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phpBB forum - Overview

The phpBB forum is a very versatile application. You can use the phpBB forum e.g. to offer your customers a support platform, as well as to simply exchange opinions with visitors to your website.

You can completely configure the appearance of the template according to your individual needs. You can adapt the colors of your website scheme, or use your own graphic elements (buttons etc.) in a new template.

Furthermore you have full control over all user permissions. You decide which format the messages are to be in, you administer user permissions, and much more.

Installation of phpBB forum

Installing phpBB forum
Open your Domaintechnik® Control Panel, click on software module and choose phpBB forum. You are now within the installation wizard which helps you install or remove phpBB forum for your hosting package. Choose a version and click on Next. Now enter the desired path and confirm with a click on Next to copy the files onto your hosting package.

As soon as all files are copied, you can start the configuration setup by clicking the shown link. When you are finished with the basic configuration, go back into the software module, click on Next and finish the installation by clicking Finish Wizard.

Removing phpBB forum
If you want to remove phpBB forum, position your cursor over the button Action and choose Remove. Follow the step-by-step wizard to remove the software.

phpBB forum - Summary of Features

Displaying the Forum
Enter the following URL in a browser, e.g. www.yourdomain.tld/forum/
(substitute "yourdomain.tld" with your actual domain name and "forum" with the path selected during the installation).

Online Documentation
You can find a general tutorial, as well as hints to configure and install your forum inside the Software Manager under the information-symbol, and further information about configuring the appearance of the forum, as well as integration and adjustment of further languages and versions, under the link Application.

Topics include:

• How to change the forum layout
• Changes in the admin tool
• Changes of the template files
• Styles for downloading
• How to change text formulations of different languages
• Texts in the forum
• Email texts
• Language versions for downloading

Questions and answers concerning forum use can be found in the online forums' main menu under the menu item FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).

Topics which you can find there:

• Registering and logging in
• User information and settings
• Writing messages
• What can be done in and with contributions
• User levels and groups
• Private messages