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How do I create forums on my phpBB?

Article:230
Created:2003-05-27 17:50:34
Categories:
  phpBB - bulletin board

Question or Symptom

Forums in phpBB are created via the Administration Panel under Forum Admin - Management.

Resolution

To make forums on your phpBB bulletin board login in to your administrator account (the account you used during the install process). After logging in, go to the "Go To Administration Panel" link at the bottom of the page. This will take you to the administrative control panel. On the left frame under the "Forum Admin" heading, you'll see a Management link.

On the management page, you can create new forums and categories. If this is going to be your first forum, you'll need to create a category. Enter the name for your category and hit "Create New Category," you can position it within the other cateogires by selecting move up/down respectively. To create a forum within a category, move to the add forum form under the appropriate category, punch in the name and click "Create New Forum."

On the creat forum screen, you'll have the opportunity to enter a description, make sure the category and name are correct and configure a few miscellaneous options for your forum. Forum status will either be locked or unlocked. When a forum is locked no-one may post in it, and it is generally used as an archive for moving posts. Unlocked is the default option and will allow posting in the forum.

The final option, auto-prune provides a way to "clean" your forum periodically if you wish to keep a clean board. If you enable auto pruning the "remove topics that..." option will select which topics will be deleted. Topics older than this threshold will be queued for deletion. The "check for topic age..." option determines how often auto-prune will run.