|
From
this menu you are able to edit "Categories". Categories
are the upper-level topics for a forum. For example,
if you had a wide-ranging site that offered information
on "Sports", Cars" and "Music", these would be the
top-level Categories you'd create. Under each of these
categories you'd likely want to create hierarchal
"sub-categories," or "Boards" for topics within each.
Here's a small example:
- Sports
- A "category"
- Baseball
- A board under the category of "Sports"
- Football
- A board under the category of "Sports"
Categories
allow you to break down the board into broad topics
("Cars, Sports"), and the "Boards" under them are
the actual topics under which members can post. In
the above example, a user interested in Pinto's would
post a message under "Cars->Pinto". Categories allow
people to quickly find what their interests are: Instead
of a "Store" you have "Hardware" and "Clothing" stores
you can go to. This simplifies your search for "joint
compound" because you can go to the Hardware Store
"category" instead of the Clothing Store (where you're
unlikely to find pipe joint compound).
Edit
Boards
In
this menu you can create, reorder, or remove the boards
under the categories discussed above. It's a simple
hierarchy, with this structure:
- Category
- Board1
- Board2
- ...
etc ...
As
noted above, a Board is a key topic underneath a broad
category. If you want to discuss "Pintos" you'd go
to the "Auto" category and jump into the "Pinto" board
to post your thoughts in that board.
Administrative functions for this menu item are to
create new boards under each category, to reorder
them (put "Pinto" under "Chevy"), or to delete the
board entirely.
Modifying
The Template
This
brings up a simple editor for the HTML of your template
code. The "template" (in your "cgi-bin/yabb" directory,
as you set it up), defines the look-and-feel for your
pages. It is an HTML-only file. You can modify the
template here, or use some other HTML editing software
to edit template.html to put the look and feel of
your site on your forum!
Modify
Your YaBB Settings and Colors
This
is one of the more "exciting" menu options. In here
you are able to set the following parameters:
- Maintenance
Mode?
- Check
the box to disable the boards while you change/update
your BB. Users will be rejected while in maintenance
mode.
- Your
Language pack name
- English
is default, select the other available languages
you want to support
- Message
Board Name
- Set
this box to whatever you want to name your board.
- Board
URL
- Set
this to the URL for the BB. Ex: http://www.myboard.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
- Default
Length for login cookies to last (in minutes &
> 5)
- Set
this for a default time for cookies to last,
in minutes (e.g., 360=6 hrs)
- Cookie
Name - Username
- Default:
"YaBBusername" This is simply the
name of the cookie that will be stored on user's
pc when they log in (and contains their username).
- Cookie
Name - Password
- Default:
"YaBBpassword" This is simply the
name of the cookie that will be stored on user's
pc when they log in (and contains their password).
- Location
of Sendmail Program
- Directory
of host "sendmail" program. Default
is: /usr/sbin/sendmail
- SMTP-Server
- The
name of your SMTP server (email send server).
Only valid if the following is set to use SMTP.
- Send
Mails using: sendmail | SMTP
- Set
to "sendmail" if your host uses sendmail,
or use SMTP if your host uses this protocol.
- Webmaster
Email Address
- Email
address for the webmaster of the BB.
- Minimum
time between two postings from the same IP
- The
time in seconds to delay repeated postings from
one user/IP address.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- YaBB
Directory
-
Default is "." This could also be
the absolute server path to your YaBB folder
(such as /usr/home/account/cgi-bin/yabb).
- Data
Directory
- Default
is "./Messages". Contains messages
sent from members in your YaBB board. Relative
to YaBB default directory above.
- Members
Directory
- Default
is "./Members". Contains the members
for your YaBB board. Relative to YaBB default
directory above.
- Boards
Directory
- Default
is "./Members". Contains the boards
created for YaBB. Relative to YaBB default directory
above.
- Sources
Directory
- Default
is "./Sources". Contains the source
files for YaBB. Relative to YaBB default directory
above.
- Variables
Directory
- Default
is "./Members". Contains all updates
to the structure of YaBB (new members, new boards).
Relative to YaBB default directory above.
- Avatars
URL
- Default
is: http://www.mysite.com/yabbimages/avatars.
Set this to the URL you chose to place your
avatar images. (I.e., replace "mysite.com"
with your host name).
- Avatars
Directory
- This
is an "absolute" or "relative".
It is not a URL. Set it relative to your host
directory (e.g., home/yabbimages/avatars)
- Images
Directory
- http://www.mysite.com/yabbimages.
Again, set this to the directory you chose to
set up "yabbimages", relative to your
URL.
- Help
File
- The
URL location of the help file. Default is: http://www.mysite.com/yabbhelp/index.html.
Set this to the correct URL for your installation.
- -----
Note these colors are also reflected in the CSS
tag of template.html (so change them to the SAME
colors) -----
- Title
BG Color
- The
background color of the title text. This color
is used mostly on table header text.
- Title
Text Color
- The
color of the title text.
- Window
BG Color
- The
background color of one of the two alternating
"panels" in yabb. A usage example is when yo
view messages, they are colored row by row.
This is the first "row" or message. It is used
throughout YaBB.
- Window
BG Color #2
- The
background color of the second "row".
- Category
BG Color
- The
background color of category table rows on the
Board Index and used in a few other places.
- Table
Border Color
- This
color is actually used as a table "background"
color, but the way the tables are rendered,
this makes border lines between table rows and
columns be this color.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Use
text menu instead of images?
- This
option replaces graphics for certain menu items
with text. E.g., the "Logoff" graphic
is replaced by the more simple "Logoff"
text string.
- Please
choose your Timeformat-Settings
- Set
your preferred time-format settings
- Time
Offset
- This
is the number of hours to add/subtract to make
the time display in your local time. For example,
if it is 8:52pm on your server (look at the
displayed time on your board) and it is 7:52pm
where you live, then set this number to -1.
This will be for guests mainly, because users
also have the option to set their own time offset.
- #
of Top Posters
- Set
this to allow users to display the "Top
'n'" users, the number of users who have
most posted to this forum.
- Members
Per Page in Member List-All
- Set
this to the maximum number of member names to
display in each page.
- Maximum
Topics to Display
- Set
this to display the maximum numer of "Topics"
for each page.
- Maximum
Messages to Display
- Set
this to display the maximum number of private
messages to display
- Remove
entries from user logs after XX days
- The
user logs are files named username.log (where
username is the name of one of your members).
Each member has one of these files; it keeps
track of what boards and messages they have
visited and when. This is how *new* is determined
for each user. Setting this number will clear
their log after that many days, so that all
posts and boards will show new for them (if
they haven't visited that board/post for however
many days you have set).
- Maximum
Allowed Characters in a Posts (required <= 5000)
- Set
a limit on the size of a users post, in "characters".
- Insert
Original Message in Replies?
- When
a user replies to a thread, provide the option
to include the original posters text for reference.
- Enable
Bulletin Board Code?
- This
is rarely ever turned off.... Setting this option
to 0 will disable rendering YaBBC tags (such
as [b] which creates bold.. etc.). It will affect
ALL of YaBB, including Recent Posts, Search,
Messages.. etc. All it does is leave the tags
as text and not turn them into the code (if
you turn this option OFF).
- Enable
Normal News?
- If
you wish to display news on your board via the
"news fader" or the <yabb news> tag (in
the template), this option must be turned on!
- Enable
Guest Posting?
- Allow
people who have not registered with the board
to post comments.
- Allow
Email Notification?
- If
this option is turned on, it will allow users
to choose if they wish to be notified by email
when a message has been replied to.
- Show
Latest Member on Board Index?
- Display
the newest member to register on the Board Index.
- Show
Recent Posts Bar on BoardIndex?
- Show
the most recentmember posts on the Board Index
page
- Show
Members List Bar on BoardIndex?
- Show
a link to display the Members of the board
- Show
Modification Date on Modified Posts?
- When
users modify their posts, provide the option
to display their modification time and date.
- Show
User Pics in Message View?
- Option
to display members' profile pictures in the
posts.
- Show
User Text in Message View?
- Option
to display members' personal text in the posts.
- Show
Gender Image in Message View?
- Option
to display the gender (male/female) image in
the posts.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Show
News Fader on Board Index?
- When
users first logon, show the sequenced "news"
items. See the Admin functions for explanations
on "news" items.
- News
Fader Title Color
- This
is the News Fader Title color for the News Fader
(if you have it turned on).
- News
Fader News Color
- This
is the News color for the News Fader (if you
have it turned on).
- Path
to News Fader file (fader.js)
- URL
to UBBC JavaScript file
- Path
to UBBC file (ubbc.js)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Userpic
Width (0 = disable limit)
- This
sets a limit to the width of a user-supplied
image. It is generally a good idea to ensure
that user pictures are not overly large.
- Userpic
Height (0 = disable limit)
- This
sets a limit to the height of a user-supplied
image. It is generally a good idea to ensure
that user pictures are not overly large.
- Text
To Describe The Limits
- Describe
to your users what the limits are to their personal
pics. e.g. Please use only gif images, your
images will be resized.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Use
File-Locking?
- Whether
to use it and what type of file-locking to use.
This locks files while they are being written
to (for safety). The options are:
- No
File-Locking - Use for systems that don't
provide a file-locking mechanism.
- Unix/Linux
File-Locking - Use for this OS.
- Windows
File-Locking - Use for this OS.
- Lock
EX:
- For
advanced users. We suggest you leave this alone.
- Lock
UN:
- For
advanced users. We suggest you leave this alone.
|
