.
Add your logo images to "styles/proVista/imageset/en/logo"
Add your logo images to all languages installed. This allows you to have different logo's
for different languages.
For appearance, all logo's should be the same size. If you have a small logo you want to
add to the rotation, edit the "canvas" size to be the same as your largest logo.
That way you will have a small logo on a large canvas, and it will not be stretched out.
By default, the logo size is 600x200.
The top Navigation bar link images are found in "styles/proVista/imageset/en/logo"
This will allow you to display these links in any installed language. I have included ".png" images
editable in "Macromedia Fireworks". They can be found in
"styles/proVista/imageset/Lang_button_Sources" If you do not have access to
"Macromedia Fireworks", you may download a free trial copy of it from
"http://www.adobe.com/downloads/"
I will give an example of how to add a button here
For this excersize, we will call it "My Link"
First, open "vista_nav_bar.png" in Macromedia Fireworks. Be carefull not to move the text.
Edit it with your new button name. In this case, "My Link". Save it as "my_link.gif" and upload it to
"styles/proVista/imageset/en" Next, open styles/proVista/theme/vista.css.
FIND
li.nav-pm span, li.nav-pm span a { background: url("{T_IMAGESET_LANG_PATH}/button_pm.gif") 0 0 no-repeat; }
li.nav-my_link span, li.nav-my_link span a { background: url("{T_IMAGESET_LANG_PATH}/my_link.gif") 0 0 no-repeat; }
li.nav-pm span { width: 100px; }
li.nav-my_link span { width: 94px; }
The title of the links block is by default "your site name" links.
This can be changed, as well as the links themselves in "styles/proVista/template/links.html"
add "external" links in this format
I have included a rules link. For this to work correctly,
Copy rules.php (included in the "install proVista" folder, to your forum root.
Copy "proVista/template/rules.html" to all other installed themes to avoid errors.
You may change these rules by editing "proVista/template/rules.html"