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You could always use a free punbb host like http://www.punbb-hosting.com/ - its all setup for ya, just choose a name basically

Well I'm still only learning PHP myself so if you think you may be able to help feel free to add me to MSN It should be listed in my profile.

Elbekko has actually already written an extension for linking to categories for Flux 1.3 Beta. I tried using it on PunBB 1.3.1 but the index page gave me undefined index/eval() errors. The below is a slightly modified version of Elbekko's extension (only the eval'd code removed). To install:

1. In your /extensions folder create a folder named: category_view

2. Copy the following code into Notepad and Save As manifest.xml in your category_view folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<extension engine="1.0">
    <id>category_view</id>
    <title>Category View</title>
    <version>0.3</version>
    <description>Allows you to link to one or more categories</description>
    <author>El Bekko</author>
    <minversion>1.3 Beta</minversion>
    <maxtestedon>1.3 Beta</maxtestedon>
    
    <hooks>
        <hook id="in_qr_get_cats_and_forums">
            <![CDATA[
                if(isset($_GET['cat']))
                {
                    $cats = explode(',', $_GET['cat']);
                    $scats = array();
                    
                    foreach($cats as $cat)
                        if(round($cat))
                            $scats[] = round($cat);
                    
                    $query['WHERE'] = '('.$query['WHERE'].') AND c.id IN('.implode(',', $scats).')';
                }
            ]]>
        </hook>
    </hooks>
</extension>

To view a specific category the link would be for example:

http://www.mydomain.com/forum/index.php?cat=1

All credit goes to Elbekko. The original extension can be found here This is a working version of the extension. The one I was thinking of porting from 1.2 to 1.3 was originally written by Gizzmo I think, it allowed you to hide categories on the index page which you could then link to from your main menu. Was excellent if your forum homepage was getting a little cluttered and some categories were treated more like archives than actual forums I'll send Gizzmo a PM this weekend and see if he plans to port it himself first.

You need a webhost who offer PHP support and access to at least one database such as Mysql. Most shared hosting solutions offer this for about $20 a year.

When you have a webhost sorted download the lastest version of punbb and upload the contents to your webspace. When ya get that done you'll probably need assistance setting up your database (if the host wont do it for you) so just post again and someone can help ya out

I was going to ask the exact same question, when making a narrow skin I found drop downs and input boxes would always overflow.

I just added the following to my CSS:

#brd-postedit #fld1,
#brd-postedit #fld2,
#brd-postedit div.longtext #fld3,
#brd-post #fld1,
#brd-post #fld2,
#brd-post div.longtext #fld3 { width:90%; }

It seemed to do the trick in IE6/FF3 for users and guests making posts though obviously doesn't account for other pages that may have input fields.

Anyone from the devteam care to explain why input boxes have size="80" hardcoded into pages such as post.php and edit.php? Not questioning your judgement, just found it odd that everything else is done through CSS but not input fields/dropdowns.

This was possible using a mod on PunBB 1.2 that I have lying around on my PC somewhere I'm sure. I should have time to port it this weekend as I'm actually needing it myself before upgrading one of my larger forums to 1.3

Many thanks for the bugs. I hadn't considered people using Captcha and found that it wasn't displaying at all I've updated the download link in the first post with a fix for this and error messages not displaying. It was my intention not to show Timezone and DST as they can be altered through a users profile and this extension is to simplifiy the pages

If anyone prefers to manually edit the simple.css file please see the following changes:

Open: extensions/simple_css/simple.css

Find: Lines 17-25

/* Registration Page
--------------------------------------------------------------*/

#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set5,
#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set6,
#brd-register #brd-main #brd-crumbs-end,
#brd-register #brd-main .ct-box {
    display:none;
    }

Change to:

/* Registration Page
--------------------------------------------------------------*/

#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set5 div.select,
#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set6,
#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set7,
#brd-register #brd-main #brd-crumbs-end,
#brd-register #brd-main .info-box {
    display:none;
    }

As soon as I get write access to the SVN/Repos I'll use it, till then I'll continue to post any bug fixes here. Thanks again teva, if you want Timezone and DST you should just have to remove the following lines from your simple.css file:

#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set5 div.select,
#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set6,
#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set7,

That would have only taken about 20 seconds to do though I created the style just so I could play with the 1.3 stylesheets a little; didn't originally intend for it to be released but noticed a lack of styles available for 1.3 and thought I would throw it out there.

I've PM'ed Anatoly so will get styles added to the Repository as soon as I have write access

Bug Fixes - Style Updated

Download (v1.1)

If you prefer to manually update the skin heres the code fixes:

Open: style/A_Punbb_Xmas/A_Punbb_Xmas.css

Changeset 1

Find Line 1940

#brd-index #brd-main .main-category .redirect div.item-subject {border-left-width:0; width:700px;}

Change to:

#brd-index #brd-main .main-category .redirect div.item-subject {border-left-width:0; width:auto;}

Changeset 2

Add To Bottom Of File

/* Post / Edit
---------------------------------------------------------------*/

#brd-postedit #fld1,
#brd-postedit #fld2,
#brd-postedit div.longtext #fld3,
#brd-post #fld1,
#brd-post #fld2,
#brd-post div.longtext #fld3 {width:90%;}

#brd-postedit  .main-head,
#brd-postedit #brd-crumbs-end,
#brd-postedit #brd-about,
#brd-post .main-head,
#brd-post #brd-main #brd-crumbs-end,
#brd-post #brd-about {display:none;}

The first changeset fixes "redirect" forums on the Index page from stretching in Internet Explorer.

The second changeset (additional code) prevents input fields on the Post and Edit pages from breaking out of the div. It also hides the breadcrumb trail found at the bottom of the page, consistent with the rest of the design.

If anyone has found any other bugs please let me know We never got our blizzard as promised, and all the snow we had yesterday has melted already

Thanks garciat If anyones interested you can use the below code (instead of my originally posted code) if you prefer not to display the information messages...

/* Registration Page
--------------------------------------------------------------*/

#brd-register #brd-head,
#brd-register #brd-navlinks,
#brd-register #brd-visit,
#brd-register #brd-main .main-head,
#brd-register #brd-main #brd-crumbs-top,
#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set5,
#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm #afocus .frm-group .set6,
#brd-register #brd-main #brd-crumbs-end,
#brd-register #brd-about,
#querytime,
#brd-register #brd-main .ct-box {display:none;}

#brd-register #brd-main .main-frm {
    margin:100px auto 0px auto;
    width:600px;
}

.brd #brd-register .frm-buttons {
    border-width:0;
    }

/* Login Page
--------------------------------------------------------------*/

#brd-login #brd-head,
#brd-login #brd-navlinks,
#brd-login #brd-visit,
#brd-login #brd-main .main-head,
#brd-login #brd-main #brd-crumbs-top,
#brd-login #brd-main #brd-crumbs-end,
#brd-login #brd-about,
.brd #brd-login .content-head .hn {display:none;}

#brd-login #brd-main .main-frm {
    margin:100px auto 0px auto;
    width:600px;
}

#brd-login #brd-main .main-frm div.content-head {
    padding:10px;
    border-width:0;
    }

.brd #brd-login .frm-buttons {
    border-width:0;
}

I'm not a fan of the messages myself, especially on the registration page. The text just seems a little long, though I suppose I could always shorten it through the language file

Login without messages preview:

Register without messages preview:

Cheers