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Your phpBB General Board settings may be configured by following the instructions below:
1. Login to the phpBB Administrator area (http://www.yourdomain.com/phpbb/nfphpbb/admin/
2. From the left window frame, click the Configuration from the General Admin area
3. The following General Board Settings may be configured:
Domain Name
Server Port
(The port your server is running port 80. Do not change this.)
Script path
(The path where phpBB2 is located relative to the domain name)
Site name
Site description
Disable board
(This will make the board unavailable to users. Administrators are able to access the Administration Panel while the board is disabled.)
Enable account activation
User email via board
(Users send email to each other via this board)
Flood Interval
(Number of seconds a user must wait between posts)
Topics Per Page
Posts Per Page
Posts for Popular Threshold
Default Style subSilver
Override user style
(Replaces users style with the default)
Default Language
(English is the only option currently.)
Date Format
(The syntax used is identical to the PHP date() function.)
Enable GZip Compression
Enable Forum Pruning
The following Cookie Settings may be configured:
(These details define how cookies are sent to your users' browsers. In most cases the default values for the cookie settings should be sufficient, but if you need to change them do so with care -- incorrect settings can prevent users from logging in.)
Cookie domain
Cookie name
Cookie path
Cookie secure
(If your site is running via SSL, set this to enabled, else leave as disabled)
Session length [ in seconds ]
The following Private Messaging settings may be configured:
Private Messaging
Max posts in Inbox
Max posts in Sentbox
Max posts in Savebox
The following User Forum and Basic Settings may be configured:
Max number of poll options
Allow HTML
Allowed HTML tags
(Separate tags with commas)
Allow BBCode
Allow Smilies
Smilies Storage Path
(Path under your phpBB root dir, e.g. images/smiles)
Allow Signatures
Maximum signature length
(Maximum number of characters in user signatures)
Allow Username changes
The following Avatar Settings may be configured:
Enable gallery avatars
Enable remote avatars
(Avatars linked to from another Website)
Enable avatar uploading
Maximum Avatar File Size
(For uploaded avatar files)
Maximum Avatar Dimensions
(Height x Width in pixels)
Avatar Storage Path
(Path under your phpBB root dir, e.g. images/avatars)
Avatar Gallery Path
(Path under your phpBB root dir for pre-loaded images, e.g. images/avatars/gallery)
The following COPPA Settings may be configured:
COPPA Fax Number
COPPA Mailing Address
(This is the mailing address to which parents will send COPPA registration forms)
The following E-mail Settings may be configured:
Admin E-mail Address
E-mail Signature
(This text will be attached to all E-mails the board sends.)
Use SMTP Server for E-mail
(Choose YES if you want or have to send E-mail via a named server instead of the local mail function.)
SMTP Server Address
SMTP Username
(Only enter a username if your SMTP server requires it.)
SMTP Password
(Only enter a password if your SMTP server requires it.)
4. Click Submit when you are done configuring the above options.
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5-19-2005
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Netfirms
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