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phpBB: A User Guide

You're reading from  phpBB: A User Guide

Product type Book
Published in Feb 2006
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781904811916
Pages 340 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
Stoyan STEFANOV Stoyan STEFANOV
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Stoyan STEFANOV
Jeremy Rogers Jeremy Rogers
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Jeremy Rogers
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Index

A

  • Administration Control Panel
    • Administration Control Paneloverview / Administration Panel Overview
    • Administration Control Panelgeneral administration / Configuration
    • Administration Control Panelword filter, creating / Time For Action—Creating a Word Filter
    • Administration Control Panelstyle, removing / Removing an Installed Style
    • Administration Control Panelstylesheet, editing / Editing the Stylesheet in the Admin Panel
    • Administration Control Paneltheme components, editing / Editing Other Theme Components
    • Administration Control Panellanguages / What Just Happened?
    • Administration Control Panelusergroups / Usergroups and Group Permissions
  • administrator
    • administratordatabase backup and restore / Database Backup and Restore, Second Look into Database Backups and Restore
    • administratorstyles, installing / Installing One Element at a Time
  • avatars
    • avatarsenabling / Avatars: Enabling and Configuring
    • avatarstypes / Avatars: Enabling and Configuring
    • avatarsconfiguring / Avatars: Enabling and Configuring
    • avatarsAdministration Panel / Avatars: Enabling and Configuring

C

  • communities
    • communitiesbulletin board system (BBS) / Online Communities
    • communitiesphpBB / Building the Community—The Tools
    • communitieskeenspot / Standard Sites with Different Templates
    • communitiesDogomania forums / Sites with Standard Style and Modified Features
  • config.php
    • config.phpchmod 664 / config.php

D

  • database, backup and restore
    • database, backup and restoreSQL database dump / Time For Action—Creating an SQL Database Dump
    • database, backup and restoremysqldump / Creating Backups with mysqldump
    • database, backup and restoremysql utility / Using the mysql Utility to Restore a Database
    • database, backup and restorecreating copy from SQL dump / Time For Action—Creating a Database Copy from a SQL Dump

F

  • forum
    • forummanagement / Forum Management
    • forumcreating / Creating New Forums and Categories
    • forumediting / Editing
    • forumdeleting / Deleting
    • forumdisplay order / Changing Display Order
    • forumelements, adding / Adding New Elements to Your Forum
    • forumlanguages, adding / Adding New Languages
    • forumlanguages, support / Making Your Board Multi-Lingual
    • forumpermissions / Permission Types and Permission Levels
    • forumprivate forum / Time For Action—Creating and Fine-Tuning a Private Forum
    • forumhidden forums / Group Permissions
    • forumflamewars / The Board’s Human Side: Flamewars and Banning

P

  • .pak files
    • .pak filescreating / Creating a .pak File, Time For Action—Creating a .pak File
  • permissions
    • permissionstypes / Permission Types and Permission Levels
    • permissionslevels / Permission Types and Permission Levels
    • permissionsAdvanced Mode / Simple and Advanced Mode of Setting Permissions
    • permissionssimple mode / Simple and Advanced Mode of Setting Permissions
    • permissionstype-to-level relationship / Simple and Advanced Mode of Setting Permissions
    • permissionsunderstanding / Understanding User Permissions
    • permissionsspecifying for individual forums / Understanding User Permissions
  • phpBB
    • phpBBabout / The Name
    • phpBBrequirements / The Environment, Requirements
    • phpBBadvantages / Why phpBB?
    • phpBBhistory / History
    • phpBBdevelopment / Development
    • phpBBsites, example / Example phpBB Sites, Standard Sites with Different Templates, Sites with Standard Style and Modified Features, GaiaOnline
    • phpBBlook and feel / A Standard phpBB Layout
    • phpBBdefault look / Overview
    • phpBBuser experience, administrator / Administrator Experience
    • phpBBMODs / MODs and Hacks
    • phpBBpermissions / Understanding Forum Permissions
  • phpBB customization
    • phpBB customizationusing CSS / Customizing through the Stylesheet
    • phpBB customizationthrough images / Customizing through Images
  • phpBB installation
    • phpBB installationpre-installation, process / Pre-Installation
    • phpBB installationenvironment, setting up for local computer / Time For Action—Setting Up the Environment on Your Local Computer
    • phpBB installationdatabase, setting up for local installation / Setting Up the Database for Local Installations
    • phpBB installationdatabase, setting up for remote installation / Setting Up the Database for Remote Installations
    • phpBB installationpre-installation, checklist / phpBB Pre-Installation Checklist
    • phpBB installationphpBB root / Installation
    • phpBB installationconfig.php / Installation
    • phpBB installationinstaller / Installation
    • phpBB installationinstaller data form, fields / Installation
    • phpBB installationtroubleshooting / Troubleshooting the Installation
    • phpBB installationpost-installation tasks / Post-Installation Tasks
    • phpBB installationpost-installation, basic configuration / Basic Configuration
    • phpBB installationpost-installation, administration panel / Time For Action—Initial Configuration Using the Administration Panel
    • phpBB installationadministration panel, general board settings / What Just Happened?
    • phpBB installationadministration panel, cookie settings / What Just Happened?
    • phpBB installationadministration panel, avatar settings / What Just Happened?
    • phpBB installationadministration panel, COPPA settings / What Just Happened?
    • phpBB installationadministration panel, email settings / What Just Happened?
    • phpBB installationsetting up the avatars directory / Setting Up the avatars Directory
    • phpBB installationsecurity tips / Security Tips
    • phpBB installationadministration panel, .htaccess protection / .htaccess Protection for the Administration Panel
  • phpBB modification
    • phpBB modificationabout / phpBB Modification
    • phpBB modificationinstalling / Installing a Modification
    • phpBB modificationinstalling after download / Installing a Downloaded Modification
    • phpBB modificationactions / Installing a Downloaded Modification, The Last Action
    • phpBB modificationCopy action / The Copy Action
    • phpBB modificationSQL action / The SQL Action and Editing the Database
    • phpBB modificationOpen action / The Open Action
    • phpBB modificationFind action / The Find Action
    • phpBB modificationAdd actions / The Addition Actions
    • phpBB modificationIn-line actions / The In-Line Actions
    • phpBB modificationtemplate issues / The Trouble with Templates
    • phpBB modificationuninstalling / Uninstalling Modifications
    • phpBB modificationexamples / Example Modifications
  • phpBB styles
    • phpBB stylesstyle elements / Style Elements
    • phpBB stylestemplate element / Style Elements
    • phpBB stylestheme element / Style Elements
    • phpBB stylesimage set element / Style Elements
    • phpBB stylesstoring styles / Style Storage
    • phpBB stylesediting phpBB files / Editing phpBB Files
    • phpBB stylesinstalling / Installing a New Style
    • phpBB stylescreating / Time For Action—Creating a Copy Style, Create or Customize
    • phpBB stylesinstalling, element-by-element / Installing One Element at a Time
    • phpBB stylesremoving / Removing an Installed Style
    • phpBB stylescustomizing / Create or Customize
  • posting
    • postingstarting a new topic / Starting a New Topic
    • postingformatting / Formatting a Posting
    • postingediting / Editing a Posting

S

  • smilies
    • smiliesadministration / Smilies
    • smiliesabout / Managing Smilies
    • smiliesproperties / Smilies’ Properties
    • smiliesAdministration Panel / Smilies Administration Panel
    • smiliesediting / Editing or Deleting a Smilie
    • smiliesadding / Time For Action—Adding a New Smilie Using an Existing Image
    • smiliescustom smilies / Time For Action—Adding a Custom Smilie
    • smilies.pak file / Adding Smilies with a .pak File, Time For Action—Adding Smilies Using a .pak File, What Just Happened?, Creating a .pak File, What Just Happened?smiliessmilies.pak file
    • smiliesimporting / Time For Action—Adding Smilies Using a .pak File
  • styles
    • stylesabout / phpBB Styles
    • stylesphpBB version-compatibility / Installing a New Style

T

  • troubleshooting
    • troubleshootingstyles / Troubleshooting

U

  • user experience, administrator
    • user experience, administratorAdministrator Panel overview / Administration Panel Overview
    • user experience, administratorpermissions / Forum Admin
    • user experience, administratorResync option / Using the Resync Options
    • user experience, administratorforum permissions, setting up in Simple Mode / Time For Action—Setting Forum Permissions in Simple Mode
    • user experience, administratorforum, pruning / Pruning
    • user experience, administratordatabase backup / Time For Action—Backing Up Your Board Data
    • user experience, administratordatabase restore / Time For Action—Restoring Your Database from a Backup Copy
    • user experience, administratormass emailing / Mass Email
    • user experience, administratorsmilies / Smilies
    • user experience, administratorword filter / Filtering Words Using Word Censors
    • user experience, administratoruser management / Introduction to User Management
  • user experience, moderator
    • user experience, moderatordefining a moderator / Moderator Experience
    • user experience, moderatorassigning moderator privileges / Time For Action—Assigning Moderator Privileges to a User
    • user experience, moderatorpostings, managing / Managing Postings
    • user experience, moderatorpostings, editing and deleting / Editing the First Posting in a Topic
    • user experience, moderatortopics, managing / Managing Topics
    • user experience, moderatortopics, locking / Deleting, Locking, and Unlocking Topics
    • user experience, moderatortopics, moving to another forum / Moving Topics
    • user experience, moderatorforum, creating / Time For Action—Creating a Forum
    • user experience, moderatortopics, splitting / Splitting Topics
    • user experience, moderatorModerator Control Panel / Doing It All Together—The Moderator Control Panel
  • user experience, visitor
    • user experience, visitorregistering / Registration
    • user experience, visitorlogging in / Logging In
    • user experience, visitorprofile, editing / Editing Your Profile, Time For Action—Creating and Editing "The Dude" Profile
    • user experience, visitorposting / Posting
    • user experience, visitorreplying / Replying
    • user experience, visitorsearching the forum / Searching
    • user experience, visitorprivate messages, sending/receiving / Sending and Receiving Private Messages (PM)
    • user experience, visitorvoting in polls / Voting in Polls
    • user experience, visitorsubscribing / Staying Current with the Topics
    • user experience, visitormemberlist / Memberlist
    • user experience, visitorusergroups / Usergroups
  • usergroups
    • usergroupsabout / Usergroups and Group Permissions
    • usergroupstypes / Usergroups and Group Permissions
    • usergroupscreating / Time For Action—Creating a New Group
    • usergroupsediting / Time For Action—Editing a Group
    • usergroupspermissions / Group Permissions
    • usergroupspermissions, setting / Time For Action—Setting Group Permissions
  • user management
    • user managementcreating / Time For Action—Creating and Editing "The Dude" Profile
    • user managementediting / Editing User Profiles
    • user managementdeleting / Deleting Users
    • user managementpermissions / Permissions
    • user managementbanning / Banning Users
    • user managementBan Control / Banning Users
    • user managementdisallowing usernames / Disallowing Users
    • user managementranks, assigning / Assigning Ranks
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