1.01 Creating an act= page

An act page is similar to a new page on a website, it allows you to create a new page on your forum. Your page will work with your layout, placing the content of the new page where your forums are located. The URL will look similar to this: www.forum.com/index.php?act=yourpage

First - you go into your ftp, into the sources folder and create a new PHP page. Programs such as Notepad++ are amazing to write code in. You will name the page whatever you want your page to be named yourpage.php

Second - you will add the following code to the page and save it. Any yourpage areas, you will need to change to the title of your page (without the php ending). There are 5 yourpage in this section.
<?php $idx = new yourpage; class yourpage { var $output = ""; var $page_title = ""; var $nav = array(); var $html = ""; function yourpage() { global $ibforums, $DB, $std, $print; $ibforums->lang = $std->load_words($ibforums->lang, 'lang_yourpage', $ibforums->lang_id ); $this->html = $std->load_template('skin_yourpage'); $this->base_url = $ibforums->base_url; $this->output = $this->html->test(); $print->add_output("$this->output"); $print->do_output( array( 'TITLE' => $ibforums->lang['page_title'], 'JS' => 0, NAV => array( $ibforums->lang['page_title'] ) ) ); } } ?>

Third - Upload the file to your FTP sources folder.

Fourth - Create a new file called skin_yourpage.php (remember to name it what you want to page to be) Add this code to the file. Change any yourpage to what you want the page to be.
<?php class skin_yourpage { function test() { global $ibforums; return <<<EOF test EOF; } } ?>

Fifth - Upload the file to each of your s* (* = 1, 2) folders which are located in the skin folder.

Sixth - The last file is lang_yourpage.html. Enter this code.
<?php $lang = array( 'page_title' => "Whatever you want the page title to be. CHANGE THIS.", ); ?>

Seventh - Upload that file to lang/en folder.

Eighth - Open your index.php page. Find:
'module' => 'modules',

Add Below

We are now done. Your page should appear www.forums/index.php?act=yourpage

You will have to add content in skin_yourpage.php file, where it says test.