Managing the general tasks phpBB 3.0 Updated on March 11, 2022 by Scott Mitchell As an administrator, you have access to several tasks for the board that you will manage from the System tab. These are general tasks and include things from emailing all board members to bot management and post disapproval message modification. Follow along below as we cover these tasks and what they do for you in Read More >
How to change MediaWiki skins Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The default appearance of MediaWiki can be changed to better represent your wiki site. The themes in mediawiki are called skins. Skinning the MediaWiki site is necessary in order to customize the site to your personal preferences. This article will explain how to change the skin and to upload a free skin in MediaWiki. Default Read More >
How to ban a member in SMF 2.0 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Part of maintaining a happy and thrivign community online includes dealing with unsavory members. These may be fake members that were set up for spam purposes, or they may be regular members that do not wish to adhere to your community’s standards of conduct. Below is a set of instructions that explain how to ban Read More >
How to configure your SMF 2.0 censored words list Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell While administering your online community in SMF 2.0, you may want to add some words to a censor list. This prevents users from offending each other or posts possibly getting indexed by search engines under words you do not want them to. Using the instructions below, you will learn how to create your censored words Read More >
Editing your SMF 2.0 Bulletin Board Code settings Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell When setting up your site, you have a lot of control over what tags and codes you allow your members to use. You may want to allow them to use BBC, also known as Bulletin Board Code. Additionally, you may or may not want them to use HTML in their posts. This can be for Read More >
Install the mbstring PHP Extension with EasyApache 3 Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When configuring a website to work with different languages on a Linux server, the mbstring extension will need to be installed on the server for the website functionality to work. The mbstring extension is what php uses to parse different language encoding’s. This article will explain how to install the mbstring extension through shell. NOTE: Read More >
How to manage your theme settings in SMF 2.0 Updated on February 23, 2022 by Scott Mitchell There are many settings you can use to customize your theme. They include things such as adding custom logos, changing formatting such as width, and several toggle settings where you are enabling or disabling different things. Altogether, these settings give your forums a specific look and feel for your visitors. Below are the instructions on Read More >
Complete phpList setup after manual install Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll go over how to finish your phpList setup and configuration, after you’ve already completed a manual phpList installation. If you haven’t already installed phpList, and are a customer of InMotion Hosting, you might want to use the easier installing phpList with Softaculous guide that we have. At the end of this Read More >
How to modify your SMF 2.0 Topic settings Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Continuing with our course on forum management, it is important to take into account the different topic settings. These settings are particular to Topics and how you wish to make them behave for your users. Follow along below as we describe how to change the different topic settings in SMF 2.0 Editing your topic settings Read More >
Editing your SMF 2.0 post settings Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle There are many settings to consider when administering your SMF site. You may wish to adjust settings for your user posts such as allowing Flash, limiting the post size, etc. This can help you with maintaining a consistency in your site and disallowing features that may pose a security risk or increase server load unnecessarily. Read More >
How to manage scheduled tasks in SMF 2.0 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell The terms scheduled tasks, also called cron jobs, are used to identify a category of code scripts that do not run constantly on the server. Often these tasks are used to perform housekeeping duties such as cleanup or checking on specific activities and are usually set to run at regular intervals, whether it be hourly, Read More >
Complete phpList setup after Softaculous install Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll discuss how you can finish the setup of your phpList installation that you did with Softaculous. Now that you have successfully installed phpList onto your website using the Softaculous installer, there are still a few steps left in order to complete the setup and configuration of the software. We’ll cover setting Read More >
How to perform routine maintenance in SMF 2.0 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell When administering your SMF site you will want to keep things running as smoothly as possible. Much like an automobile, there are several things you should do on a regular basis to maintain the running of the site. In this section, we will go over the different maintenance options and how to run them. Performing Read More >
Creating and editing pages in TikiWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Once you have finished installing and logging into TikiWiki, the next step in building your TikiWiki site is learning how to create and pages. This article will explain how to edit and create pages in TikiWiki. Creating and Editing pages Creating and Editing pages is very simply in TikiWiki. This section will explain how to Read More >
How to adjust signature settings in phpBB 3.0 Updated on March 11, 2022 by Scott Mitchell In many forums, members are allowed to use a signature. A signature is a portion of text that is added to each post a user makes. This may include simple text, images, and links. Depending on the settings, the user may be able to enter HTML or BBcode, which is a special abbreviated HTML code Read More >
How to create pages in DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Now that you’ve installed DokuWiki, the next thing we’re going to show you how to do is create your first page. We’re going to go over the basics of creating pages, and in future tutorials we’ll go more indepth. By Default, anyone can create pages in DokuWiki. To create a new page, you’ll actually use Read More >
How to manage users in membergroups in SMF 2.0 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell After learning how to create and edit membergroups in SMF, you will want to understand how to add and delete members to the groups. Post base groups do not need to have members added as they are assigned acutomatically as each member obtains the required post count. In order for users to be assigned or Read More >
How to create pages in MediaWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Creating pages in MediaWiki is a simple task. When you search pages and they are not found, you can create MediaWiki pages from the search. You can also create pages by creating an internal link in a page. This article will explain the steps to create pages in MediaWiki with the search and the internal Read More >
Managing member groups in SMF 2.0 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell When dealing with a community site such as SMF 2.0, you may want to create different groups for your members to belong to. Some of them may be based on their function in the community, such as a guest, regular member, special member, moderator, or administrator. These types of groups can only be assigned by Read More >
Joomla 3.1 Search Component Tutorial Updated on September 22, 2022 by Brad Markle The Joomla Search component allows you to do two things – view statistics about what people are searching for on your site and customize the available search settings. In this tutorial, we’ll cover both of these topics, starting first with search statistics. Search Statistics Search Options Search Statistics Enabling Gathering of Search Statistics When you Read More >
