PacktLib: phpBB: A User Guide

phpBB:A User Guide

Credits

About the Authors

Preface

Introduction to phpBB

Online Communities

Building the Community—The Tools

The Name

The Environment

Why phpBB?

History

Development

Example phpBB Sites

Summary

Installing and Configuring phpBB

Pre-Installation

Installation

Post-Installation Tasks

Security Tips

Finding Help

Summary

User Experience: Visitors

Overview

Registration

Logging In

Posting

Searching

Sending and Receiving Private Messages (PM)

Voting in Polls

Staying Current with the Topics

Viewing Information about Other Users

UserExperience: Moderators and Administrators

Moderator Experience

Administrator Experience

Summary

Customizing Your Forum

phpBB Styles

Structure of a Style

Editing phpBB Files

Installing a New Style

Create or Customize

Customizing through the Stylesheet

Customizing through Images

Hacking phpBB

Summary

Forum Administration

Making Your Board Multi-Lingual

Avatars: Enabling and Configuring

Managing Smilies

Understanding Forum Permissions

Understanding User Permissions

Usergroups and Group Permissions

Second Look into Database Backups and Restore

The Board’s Human Side: Flamewars and Banning