I just joined these forums in search for help for my site. And well, I love the site's generosity. I need some answers for a few of my simple questions.

First might be a bit complex, but easy for Vbulletin veterans. How do I properly add a skin with User CP options and buttons and everything?
When I try adding a new skin, it barely has anything at all.

Second is a bit simpler, How do I add custom smilies and such like you have on this site? They look great, but when I try and add a certain smilie, it gives me an error. Wrong file path.. along the lines of that.

Third is very simple, I just started with Vbulletin and I don't want people with really long signatures and such. How do I put restrictions on signatures and avatars?

Fourth might be hard.. How do I add a shout/chatbox to the top of my forums?

Fifth, I've seen a few forums with custom buttons on their skin. Like I saw a forum with Basketballs as the buttons on the left (New post alert, etc), and the original was like a vortex. How do I do that?

Sixth and last question, How do I add mods and things? My friend saw a site that had things like a Thank You button for Vbulletin where you click and it has a list of people that said Thank you instead of adding to their post count by saying thank you. I want to add lots of things like that. Also, is rep a modification like that because I don't have a rep bar or anything on my site. So telling me how to add that would be awesome.


Thank you so much if you can answer any of my questions.

Cheers,

Ichi

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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
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Well no generosity here :P

So since I am pretending to be a vbulletin expert here we go.

1) Make sure you upload the images the the specified location (Normally obtained in a text file/readme) OR you can upload it where you want but you must change the style vars in the style manager. Then once you have uploaded the images, you must import the XML file through the Admin Control Panel (ACP or AdminCP).

2) The same way. Upload anywhere you want, but then you must go into the ACP to the Smilie Manager, and choose the directory you added them too.

3) This is a usergroup permission. I would become quite familiar with the vBulletin Options, Forum Options, and Usergroup Options

4) You can download any from vBulletin.org Forum - The Official vBulletin Resource!, . Its really all based on how you want it to be seen. You would add it the same way as most products. First upload files as directed (location and what not), then go to the Product Manager and click on Import Product

5) Easiest way is to upload them under the same name as the previous one, so you do not have to edit the templates

6) See answer #4

Best wishes

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