Juviz
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May 20, 2006, 7:00 AM
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Alright folks. I am not going to waste any time with this, seeing as I know you all wanna get started with making an invisionfree Forum. The process itself is not very complicated but can be to any idiot, scoundrels, or complete newbies. To start off I shall point out to you a few links that might help you in your endeavor to make an invisionfree forum.
Helpful Links -
http://invisionfree.com/index.php?p=faq
http://support.invisionfree.com/index.php?
http://www.ifskinzone.net
http://support.invisionfree.com/index.php?showforum=31
From Top to bottom I shall know tell you what the links have to offer.
The First Link offers a FAQ about the general things of Invisionfree. Mostly it is made up of completly stupid questions, but also has a few logically explained ones.
The Secondary Link refers to the Invisionfree Forums, where you can basicly ask for help or just look at the guides.
The Third link provides a website where you can browse for skins and codes for an Invisionfree Forum. Only thing is that you must Register to browse for skins.
The Fourth Link is a direct link to the Guides Section of the Invisionfree Forum.
Board Preliminaries
Okay, you have decided to create an Invisionfree Forum. Alright to start you need to go to http://www.invisionfree.com. When you finally arrive there, which I hope does not take too long you will view a page similar to this...
As you may see there are several links on this page to other places that might help you. I have decided to leave those out in hopes, that the average user is intelligent enough to click on those links for help. Okay now you should click on the Register Tab on the right hand panel. As you do so you will be directed to a page like this, if not exactly like it.
Okay, now you basicly fill in the info there. You must accept the Terms and Services to create a board. Of course no one even reads them so it dosen't matter too much. Okay after you click the register button you will appear to a page where it shows two links. Click on the first one to go to your board and click the second one to go to the Administrator Panel. To get into the Administrator Panel you must type in your Password and Username. After you do so, you will be redirected to a page of this look.
And there, you have finished registering your board.
At this point I suggest to go to the admin CP first so you can sort out the Forum.
By clicking the admin link you shall be taken to a page simular to this one.
Of course now you must log in and start the glorious creation of your board. It is recomended that you do not set your Admin CP to remember your password seeing as that causes a permanent name and it will be a bit difficult if you decide to get a new name. You will then be redirected after you have logged in to a page like this one.
Now I shall Explain some of the Features of the Admin CP.
General configuration
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This is just like its title. General Config the editable thing here are.
Bold is the thing I am explaining while my explaination is in italics.
Board Name
: Basicly you can change the Board name here.
Board email address
:Email address to be shown on emails sent out by the board.
Features
Show Active Users?
: Lets you see who is viewing the board at the current moment.
Cut off for active user display in minutes
: The Amount of time before the Show Actie Users feature does not show a particular user.
Show Board Totals?
: Shows the amount of forums on a board.
Allow users (where allowed) to use search?
: Self explanetory.
Mark topics a user has posted when displaying a forum?
: Basicly does this bump a topic up.
Show short forum jump list?
This will remove sub-forums from the drop down list - useful if you have many
Remove 'Users Browsing this forum' feature?
(This save 1 query per forum view)
Remove 'Users Browsing this topic' feature?
(This save 1 query per topic view)
Debugging
Debug level Enable the page creation time.
Global Skin Settings
Number Formatting
You may choose which character to separate thousands from
hundreds
(EG: USA & UK use a comma)
Default Pip Image
Used for member titles.
News
Export news topics from which forum?
: Self Explanetory.
Security
Settings Security (High)
Allow dynamic images?
If 'yes' users can post scripted image generators
Match users browsers while validating? Security (Low)
: Basicly checks for the same IP address or Name and alerts you of that.
Allow images to be posted?
Advanced programmers can force images to run as scripts. IBF limits damage by this method however.
Allow flash movies in posts and avatars?
Flash has a built in scripting language which may or may not compromise security
Security (Troublesome Users)
Allow duplicate emails when user registers?
Will not check for existing email address.
New registration email validation?
Make admin manually preview all new accounts or make new users validate their email address. Sucks if your Jammer.
Remove incomplete registration validations after...
: Basicly lets all UnValidated Members be deleted after a certain amount of days.
Get notified when a new user registers via email?
: DO NOT USE THIS THING
Force guests to log in before allowing access to the board?
: Basicly stops guests from seeing the board without registering.
Disable new registrations?
: Stop registrations.
Disable 'Report this post to a moderator' link?
: No report to Moderator thing anymore.
Flood control delay (in seconds)
Make users wait before posting again
Can be left blank for no flood control
Privacy
Allow users to browse the Active Users list?
: Rather pointless to turn this off.
Disable root admin group viewing anonymous online users?
Anonymous users have an asterisk after their name
Disable root admin group viewing online users IP address in online user list?
Basicly you stop seeing IP Addresses.
Well the rest is basicly Not as important as this stuff.
Forum Control
To create a Forum you must create a Category.
- Go into Category Control and Pick a name for your Category.
- You can edit the category State. Otherwise you can make it invisible or visible. Invisible is for if you want to work on it and show it later.
Now to create a Forum.
Add to which parent?
Category: FGF Forum State Active or Read Only Archive
Forum Settings Forum Name Forum Description
You may use HTML - linebreaks are converted 'Auto-Magically'
Root Forum Option: allow posting in this forum?
Allow new topics and posts in this forum?
If yes, any sub-forums will be displayed above the normal topic list, if there are no sub-forums to show, it will display the topic list as normal
If 'no' you can skip the rest of this form as the settings will have no effect and this forum will act like a category. Yes No
NOTE This option will have no effect if you use another forum as a parent for this new forum
Forum Redirect Options
URL to redirect this forum to
Target to redirect to?
Same window New window
Switch on the URL redirect?
If 'yes' you can skip to the forum permission as the settings will have no effect and this forum will act like as a redirect link. Current posts will not be accessible when on.
Yes No
Redirect clicks to date
Postable Forum Options
Allow use of the [doHTML] tag?
This will allow HTML to be posted and executed
Yes No
Allow IBF CODE to be posted?
Yes No
Turn on the Quick Reply Box?
Yes No
Allow Polls in this forum (when allowed)?
Yes No
Allow votes to bump a topic?
Yes No
Posts in this forum increase member's cumulative post count?
Yes No
Moderate postings?
(Requires a moderator to manually add posts/topics to the forum)
No Moderate all new topics and all replies Moderate new topics but don't moderate replies Moderate replies but don't moderate new topics
Require password access?
(Leave this box empty if you do not require this)
Email addresses to send new topic awaiting approval notification?
(Leave this box empty if you do not require this)
Separate many with a comma (add@ress1.com,add@ress2.com)
Default date cut off for topic display
Today Last 5 days Last 7 days Last 10 days Last 15 days Last 20 days Last 25 days Last 30 days Last 60 days Last 90 days Show All
Default sort key
Date of the last post Topic Title Topic Starters Name Topic Posts Topic Views Date topic started Name of the last poster
Default sort order
That is basicly What you can edit on it. A Picture of it is here.
Now to Manage the Permissions!
Now whenever you make a new User group be sure to make a new Permission for it.
Now as you can see there are 5 groups. At the top there are Read and Reply Stuff. Now For the banned Groups you should not turn on anything. For the other groups you should turn on everything except Validate where you should only turn on Read.
Here is an example of a Simple Permission Mask for a General Forum.
As you can see the simple mask is basicly not allowing Validating accounts to Post for Portection and same for Guests. You can turn them on though for a Test Forum or a Forum where you wish to be Guest Friendly.
Creating Permission Masks Now we shall cover creating a New Permission Mask. Example=Moderators
Now. On the Admin Control Panel go to Permission Masks.
Creating a New Mask is simple just inhearit the Mask from another group such as what I do for my
Moderator Group. I recomend you create a Moderator Group and Mask.
NOTE: MAKE THE MASK FIRST THEN MAKE THE GROUP.
Now we shall cover creating the Group. It is really just as easy as the Mask.
- Go to Manage User Groups -
- If creating something such as a Moderator Group base it off of the Admin Group. -
- In the Panel that you come into you should now edit a few things such as Admin Cp acces.-
- Your Done-
-Peace Out.-
Maybe you can get your site to look like THIS!
Haha
(This post was edited by Peach Pit on Dec 11, 2006, 1:04 PM)
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