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ok, so just installed my VB board, and was playing around with it, and now i think its Broken! Have a couple of problems.

Firstly my smilies dont show for some of my usergroups, it shows for admin. Could anyone tell me where in VB would you go to find Smiley management?

Also i think i might have killed the "PM_STATUS" (the Welcome, aeroguy. PMs: 0 Unread, Total 0. ). This doesnt show for any of my usergroups or admin. Any idea where i can turn this on again?

Finally, i find it quite annoying that when i click on a thread i am taken to the last post, how to change it, to make it go to the first instead.

Thank you

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Short, focused checklist that builds on ’s reply and fills the diagnostic gaps for .

Smilies not showing only for some groups — common causes are usergroup permission flags, personal profile options, the global smilies/posting settings, or broken image paths in the active imageset. Verify the usergroup permission set (permissions inheritance can mask a Yes/No), confirm the global “allow smilies” options are enabled, and confirm each user’s “show smilies” preference. Also inspect the HTML source for a missing/broken <img> URL (smilies typically live under the board’s images/imageset paths), and confirm file permissions so the webserver can read them. If templates or stylevars were edited, clear the template/style cache or compare the changed template against the default. (usermanual.wiki)

PM status line missing — first check that the private-messaging subsystem is enabled in the global Options (if PMs are turned off there will be no counts to show). If PMs are enabled, the other likely cause is an edited/removed header/memberinfo template that used to output the PM snippet; restoring or reverting that template (or using a backed-up copy) will usually restore the PM_STATUS line. Also confirm session/login is working (if session vars aren’t populated the header won’t show user-specific info). (usermanual.wiki)

Thread-title jump behavior — ’s template hint is correct: the forumdisplay/threadbit template controls whether the title link points at the thread start or the “goto=newpost/lastpost” URL. For a permanent change, edit the threadbit template in the style editor (back up first) so the thread title links to the thread id only; test on a duplicate style before saving to production. Template edits are the safest place to make this change rather than hacking core code. (daniweb.com)

Essential cautions: always export or copy any template before editing, test template changes on a dev style or staging copy, and purge the template/style cache after saving. If any step is unclear, restoring the affected template to the default is a reliable fallback.

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Hi aeroguy! Welcome to DaniWeb. While we can help you with a lot of the simpler things, you might be better off going straight to vbulletin.com for assistance. Basically, if you go into the vBulletin Admin Control Panel, there should be a heading in the left frame entitled Smilies. You can edit the location of Smilies on the server hdd via the Smilie Manager.

Use the Style Manager and click on the Edit Templates in the drop down menu next to the style you are using. There should be an option to revert templates which you've edited back to their default.

To change what happens when you click on a thread title, you'll want to edit the threadbit template.

Replace

<if condition="$show['gotonewpost']">
	<strong><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]$thread[highlight]" id="thread_title_$thread[realthreadid]">$thread[threadtitle]</a></strong>
   <else />
	<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]$thread[highlight]" id="thread_title_$thread[realthreadid]">$thread[threadtitle]</a>
   </if>

with

<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]$thread[highlight]" id="thread_title_$thread[realthreadid]">$thread[threadtitle]</a>
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