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phpBB 3.0 Olympus Documentation

Edited by

Dominik Dröscher

Graham Eames

Copyright © 2005 phpBB Group

Abstract

The detailed documentation for phpBB 3.0 Olympus.

Table of Contents

1. Quick Start Guide
1.1. Requirements
1.2. Installation
1.2.1. Introduction
1.2.2. Requirements
1.2.3. Database settings
1.2.4. Administrator details
1.2.5. Configuration file
1.2.6. Advanced settings
1.3. General settings
1.3.1. Board Settings
1.3.2. Board Features
1.4. Creating and setting up forums
1.5. Setting permissions
1.5.1. Permission types
1.5.2. Setting forum permissions
1.5.3. Manual permissions
1.5.4. Permissions roles
1.5.5. Assign moderators to forums
1.5.6. Setting global permissions
1.6. Obtaining support
2. Upgrade Guide
2.1. Upgrading from 2.0 to 3.0
2.2. Upgrading from any board software to phpBB3
2.2.1. Requirements
2.2.2. Preliminary steps
2.2.3. Conversion steps
3. Administration Guide
3.1. The Administration Control Panel
3.2. General Configuration and Front Page
3.2.1. Board Configuration
3.2.1.1. Attachment Settings
3.2.1.2. Board Settings
3.2.1.3. Board Features
3.2.1.4. Avatar Settings
3.2.1.5. Private Messaging
3.2.1.6. Spambot Countermeasures
3.2.2. Client communication
3.2.2.1. Authentication
3.2.2.2. Email settings
3.2.2.3. Jabber settings
3.2.3. Server configuration
3.2.3.1. Cookie settings
3.2.3.2. Server settings
3.2.3.3. Security settings
3.2.3.4. Load settings
3.2.3.5. Search settings
3.3. Forum Admin
3.3.1. Explanation of forum types
3.3.2. Subforums
3.3.3. Manage forums
3.4. Posting Settings
3.4.1. BBCodes
3.4.2. Private message settings
3.4.3. Topic icons
3.4.4. Smilies
3.4.5. Word censoring
3.4.6. Attachment Settings
3.4.7. Manage extensions
3.4.8. Manage extension groups
3.4.9. Orphaned attachments
3.5. Users Management
3.5.1. Manage Users
3.5.1.1. User Overview
3.5.1.2. User Feedback
3.5.1.3. User Profile
3.5.1.4. User Preferences
3.5.1.5. User Avatar
3.5.1.6. User Rank
3.5.1.7. User Signature
3.5.1.8. Groups
3.5.1.9. Permissions
3.5.1.10. Attachments
3.5.2. Inactive Users
3.5.3. Users' permissions
3.5.4. Users' forum permissions
3.5.5. Custom profile fields
3.5.6. Managing ranks
3.5.7. User Security
3.5.7.1. Ban emails
3.5.7.2. Ban IPs
3.5.7.3. Ban Users
3.5.7.4. Disallow usernames
3.5.7.5. Prune users
3.6. Group Management
3.6.1. Group types
3.6.2. Group attributes
3.6.3. Default groups
3.7. Permissions
3.7.1. Global Permissions
3.7.1.1. Global User Permissions
3.7.1.2. Global Moderator Permissions
3.7.1.3. Global Administrator Permissions
3.7.2. Forum Permissions
3.7.2.1. User Forum Permissions
3.7.2.2. Forum Moderator Permissions
3.7.3. Permission Roles
3.7.4. Permission Masks
3.7.5. Other Shortcuts
3.7.6. Permissions Quick Start
3.7.6.1. Global Administrator Permissions
3.7.6.2. Global Moderator Permissions
3.7.6.3. Global User Permissions
3.7.6.4. Forum Moderator Permissions
3.7.6.5. User Forum Permissions
3.7.7. Quick Answers
3.8. Styles
3.8.1. Installing and managing styles
3.8.2. Templates
3.8.3. Themes
3.8.4. Imagesets
3.9. Board Maintenance
3.9.1. Forum Logs
3.9.2. Database backup and restore
3.9.3. Search Indexing
3.10. System Configuration
3.10.1. Checking for updates
3.10.2. Managing Search Robots
3.10.3. Mass email
3.10.4. Language Packs
3.10.5. PHP Information
3.10.6. Manage reasons for reporting and denying posts
3.10.7. Module Management
4. Moderator Guide
4.1. Editing posts
4.2. Moderation tools
4.2.1. Locking a topic or post
4.2.2. Deleting a topic or post
4.2.3. Moving a topic into another forum
4.2.3.1. Shadow Topics
4.2.4. Duplicating a topic
4.2.5. Announcements and stickies
4.2.6. Splitting posts off a topic
4.2.7. Merge topics
4.2.8. Merge posts into another topic
4.3. What is the “Moderation queue”?
4.4. What are “Reported posts”?
4.5. The Moderator Control Panel (MCP)
4.5.1. Moderation queue
4.5.2. Reported posts
4.5.3. Forum moderation
5. User Guide
5.1. How user permissions affect forum experience
5.2. Registering on a phpBB3 board
5.3. Orienting Yourself in the User Control Panel
5.3.1. Overview
5.3.1.1. Subscriptions
5.3.1.2. Bookmarks
5.3.1.3. Drafts
5.3.2. Profile
5.3.2.1. Personal settings
5.3.2.2. Signature
5.3.2.3. Avatar
5.3.3. Preferences
5.3.3.1. Global
5.3.3.2. Posting
5.3.3.3. Display
5.3.4. Friends and Foes
5.3.5. Attachments
5.3.6. Usergroups
5.4. Mastering the Posting Screen
5.4.1. Posting Form
5.4.2. Smilies
5.4.3. BBCodes
5.4.4. Post Options
5.4.4.1. Topic Types
5.4.5. Attachments
5.4.6. Polls
5.4.7. Drafts
5.5. Communicate with Private Messages
5.5.1. Message display
5.5.2. Composing a new message
5.5.3. Message Folders
5.5.3.1. Custom Folders
5.5.3.2. Moving Messages
5.5.3.3. Message Markers
5.5.4. Message rules
5.5.4.1. Matchable fields
5.5.4.2. Matching conditions
5.5.4.3. Rule action
5.6. Search - How to Find What You are Looking For
5.6.1. Predefined searches
5.6.2. Forum and topic search
5.6.3. Advanced search
5.6.3.1. The search query
5.6.3.1.1. Keywords
5.6.3.1.2. Author
5.6.3.2. The search options
5.6.3.3. Further refinement
5.7. The Memberlist - More Than Meets the Eye
6. Glossary
6.1. Terms

List of Figures

1.1. Introduction
1.2. Database settings
1.3. Board Settings
1.4. Board Features
1.5. Creating a new forum
1.6. Global and local permissions
1.7. Select Groups
1.8. Manual permissions
1.9. Permission roles
1.10. The Forum Moderator's Permissions
3.1. Administration Control Panel Index
3.2. Spambot Countermeasures
3.3. Creating subforums
3.4. Managing Forums Icon Legend
3.5. Creating BBCodes
3.6. Selecting forums for users' forum permissions
3.7. Permission Masks
3.8. Styles overview
3.9. Interface for editing imagesets
3.10. List of backups available
3.11. Report/denial reasons page
4.1. Quick Mod Tools
5.1. The Typical Registration Page
5.2. The Visual Confirmation Object
5.3. User Control Panel Overview (Index)
5.4. Posting Form
5.5. Posting Options
5.6. Private Message Fields
5.7. Search within topics
5.8. Search refinement
5.9. Sorting the memberlist
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