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Chat room for SMF
I will show you how to create multiple chat rooms for your SMF installation. I've never been a big fan of the normal side block shoutbox. Instead, lets use the same shoutbox blocks but add them onto custom pages with a category to different rooms and who's in it.

Lets create 5 shout boxes, 5 custom PHP...




[WIP] Community Support Center
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Community Support Center for your SMF forum
Been working on this 'community support" window where your forum helpers can access unread replies from specific boards and/or categories as seen at simple machines forums.  It will have the ability to select membergroups permissions and of course the admin panel to input...




[NEWS] The web goes on strike!
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SOPA Strike
On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill - PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House - to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity. We need internet companies to follow Reddit's lead and stand up for the ...




[RANTS] Social Media Icons
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Free Social Media Icons
Designers love free icon sets. Having quality icons can help to make a site’s design look complete, and can also help with the usability of the site. Social media icons are some of the most commonly used icons, especially in blog design.

You can also use these on your SMF forum at the very ...




[TUT] Pretty CSS3 buttons
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Awesome looking CSS3 buttons
-Create flexible CSS3 buttons to your SMF forum using any portal available.
-Open a new HTML block, paste the code below and wolla!

-Download the image below and upload it to your 'image' folder in your server.
-Edit the code below with the full path to the image.

*...




[TUT] "Stitched" look.
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Let's get stitched! Endless possibilities.
 Possibilities are endless with theses cool looking "stitch" banners. They're hot, they're awesome looking.
Very simple to use. Create PHP  or HTML blocks and use in any way you want. Copy and paste the code below and wolla. Change the colors as you wish to match your SMF forum style...




Floating Social Media for SMF
Why do we need these social media Facebook, Twitter, Google +1, Digg, StumbleUpon buttons? Social media is a great way to drive more traffic to your sites. Get these buttons means that you will have a better chance to make your site become popular. In this tutorial I will show you the way to add float...




[VIDEO] How to install Modifications on SMF 2.0
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLFm82n5DzY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLFm82n5DzY</a>




From Norv .....
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Hello all,

Simple Machines Forum project has released SMF 1.1.15 and SMF 2.0.1 security patches for the SMF community. Critical security issues have been identified and fixed with this patch, therefore it is highly recommended to make sure you update your forums immediately.
 
Please find the changelog as usual, on the downloads page: http://download.simplemachines.org/

Please do not use this topic for support requests. You will get a
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[RANTS] bdc Wet Work
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bdc Wet Work
Lately i have been modifying themes from DzinerStudio.com to match my wordpress page.  So far so good.
I dont do integration between the two but this way is as close as it gets.

http://www.bluedevilcustoms.com/community/index.php/page,page2164.html




[WIP] Activity Stream for SMF 2.0
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Activity Stream for SMF 2.0
While browsing today some websites, i came across a forum of another platform that had quick links to user activities on every page. With the click of a link, the user can preview a list of latest posts, new threads, new profile comments, new pictures all in one page.<...




[MOD] Disqus powered comment box for SMF 2.0
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Disqus powered comment box
This mod installs a comment box powered by 'Disqus' on every topic, first post only. Perfect for those who wishes to use SMF as a blog in certain boards.

How to use:

1. Sign up an account at Disqus.com and get your forum 'short name' to use in admin.
2. Activate in admin: ...




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  Summer is over and now i have free time to continue creating SMF mods, tuts and rants. I'm working on a slew of tutorials and new mods such as "Activity Stream" for SMF 2.0, "Google search results" within SMF, and more. Stay tuned!






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Who writes this stuff?
bluedevil customs My name is Mick G., I am located in Illinois where I currently reside in Quincy. I have been using SMF since 2006. I've been tinkering with mods, custom themes, experimenting and loving it. I can help you understand, modify and use your Simple Machines Forum installation. I'm also a former Support Specialist & Customizer at SimpleMachinesForum.org

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