Monday, August 29, 2011

How to change Logo, footer and copyright information in vBulletin

From the vBulletin admin panel you can easily change header logo, footer and copyright information.

Change Logo in vBulletin
1. Upload your logo to the images directory in the server where you installed vBulletin.

2. Go to admin panel and under Styles & Templates click on Style Manager. Select style name and then StyleVars and click Go.

3. You will find All Variables in the drop-down menu. Type ImagePaths in the search box. Under Images Paths you will see titleimage. Click on titleimage.

4. In the url field type your relative url and save it.

5. Refresh browser from user end to change the logo change effect.

Change footer and Copyright information in vBulletin
1. Login to vBulletin admin panel.

2. On the left sidebar menu search for Languages & Phrases tab (CTRL+F in your browser). Under this menu click on "Search in Phrases". You will see search box for phrases on the right side. In the Search for Text field type "powered by" and click Find or press Enter key.

3. You will notice several key phrases like powered_by_vbulletin, vbulletin_copyright and x_powered_by_vbulletin. Edit powered_by_vbulletin and add your text. By doing this you can change the footer text from user end. Edit x_powered_by_vbulletin and add your text. By doing this you can change footer from admin panel.

4. Edit and save the changes and you are done.