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Hey,

For this you can simply comment out the login logout and register buttons from the template. However I'm not 100% sure what you mean when you refer to 'Account Info', maybe you can elaborate on that one?

Using 'Default' theme as an example, you would open the spHead.php template -

sp-resources > forum-themes > default > templates > spHead.php

Simply locate the function calls to the buttons you want to remove, so find:

sp_LogInOutButton('tagClass=spButton spRight', __sp('Log In'), __sp('Log Out'), __sp('Log in and log out'));
 sp_RegisterButton('tagClass=spButton spRight', __sp('Register'), __sp('Register'));

And comment it out so it should look like:

/*sp_LogInOutButton('tagClass=spButton spRight', __sp('Log In'), __sp('Log Out'), __sp('Log in and log out'));
    sp_RegisterButton('tagClass=spButton spRight', __sp('Register'), __sp('Register'));*/

Remember you can do this for any template function you want to remove, and commenting is a far better method than deleting, as it allows you to easily put the function back in should you want to at a later date.

As always we recommend making a custom or child theme to preserve the changes you've made.

Hope this helps!

Excellent! good to hear!

Hey Jean, I will go through them one at a time in the same order for you..

You can change the icon for your forum group (or even forum icon) by going to your admin panel - then Forum > Forums > Custom Icons. You can browse for your custom icons here, and then enable them from the drop down box when editing a group or forum in 'Manage Groups and Forums'.

When you create a pinned topic, it adds the class of .spPinnedTopic to the topic section. You might not already have this class in your stylesheet, but you can certainly make use of it for something like background or even font colour. Just make a new element in your style sheet i.e

#spMainContainer .spForumTopicSection.spEven.spPinnedTopic,
#spMainContainer .spForumTopicSection.spOdd.spPinnedTopic {
    background: red;
}

and

#spMainContainer .spForumTopicSection.spEven.spPinnedTopic:hover,
#spMainContainer .spForumTopicSection.spOdd.spPinnedTopic:hover {
    background: red;
}

Depending on what theme you are using dictates how you would go about removing the stats section. I will use Default theme as an example as it looks like that is what you are running. Open your theme folder and go to default > templates > spFoot.php. If you scroll down until you find the 'start the stats section' message, you can comment the whole thing out using /* before the text and */ after.

You can put these tags before the first section start such as: /* sp_SectionStart('tagClass=spStatsSection', 'stats'); and you can finish by putting */ when that section closes i.e sp_SectionEnd('tagClass=spClear', 'stats'); */

 I'm not too sure what you mean when you are referring to the list of tags. If you create a topic and add a title, it gives you the option of 'Get Suggested Tags From'.. One of the options is 'Local Tags'.. Is this what you were looking for?

Have you read the Codex article on featured topics and posts? Definitely a good place to start if not..

Yes you can have the tags show all the time without the need to use the 'tags' button.. You will need to go to your theme, open forum-themes > default > templates > spForumView.php

First find the tags function line which is:

if (function_exists('sp_TopicIndexTagsList')) sp_TopicIndexTagsList('tagClass=spTopicTagsList spButton spLeft', __sp('Tags'), __sp('Show the tags for this topic'));

All you need to do is add the collapse argument which defaults to 1 (true), but you want '&collapse=0'

It will then appear

if (function_exists('sp_TopicIndexTagsList')) sp_TopicIndexTagsList('tagClass=spTopicTagsList spButton spLeft&collapse=0', __sp('Tags'), __sp('Show the tags for this topic'));

I think I covered everything!

(1) The icon you are referring to can be changed in the themes images folder. See spTopicIcon.png, spTopicIconLocked.png and spTopicIconPosts.png

(2) I haven't ever actually used the featured topics plugin believe it or not! The Codex page does go on to describe in detail exactly how to set it up however, using for example 'sp_FeaturedTopicsTag();' which it mentions - you can place directly into a theme template such as spGroupView.php wherever you like. As standard it isn't included in the template, because as far as I can see it's pretty flexible.

If you wanted it under the groups, you could add it after the recent posts list in spGroupView.php before the foot is called at the end.

I would suggest giving it a try, and if you get stuck just shout and either someone with more experience with the plugin can jump in, or I can go through the motions of setting it up myself locally, and advise.

(3) Sorry, the stylesheet for default would be forum-themes > default > styles > default.php

(4) I'm not sure about the tags question here. I certainly don't think its possible currently to 'force' specific tags. Will wait for Mr Papa to take a look and offer his opinion on this one..