I've tried everything to get my own rank stars right but it wont work. I have this own forum and I want to have my own rank stars just like aragorns and the others. But it wont work! I've used this guide, but when I do that it doesnt show my own image but this one: *
Have your own images you want to use instead of the ones listed on the starfile page? To change those icons, you will need to use the "Image Swapper". Here's how:
Step 1: First, create all the membergroups that you intend on having and assign them icons from THIS PAGE. (It doesn't matter which one you use as they are going to be swapped out with your new ones.) Write the filenames down that you gave to your membergroups. To create your membergroups go to:
Admin CP > Membergroups > Add Group.
Give your membergroup a name, Insert the post count number a member has to reach in order to achieve this rank, choose a star file name from the list, select the boards that will be visible to this group, and click save
Step 2:Upload the images you are wanting to use to an image hosting site such as photobucket.
Step 3: Open this link in a seperate window:
http://www.codejs.com/codes/javascript/ImageSwapSMF.htmlStep 4: Depending on how many rank images you are wanting to change, click on the button labeled "Add New Field". This allows you to create the code for several images at once. (one image per input box).
Step 5: In the fields labeled "Old Image", this is where you will insert the url to each of the images you currently have assigned to your membergroups. When you wrote them down, all you have is a filename but you need the entire url to those files. Here is the url:
http://www.smfboards.com/ranks/1staraqua.gifSimply change the end filename (i.e. 1staraqua.gif) with the filename you have wrote down. Insert this url and add the appropriate name at the end for EACH membergroup.
Step 6: In the fields labeled "New Image", insert the urls to your new images.
Step 7: Click "Get Code".
Step 8: On your forum, go to Admin CP > Manage Styles > Edit Headers/Footers. Highlight and copy the entire code you generated on the Image Swapper. Paste this entire code in your FOOTERS section and click "SAVE". Refresh your browser. Go back to Admin CP > Membergroups and you should see your new images there, as well as on member posts.