phpBB 3.2 Rhea Documentation Edited by Dominik Dröscher and Graham Eames phpBB 3.2 Rhea Documentation by Dominik Dröscher and Graham Eames Copyright © 2005 phpBB Group Abstract The detailed documentation for phpBB 3.2 Rhea. Table of Contents 1. Quick Start Guide ..................................................................................................... 1 1. Requirements ..................................................................................................... 1 2. Installation ......................................................................................................... 2 2.1. Introduction ............................................................................................ 2 2.2. Requirements .......................................................................................... 3 2.3. Administrator details .............................................................................. 3 2.4. Database settings .................................................................................... 3 2.5. Configuration file ................................................................................... 5 2.6. Advanced settings .................................................................................. 5 2.7. Final Steps .............................................................................................. 5 2.8. Supporting the phpBB organization ....................................................... 6 3. General settings ................................................................................................. 6 3.1. Board Settings ........................................................................................ 6 3.2. Board Features ....................................................................................... 7 4. Creating and setting up forums ......................................................................... 8 5. Setting permissions ......................................................................................... 10 5.1. Permission types ................................................................................... 10 5.2. Setting forum permissions ................................................................... 11 5.3. Manual permissions .............................................................................. 13 5.4. Permissions roles .................................................................................. 13 5.5. Assign moderators to forums ............................................................... 14 5.6. Setting global permissions ................................................................... 15 6. Obtaining support ............................................................................................ 16 2. Upgrade Guide ........................................................................................................ 17 1. Upgrading from 2.0 to 3.2 .............................................................................. 17 2. Upgrading from 3.0 to 3.2 .............................................................................. 17 3. Upgrading from 3.1 to 3.2 .............................................................................. 19 4. Minor Updates Within 3.2.x ........................................................................... 22 4.1. Full Package ......................................................................................... 23 4.2. Changed Files ....................................................................................... 25 4.3. Automatic Update ................................................................................ 26 4.4. Patch Files ............................................................................................ 27 5. Upgrading from any board software to phpBB3 ............................................ 29 5.1. Requirements ........................................................................................ 29 5.2. Preliminary steps .................................................................................. 30 5.3. Conversion steps .................................................................................. 30 3. Administration Guide .............................................................................................. 32 1. The Administration Control Panel .................................................................. 32 2. General Configuration and Front Page ........................................................... 33 2.1. Board Configuration ............................................................................. 33 2.1.1. Attachment Settings .................................................................. 33 2.1.2. Board Settings ........................................................................... 33 iii phpBB 3.2 Rhea Documentation 2.1.3. Board Features .......................................................................... 34 2.1.4. Avatar Settings .......................................................................... 35 2.1.5. Private Messaging ..................................................................... 35 2.1.6. Spambot Countermeasures ........................................................ 36 2.1.7. Contact Page Settings ................................................................ 39 2.2. Client communication .......................................................................... 39 2.2.1. Authentication ........................................................................... 39 2.2.2. Email settings ............................................................................ 41 2.2.3. Jabber settings ........................................................................... 42 2.3. Server configuration ............................................................................. 43 2.3.1. Cookie settings .......................................................................... 44 2.3.2. Server settings ........................................................................... 45 2.3.3. Security settings ........................................................................ 46 2.3.4. Load settings ............................................................................. 49 2.3.5. Search settings ........................................................................... 52 3. Forum Admin .................................................................................................. 55 3.1. Explanation of forum types .................................................................. 55 3.2. Subforums ............................................................................................. 56 3.3. Manage forums ..................................................................................... 57 4. Posting Settings ............................................................................................... 57 4.1. BBCodes ............................................................................................... 57 4.2. Private message settings ...................................................................... 60 4.3. Topic icons ........................................................................................... 61 4.4. Smilies .................................................................................................. 62 4.5. Word censoring .................................................................................... 63 4.6. Attachment Settings ............................................................................. 64 4.7. Manage extensions ............................................................................... 66 4.8. Manage extension groups ..................................................................... 66 4.9. Orphaned attachments .......................................................................... 67 5. Users Management .......................................................................................... 68 5.1. Manage Users ....................................................................................... 68 5.1.1. User Overview .......................................................................... 68 5.1.2. User Feedback ........................................................................... 70 5.1.3. User Profile ............................................................................... 70 5.1.4. User Preferences ........................................................................ 71 5.1.5. User Avatar ............................................................................... 71 5.1.6. User Rank .................................................................................. 71 5.1.7. User Signature ........................................................................... 71 5.1.8. Groups ....................................................................................... 72 5.1.9. Permissions ................................................................................ 72 5.1.10. Attachments ............................................................................. 72 5.2. Inactive Users ....................................................................................... 73 5.3. Users' permissions ................................................................................ 74 5.4. Users' forum permissions ..................................................................... 75 5.5. Custom profile fields ............................................................................ 76 iv