frustrated trying to customize: links, ads, pages- help

[Ellebelle1]

I am not a web designer by any means. Everything has gone perfect until I started trying to modify my site. I want to add links to other sites, including my own, and I just can't seem to do it. I also want to add additional pages on top and advertisements. All the mods I added don't seem to allow me to make customizations. For example, I added ad management and simple portal, and nothing I add shows up on my site. I am so frustrated, I wish I had a web designer. My theme is classic red.

[Illori]

what version of smf are you using? in 1.1.1* you need to apply mods manually to custom themes which seems to be your issue. this link will explain some of it Manual Installation of Mods, you will only need to apply the changes that are to the theme files manually. once 2.0 goes gold it has a feature to _attempt_ to install mods on custom themes, but due to them being custom means they may not be applied correctly or possible to be applied at all.

[sAce]

Welcome to SMCF Ellebelle 1,

Could you please provide some more information about your setup ?

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