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Thanks again...
I am getting there slowly.. I am not a web designer just kind if thrown in as a web master for the site..
.. and I haven't done many changes on these forums for a long time as you can see... and CSS is all new to me as well

I have all the header templates down finally and removed the section 3 stuff from my config files.... now on to archives not all of my forums will be archived so that should be a little easier

thanks again for all your help

: Hi again.

: Have seen current configs via debug.

: One important comment in the first place, please.
: You're jumping 15 (!!) releases ahead from 5.12 - or the equivalent
: of 6 years work. Please do not assume any old stuff is still as
: it is, esp. not regarding configs.
: Promise is that ALL old data will still work with the new versions.
: But regarding configs, do NOT use any variable which isn't
: currently listed in the default webbbs_settings.pl file. Look up
: variables on variables board here:
: http://tetrabb.com/documentation/WebBBS/BasicConfigs.pl
: I'm trying my best to keep the variables board accurate.

: Now let's walk down step by step:

: (1) there are a lot of variables in section(3) which are not
: supported any more. Lookup the ArchiveOnly thing as well please.

: (2) ever since each forum dataset has its own search facility. Thus
: the corresponding configs apply to the search link and quicklink
: of the forum viewed. This has got nothing to do with the archive
: search.

: (3) The $archive_URL variable is a nice new feature, please read on
: variables board.

: (4) you may try to set $browsable_archive to '0'. However, the
: forum now focusses on making archives browsable - see details on
: variables board. If you want to link directly to the search form
: of an archive, please use the appropriate URL for the link.
: Linking to the forum without further specification will sooner
: or later lead to the browsable index. In order to stay future
: proof make the additional navbarlink to point directly to the
: searchform of the archive. However, you could use the
: $archive_URL to simplify the additional link in section(3).
:

: $Navbar_Links{'Search Archives'} = $archive_URL . '?md=search';

: That line could be copied to section(3) of all live forums without
: modification - simpler than manual edit.

: (4) one last thing:
: Forum is on full CSS. Thus all old variables defining colors and
: such are NOT working any more. I've seen some of these in
: section(3).

: Better you delete all unsupported stuff. Will help you maintaining
: the thing in future and will avoid confusion

: Other than that:
: Well done so far

: Enjoy!
: Rainer