Please any help with how to upload my own customize theme for a simple machine forum software.

@ade9ja, I hope this worked, I am many are embracing SMF, welldone mavtrevor

Thanks for the explanation, but i will like to get your mobile no in case i want to contact you direct for any info, i will be grateful if you do.

Please is it not going to affect the functionality of my forum i mean my members, post and messages even though i have gotten more than 1000 members now.

no it wont affect that. however, backup your forum before trying out themes and mods.

just follow the instruction given to you but i must say this make sure your forum is in maintainace mode while doing it so that if anything goes wrong you will be other saver side

ok thanks i will try it.

Using a custom theme especially for newbies is not a great option.

I use many themes on my forum at the same time but i edited the template files of each one of them to what i wanted.

Using default theme is the best especially if you are going to install mods.
But if you like custom themes, i cant stop you but you will not find it easy

O.k but can you help me on the customization to make it feel different from the public default.
i like the way you customize .com, like removing the smf logo.

i can do that for you but we have to talk about it somewhere else. contact me on @yahoo.com. (messenger)

Maybe we should talk about it here, alot of newbies in forum business find it difficult placing ads in their forums. Maybe we should talk about it.

That is unacceptable by me. I have had some issues about teachings and link postings with the management of this forum. I have decided go follow their rules and play the games the way the want it.
If you want us to discuss anything , you can reach me through the messenger or yoiu can search for my username in google.
It will surely get you to me.

with the management and Board of trustess, rotfl! no be small something. ma man is playing it safe now. its necessary sha.

It is called being humble, as a lot of us has been banned and unbanned so many times, the truth is if you have passed through such ordeal, you will become humble and play from the books.

ya i know that and i dont think anyone has been hit as much as Sam, well erm. . . maybe sienna.
playing by the books dont really work here, its better not to play at all

Dual Core:

ya i know that and i dont think anyone has been hit as much as Sam, well erm. . . maybe sienna.
playing by the books dont really work here, its better not to play at all

ahahaha, who said i was hit , by what, we disagreed now and then bu i guess he has a clear way of how he wants his forum to be used. So what did i do?
I released the anger on smf community. Now i am fine.

ya u're fine, lol

I am with you sam milla, so what are you saying about the customization of the board and how i can always auto place the latest post update to the bar.

You need a lot of work to do naija,,   it took me one year plus to get this far and i am still learning.
So i suggest you state clearly , one by one, what you want exactly. then we work on it

thanks very muck sam milla, u ve been a great mentor, i hope with time and focus we will get fully there like nairaland and otthers

I think he was asking how he could display new posts on the index.php of his forum. I could say it involves creating a column and writing a script for it. Then you dont have to worry much. I think i have seen a theme somewhere that looks like what you are asking for. I will look for it.

mavtrevor3:

I think he was asking how he could display new posts on the index.php of his forum. I could say it involves creating a column and writing a script for it. Then you dont have to worry much. I think i have seen a theme somewhere that looks like what you are asking for. I will look for it.

Admin > Configuration > Current Theme > Number of recent posts to display on board index:

Please help this is the error i got while trying to retrieve post after the upgrade to smf 1.1.9 from smf 1.1.5

Unknown column 'a.file_hash' in 'field list'
File: /home/naijavoi/public_html/Sources/Display.php
Line: 711

Note: It appears that your database may require an upgrade. Your forum's files are currently at version SMF 1.1.9, while your database is at version 1.1.5. The above error might possibly go away if you execute the latest version of upgrade.php.

please do anybody know how i can fix the problem?

how did u upgrade? did u download 1.1.9 files and upload to ur site or u used the upgrade feature on ur admin CP?
i ask cuz if u used the update feature on ur admin CP, that shoulda taken care of a smooth upgrade.

i make use of the upgrade button on my control panel.

Well. . .i am learning. . .

a.file_hash is a new file created for 1.1.9 version only.

what you have to do is to download UpdateDatabase.php file , install it on the root directory and run it on your browser once.  www.yourforum.com/updatedatabase.php.

it will show blank page but dont worry, it will do its work,

remove the file after running the update.

Nice tutorial going on here. . . .i am more than impressed, i am jotting with my biro and paper sef!

I think with the solutions so far, your problem could be solved. @ dual core, thanks bro, i really appreciate your help so much in this forum.