Can someone tell me if version 4.0 includes a blog template? I own version 3.7 but am relaunching my website with a new blog and I'm wondering if I should switch my blog to ActiveForum. I'd be happy to pay the upgrade fee if I could get a fancy blog template with the upgrade. Are there any other sources of templates for ActiveForums (free or paid)?

Hi Krista,
The blog templates are included with Active Forums 4.x. They actually will only work with 4.0 or higher.

Thanks,
Will

I don't see a blog template. I had upgraded to Express from the free version and wasn't seeing any new templates so I removed the packages (Forums were empty as it's not in production yet) and reinstalled. I still don't see any different templates. Where can I find the blog template?

Nevermind. I found the text files and created them.

I'm having trouble finding the blog templates in Active Forums 4.1.14.0 as well. I'd like to create a blog similar to Will's Blog at http://www.activemodules.com/Commun...ault.aspx.

Are the Forum View, Topics View and Topic View template used to create Will's Blog publicly available? I can't find them in my installation (screencap here: http://screencast.com/t/dUviNdtu1wi).

Thanks for any help!

Eric

Found the answer in this thread in case others have the same problem:

http://www.activemodules.com/Commun...fault.aspx

Will, on my install of Active Forums Express 04.01.07 on DNN 05.00.01, I can't seem to be able to "find" the built-in Blog "views" or templates.

Let me clarify:
1. I can physically locate the .txt files in Resources > Config > Templates, both locally on my machine and on the DNN portal, called
A) BlogList.txt
B) BlogsView.txt
C) BlogView.txt

2. When logged into DNN site as HOST, then heading into the AF Admin Control Panel, these do not show up in the the available list of options, and I am unsure how to add them in under Templates.

Can you provide specific instructions for how to get these built-in templates working/installed.

I've been reading the forums and I have read both the general Admin manual and the Advanced skinning manual, but I'm hard pressed to find detailed instructions on how to get these working.

If I do get these working, I'm golden! :-)

Can you help?

Seems like the blog templates are missing from the default config file? Is this possibly the cause for them not being "there" upon a first installation?

Here's the code from defaultsetup.config