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Thank you.

Ok thanks.

In the link you posted, that website is using the plugin “Gallery Carousel Without JetPack” to make that cool gallery effect with the black background. I use it for my website and it works great.

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/carousel-without-jetpack/

Thank you. Yes, it’s repetitive with how large my site is, but your advice lets me to do exactly what I want.

I appreciate it.

I figured it out. To anyone who wants all members (including admin) to go directly to the homepage after logging in instead of going to the profile page/backend, add this directly behind your current login link: ?redirect_to=/

Would we put this code in the plugin itself or the function section of our theme?

Did you play with the Auto Excerpt Everywhere settings?

I guess you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs…
It’s not possible to please everyone, especially when it comes to business.

I was searching for a forum earlier this year for my site that played well with WordPress; preferably integrating with it seamlessly.

I tried Mingle forum at first. It was ok. If all you need is the barebones, Mingle will do. I decided I was looking for something more robust. After doing a lot of research, it came down to VBulletin or Simple Press.

VBulletin is considered the most comprehensive forum software around. A license will cost you over $100 though, and it doesn’t integrate into WordPress seamlessly.

On the other hand, the Simple Press forum software is free, though you have to pay either $39 for two months or $99 for 12 months to view and write in the support forum, and download the various plugins.

For me, Simple Press won out because I only had to invest $39 for help and the plugins as opposed to over $100 for VBulletin and more importantly Simple Press will integrate into WordPress perfectly. In addition Simple Press has a lot of bells and whistles I was looking for.

If you only need barebones, go for Mingle. If you need or want a more robust forum experience, I’d go with Simple Press. In my opinion it is worth the minimum $39 you put into it. I’ve received outstanding support. My inital questions get answered within 2 hours.

They are now offering a demo experience for those on the fence: https://demo.simple-press.com/

Nevermind. I installed the A5 Custom Login Page plugin. It has great customizations and it doesn’t cause any issues for my website.

Here is another picture. Why is that blue in the background from my custom login pic bleeding into my forum page?

Hello. Thanks for replying. I can post a pic. Here is the problem

If you can see the different shades of blue on the background there; that’s not supposed to be there. Actually those colors are from my background picture for my login screen! How’d that get there?

It seems the colors from that website page are the bottom part of the picture I used for my login background. Is there a certain size that a background pic is supposed to be for your login plugin? I tried smaller pics. But some were too small and left a white screen, which transferred over to another page on my website.

What am I missing here?

jnnydnti, login into your account. Access your dashboard. Make sure the Adventure theme is activated. On the left hand side of the screen let your mouse cursor hover the appearance section. A small second window will pop out. Select theme options. Scroll down to custom header height. Here is where you can change the height of the header. The width can’t be changed though.

This theme option section is also where you can insert your own custom logo image.

It’s is a great theme. Hope this helps.

Dancer, I use the simple local avatars plugin. This will allow your users to upload their own avatar in the profile page, and it’ll show up on mingle forums when they post.

I don’t have an answer for your second question though.

I found another theme that suits my needs.