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Forum
Settings
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Forum
Setup
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MS
SQL Server Version:
What version of MS SQL Server is
running.
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Gives
Platform Information on the server Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -
9.00.3042.00 (Intel X86) Feb 9 2007 22:47:07 Copyright (c)
1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation Standard Edition on Windows NT
5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)
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Time
Zone:
The time zone of the web server.
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A
drop-down box of the servers local time zone.
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Forum
Email:
The from address when sending emails to users.
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The
email address for the site (e.g. adminuser@yafhere.com)
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Require
Email Verification:
If unchecked users will not need to
verify their email address.
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A
check box to send an unverified user an email when registering.
This is coupled with the unverified user list on the admin
index page. (A bug in 1.9.1.6 and earlier may lead the admin to
attempt to go the the user page to verify users. This will
cause an index error.
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Show
Moved Topics:
If this is checked, topics that are moved
will leave behind a pointer to the new topic.
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This
leaves a trace for topics that move between forums.
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Links
in New Window:
If this is checked, links in messages
will open in a new window.
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Clicking
on hot links in messages will allow the user to stay logged in.
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Show
Groups:
Should the groups a user is part of be visible
on the posts page.
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Shows
a list of user groups that the user belongs to on the page.
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Show
Groups in profile:
Should the groups a user is part of
be visible on the users profile page.
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Shows
the groups you belong to on the page.
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Use
File Table:
Uploaded files will be saved in the database
instead of the file system.
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Stores
files in the data base for easier delete oe file system (default for cheaper storage).
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Show
RSS Links:
Enable or disable display of RSS links
throughout the forum.
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Allows
the use of news readers that use really simple syndication to
link to these sites.
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Show
Page Generated Time:
Enable or disable display of page
generation text at the bottom of the page.
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Gives
the last execution time of the page on the server. Good for
performance (e.g. This
page was generated in 0.070 seconds.)
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Show
Forum Jump Box:
Enable or disable display of the Forum
Jump Box throughout the forum.
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No
reason not to select this. it's the jump box to other forum sections.
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Display
Points System:
If checked, points for posting will be
displayed for each user.
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Depending
on the number of posts, the host may allow a ranking of points
for those who post more often. (e.g. 0-10 points = newbie)
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Remove
Nested Quotes:
Automatically remove nested quote tags
from replies.
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These
quote tags in messages can be doubled up and cause problems.
Check this.
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Show
Member Stats:
Show the total members statistics on the
front page.
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The
number of online users on the front page
(e.g.
There are 28 posts in 10 topics in 14 forums.
Last
post Today at 7:46:00 AM by xxx.
We
have 24 registered members.
The
newest member is yyy.}
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Poll
Votes Dependant on IP:
By default, poll voting is
tracked via username and client-side cookie. (One vote per
username. Cookies are used if guest voting is allowed.) If this
option is enabled, votes also use IP as a reference providing
the most security against voter fraud.
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Checks
to ensure that users can't log in to cheat from the same
computer.
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Max
File Size:
Maximum size of uploaded files. Leave empty
for no limit.
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Sets
the number of bytes that a file upload can have. (e.g. For
150,000 bytes (approx 150k) set this to 150000 ) No commas in
numbers.
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Smilies
Display Grid Size:
Number of smilies to show by
number of rows and columns.
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Smiles
and emoticons can be set up. Hint use a divisble numbers (24 = 6*4) of smiles
to keep them on one page.
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Posts
Per Page:
Number of posts to show per page.
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Example
20 posts per page
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Topics
Per Page:
Number of topics to show per page.
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Topics are shown in the active topics.
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Days
before posts are locked:
Number of days until posts are
locked and not possible to edit or delete. Set to 0 for no
limit.
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Posts
over a certain age can be locked (for archival) and may not be
deleted (except by admins and Mods)
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Post
Flood Delay:
Number of seconds before another post can
be entered. (Does not apply to admins or mods.)
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Slows down the spammers.
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Date
and time format from language file:
If this is checked,
the date and time format will use settings from the language
file. Otherwise the browser settings will be used.
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Converts date from local format to server format.
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Create
NNTP user names:
Check to allow users to automatically
be created when downloading usenet messages. Only enable this
in a test environment, and NEVER in a production
environment. The main purpose of this option is for performance
testing.
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Avoid this unless you know what it does. Allows you take usenet messages into the system.
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Forum
Ads
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2nd
post ad:
Place the code that you wish to be displayed in
each thread after the 1st post. If you do not want an ad to be
displayed, don't put anything in the box.
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Text here shows up as a sponser message in the topics.
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Show
ad from above to signed in users:
If checked, signed in
users will see ads.
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Turns on and off the sponsor message.
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Editing/Formatting
Settings
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Forum
Editor:
Select global editor type for your forum. To use
the HTML editors (FCK and FreeTextBox) the .bin file must be in
the \bin directory and the proper support files must be put in
\editors.
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There are a number of html editors that are handy.
Text Editor BBCode Editor FCK Editor v2 (HTML) FreeTextBox v2 (HTML)
FCK Editor v1.6 (HTML) Basic BBCode Editor FreeTextBox v3
(HTML) TinyMCE (HTML) Telerik RAD Editor (HTML)
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Accepted
HTML Tags:
Comma seperated list (no spaces) of HTML tags
that are allowed in posts using HTML editors.
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Any HTML tags you'll allow - Tables tags are useful.
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Permissions
Settings
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Allow
User Change Theme:
Should users be able to choose what
theme they want to use?
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This allows the user to change the color theme setting.
This can be a maintenance challenge, if you decide to revoke it.
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Allow
User Change Language:
Should users be able to choose
what language they want to use?
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Put Yes, if you want different languages.
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Allow
Private Messages:
Allow users to access and send private
messages.
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Turns on the PM function of the site for private message inbox.
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Allow
Private Message Notifications:
Allow users email
notifications when new private messages arrive.
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You can allow users to set on PM's to also send an email. I'd think hard about this.
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Allow
Email Sending:
Allow users to send emails to each other.
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Explanatory, but turn this off.
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Allow
Signatures:
Allow users to create signatures.
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Allows the users to customize the additional posting signature.
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Disable
New Registrations:
New users won't be able to register.
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Closes the site to new users.
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SMTP
Server Settings
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SMTP
Server:
To be able to send posts you need to enter the
name of a valid smtp server.
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Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) is used to send email. For most hosted sites, this is server is named smtp.yourdomain.com or localhost. Ask your hosting ISP.
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SMTP
User Name:
If you need to be authorized to send email.
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This is a mail account (which you need to set up) for the SMTP connection. Many ISP's set these in tandem with a POP3 user account.
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SMTP
Password:
If you need to be authorized to send email.
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The password for the account.
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Avatar
Settings
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Allow
remote avatars:
Can users use avatars from other
websites.
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Allows the user to access remote avatar pictures. An Avatar is an image of the user's persona.
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Allow
avatar uploading:
Can users upload avatars to their
profile.
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Allows user to upload an avatar image rather than pick one from a .pak.
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Avatar
Width:
Maximum width for avatars.
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In pixels.
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Avatar
Height:
Maximum height for avatars.
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in pixels.
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Avatar
Size:
Maximum size for avatars in bytes.
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Image size in bytes
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