Give admin a better understanding on how to create and manage various forum names and categories, assign multiple moderators to manage forums and users, create user groups, preference settings, and others. Browse to the respective topic at the menu section to view screenshots, step by step tutorials, and tips.
Walkthrough
Manage Forum
Create different categories to create and manage various forum names in an organized manner. Click on 'Admin' > 'Installation' if the Forum has yet to install.
Manage Category
Create different categories to locate multiple topics posted by members, and moderators under the same forum.
Manage Moderator
Admin can create multi moderators info with login accounts in order for them to manage forums through the front-end. The moderators will only handles the tasks for specific category(ies) assigned to them. Amongst the tasks are ban users, post reply, post new topic, edit moderator profile, reply with quote, edit and delete forum topics.
Manage User
Create different user groups to locate forum members into specific groups such as Development Team, Management Team, etc. Admin can also assign particular user groups with permission to access private forums. All new users who signed up through the front-end will be approved by admin in the back-end system if it requires admin for approval.
Preference Settings
Define the size of avatar in pixel, select the GD library version, choose date format, enter a complete URL of your domain to display forum in the website, define number of records to be displayed in a page, enable captcha image in the new member signup form, allow non-members to post and reply thread, preset emails, and others.
This is an example of the Forum after integration. The public can browse through the topics, and categories of respective forums and view them in detail in just a click of the mouse. Members can post new topics and reply thread in the forum after they've login. As for non-registered members, they can reply with quote easily. To view more specific forums, users can search topic using keywords, or 'Jump to' forum.
