Matt of the Forum

Hi Matt,

Web1 here I use your fantastic forum and have got loads of useful info there so thanks for that.

Im setting up a forum at the moment to go with a site Im creating.

Im a bit stuck though, I have chosen ez board gold as have you but it seems to come as a standard template and I really want to personalise it and add affily links etc.

The site is going to be football orientated so needs to be personalised in that way.

I am a bit clueless when it comes to these things and have read the help stuff but its a little beyond me.

I wondered if you had time if you could give me a few pointers having done this to your own board.

If its ok to pick your brains a little could you e mail me at

toptipster@winning.com and give me some advice pleasse.

Thanks in advance and it goes without saying if you need any help from me on anything then give me a shout also.

Hi Web1.

Well its quite simple.

Ezboard allow you customise colours etc... a couple of years a go I chose this blue. and I suppose its stuck!

The control panel is quite easy to use... go to 'My community' and choose custom colours. they have done quite a bit of work to make this easy now.

You also need to create custom headers and footers. These are displayed on every page. Use dreamweaver or frontpage and then simply cut and paste the html - make sure you use the external links for images though i.e www.yoursite.com/image.gif

If you need any in depth advice, you can email me - addy at bottom of page.

Cheers,
Matt