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Basics of Creating a Forum, Board Settings, Categories, Category_Tutorial, Forums, Groups, Joshua Farrell, Permissions, phpbb - July 25, 2015

How to Use The phpBB ACP

Today, I wish to help you learn how to use the ACP, with the phpBB Forum Software. I will be covering a few items that I think you would like to know how to do, if you are having issues with creating certain things through the ACP.If you scroll down to the bottom of your forum, you should notice at the bottom of the page, what states "Administration Control Panel". When you click on the link, it will ask you to re-authenticate yourself. This is used to prevent unauthorized access to the ACP, and as a login page to the...

How to Use the Basics of the MyBB ACP

This article is written by xXInfectedXx. In this tutorial, I will explain how to use the basics of the MyBB Administration Control Panel. When you login into your forum, you will notice in the corner of the forum three buttons: User CP, Mod CP and Admin CP. Click on the Admin CP to access the Administration Control Panel. After you clicked this, you will be prompted to enter your username and password. Ill start off by explaining what you will find at the configuration settings page of the forum. On the top, click "Configuration." I will be explaining the first...

How To Install MyBB

Want to create a community, but don't have enough money to purchase a paid forum script such as vBulletin, XenForo, InvisionPowerBoard, or WoltLab's Burning Board? Well, you can make an amazing board with MyBB! In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to install MyBB. Step 1: Download MyBB. Find a copy of the latest version of MyBB available for download on MyBB's homepage, MyBB.com. Unzip the file (Windows has a tool integrated into it that allows you to unzip files, but you can also use a tool such as 7Zip). Step 2: Upload the files. Enter your file...

Link Canonicalization - Explained

If you are someone that has spent any amount of time on the Internet, then you might have noticed that some websites always contain "www" in their URL and then there are some that are fading away from that trend, and do not contain the "www" in the URL. However, how do you do this? Is it simple? Is it a good thing to do or does it just look nice? Well, sit down and let me explain a few things. First off, there is no magical formula to remove the "www" or to keep it, it's called link canonicalization...

Social Networks Promotion: The Good and The Bad

Most of you are aware of the huge potential a Social Network campaign has, but there are also many things that could go wrong with those campaigns. First of all, Social Networks are different than forums and blogs. They are a constant stream of information: news, personal statuses, shared links, funny videos, cat's and a whole lot more. To give you an idea of a comparison you can make in regards to it, is that your link can be compared to a fish in the sea; that is a single link can be overwhelmed by everything that is there in...

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