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phpBB: A User Guide
Jeremy Rogers, Stoyan Stefanov
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phpBB: A User Guide
Jeremy Rogers, Stoyan Stefanov
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This book takes a practical, hands-on approach to phpBB. Packed with sections stepping you through tasks, this book is the ideal guide to learning phpBB. This book is ideal if you are just starting with online communities and want a powerful and free tool. No experience of web programming is required.
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phpBB: A User Guide
Table of Contents
phpBB:A User Guide
Credits
About the Authors
Preface
What This Book Covers
Conventions
Reader Feedback
Customer Support
Downloading the Example Code for the Book
Errata
Questions
1. Introduction to phpBB
Online Communities
Building the Community—The Tools
The Name
The Environment
Why phpBB?
History
Development
Example phpBB Sites
A Standard phpBB Layout
Standard Sites with Different Templates
Sites with Standard Style and Modified Features
GaiaOnline
Summary
2. Installing and Configuring phpBB
Pre-Installation
Requirements
The Attack Plan
Time For Action—Setting Up the Environment on Your Local Computer
Finishing Pre-Install Touch—The Database
Setting Up the Database for Local Installations
Time For Action—Creating the Forum Database with phpMyAdmin
What Just Happened
Time For Action—Creating the Forum Database Using the Command Prompt
Setting Up the Database for Remote Installations
phpBB Pre-Installation Checklist
Installation
Troubleshooting the Installation
Symptom
Reason
Solution
Symptom
Reason
Solution
Symptom
Reason
Solution
Symptom
Reason 1
Solution
Reason 2
Solution
Symptom
Reason 1
Solution
Reason 2
Solution
Time For Action—Deleting phpBB Tables using phpMyAdmin
Time For Action—Deleting phpBB Tables Using the Command Prompt
Post-Installation Tasks
Time For Action—Deleting Unneeded Directories
What Just Happened?
Basic Configuration
Time For Action—Initial Configuration Using the Administration Panel
What Just Happened?
Setting Up the avatars Directory
Security Tips
Administrator Password
Disallow Remote Connections to the Database
MySQL Account
config.php
.htaccess Protection for the Administration Panel
Finding Help
Summary
3. User Experience: Visitors
Overview
Registration
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Logging In
Editing Your Profile
Time For Action—Creating and Editing "The Dude" Profile
What Just Happened?
Posting
Anatomy of a Posting
Replying
Starting a New Topic
Formatting a Posting
Time For Action—Formatting a Post
What Just Happened
Editing a Posting
Deleting a Posting
Searching
Sending and Receiving Private Messages (PM)
Time For Action—The Dude PMs the Administrator
What Just Happened?
Voting in Polls
Staying Current with the Topics
Viewing Information about Other Users
Memberlist
Usergroups
Who Is Online
4. UserExperience: Moderators and Administrators
Moderator Experience
Time For Action—Assigning Moderator Privileges to a User
What Just Happened?
Managing Postings
Editing and Deleting
Editing the First Posting in a Topic
Viewing Poster’s IP Address
Managing Topics
Deleting, Locking, and Unlocking Topics
Moving Topics
Time For Action—Creating a Forum
What Just Happened?
Splitting Topics
Doing It All Together—The Moderator Control Panel
Administrator Experience
Administration Panel Overview
Forum Admin
Forum Management
Creating New Forums and Categories
Time For Action—Creating a New Category
What Just Happened
Time For Action—Creating a New Forum
What Just Happened
Fine Tuning Existing Forums and Categories
Editing
Deleting
Changing Display Order
Time For Action—Tweaking Display Order
What Just Happened
Using the Resync Options
Who Can Do What—Setting Up Forum Permissions
Time For Action—Setting Forum Permissions in Simple Mode
What Just Happened?
Pruning
Time For Action—Pruning a Forum
What Just Happened?
Systems Administration Using General Admin Options
Configuration
Database Backup and Restore
Time For Action—Backing Up Your Board Data
What Just Happened
Time For Action—Restoring Your Database from a Backup Copy
What Just Happened
Mass Email
Smilies
Filtering Words Using Word Censors
Time For Action—Creating a Word Filter
What Just Happened
Introduction to User Management
Editing User Profiles
Deleting Users
Permissions
Banning Users
Disallowing Users
Summary
5. Customizing Your Forum
phpBB Styles
Structure of a Style
Style Elements
Style Storage
Editing phpBB Files
Installing a New Style
Creating a Copy Style
Time For Action—Creating a Copy Style
What Just Happened?
Installing One Element at a Time
Troubleshooting
Style Does Not Appear in Administration
Configuration File Cannot Be Opened
Removing an Installed Style
Create or Customize
Customizing through the Stylesheet
Editing the Stylesheet in the Admin Panel
Time For Action—Editing the Stylesheet
What Just Happened?
Editing Other Theme Components
Allowed Values
Commonly Used and Altered Elements
Table Cell Colors
Font Colors
Changing CSS Styles to Change the Look of Your Site
Using External Stylesheets
Customizing through Images
Installing New Images to Change the Look of Your Site
Hacking phpBB
MODs and Hacks
phpBB Modification
Installing a Modification
Time For Action—Installing a Small Modification
What Just Happened?
Installing a Downloaded Modification
The Copy Action
The SQL Action and Editing the Database
The Open Action
The Find Action
The Addition Actions
The In-Line Actions
The Last Action
The Trouble with Templates
Uninstalling Modifications
Time For Action—Uninstalling a Small Modification
What Just Happened?
Removing Other Changes
Example Modifications
Moving Elements
Adding New Elements to Your Forum
Time For Action—Adding a Menu Link
What Just Happened?
Adding New Languages
Summary
6. Forum Administration
Making Your Board Multi-Lingual
Time For Action—Adding Spanish Support to Your Forum
What Just Ha...