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| Symon |
Highscore Arcade PortalThis guide will enable you to have an High Score Arcade Portal for the game you choose.An example of a finished product can be see on the index page of HOWTODOIT on the top left. Please remember to use the Editor account before making any template changes Second you must have all ready a template you can edit. If you have not done this please read HOWTODOIT Ok all that done you now goto Your admin panel --- 3. Styles --- Portal Settings You will now see a screen that looks like this 
If you do not already see a portal named ARCADESCORE then (if you do then IGNORE The Steps 1-5) 1.Click on the Blank box icon that looks like this 
Now you see a screen like this 
2.Add ARCADESCORE to the name 3.And then what you want in the Title. 4. Click Create New Portal 5. Now goto admin panel --- 3. Styles --- Edit Templates/Logos -- the template you wish to edit (EG myff_howtodoit1)--- Submit Now look at the bottom in the area marked Choose Portal template File to Edit use the drop down bar and find[/b] cms_arcadescore.tpl Now copy this code into that file
6. Ok all that done you now goto Your admin panel --- 3. Styles --- Portal Settings Click on ARCADESCORE You will now see this screen. 
You now need to set this to how you like. Title = The name of the portal Published = Yes Anyone will see , No = only admins will see Show Title No Yes Select whether to show the title of this component Show only my forums scores no = will show the highscores for the all arcade members (depending on how many you set the count for) Yes = show scores for your forums members only. Game name = The code name for the game. Count = How many players to show Now Where To Add It Most likely you would add this to cms_index_body.tpl Goto admin panel --- 3. Styles --- Edit Templates/Logos -- the template you wish to edit (EG myff_howtodoit1)--- Submit Now look at the bottom in the area marked Choose Portal template File to Edit use the drop down bar and find[/b] cms_index.tpl And place this code where you want it to appear.
So it may look like this
You can even set it up to appear on a special web page like below. http://funnyworld.myfreeforum.org/arcadescores.html By adding more than one portal. The following guide is for those that wish to add more than one portal. 1. Ok all that done you now goto Your admin panel --- 3. Styles --- Portal Settings Click on ARCADESCORE Ok now change the name from ARCADESCORE to ARCADESCORE1 And then click on Create New Portal Now change the settings to your new game following the steps above eg change game name form donkey kong to invaders. Repeat the steps above for how many new portals you want. To place them on your site use the following code
To place in a webpage is very simple 1. Goto admin panel -- 6. Web Pages -- Edit Web Pages Now click on Web Page in the top left hand corner Enter the details if you are not sure what to put then please read http://howtodoit.myfreeforum.org/...component=content&topicid=651 Now click on source And enter
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