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How to send a mass email to users in phpBB

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to phpBB Now let’s learn how to send a mass email 1) Click System 2) Click Mass e-mail 3) Ensure All users is selected here, so the email will go to everyone Mass emails are great for announcements or notices so that many people can be notified at

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Manage a forum in phpBB

This tutorial will show you how to manage a forum in phpBB 1) Click Forums This is the Forum Administration page where we can add, edit, or delete forums and forum categories 2) Click on a category 3) To manage this forum, click the edit icon here 4) Now let’s change the name of the

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Install phpBB from Fantastico

This tutorial will show you how to install phpBB from Fantastico 1) Click the phpBB link here This is the phpBB installation screen phpBB is a widely popular open-source bulletin board package that works well, has a simple user interface and admin panel, clean look, scales well, and can be customized 2) Click the New

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Manage groups in phpBB

This tutorial will show you how to manage groups in phpBB 1) Click Users and Groups 2) Click Manage groups 3) Let’s create a new group…. enter a group name here 4) Then click Submit 5) Enter a description for the new group 6) Click Submit That’s it! The group has been successfuly created. Now

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Manage group permissions in phpBB

This tutorial will show you how to manage group permissions in phpBB Now let’s learn how to manage group permissions 1) Click Permissions 2) Click Groups permissions 3) Choose a group here… then click Submit 4) We can either choose a specific role here… or click All Yes 5) Click Apply all permissions That’s it!

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Configure forum permissions in phpBB

This tutorial will show you how to configure forum permissions in phpBB 1) Click Permissions 2) Click Forum permissions 3) Select a forum here 4) Then click Submit 5) Select a group to edit or select all groups We can edit permissions for users or groups on this page for the chosen forum. Let’s edit

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Edit your profile in phpBB

This tutorial will show you how to edit your profile in phpBB 1) Click User Control Panel 2) Click the Profile tab 3) This is the profile page where we can view and edit our forum profile. Let’s make some changes 4) Click Submit That’s it! Your profile has now been edited. We can customize

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Disallow usernames in phpBB

This tutorial will show you how to disallow usernames in phpBB 1) Click Users and Groups 2) Click Disallow names 3) Enter a name you wish to disallow here 4) Click Submit That’s it! The name StoreHater can no longer be used in the forums Now let’s remove it from the list so it can

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Create a new topic in phpBB

This tutorial will show you how to create a new topic in phpBB Now let’s learn how to create a new topic 1) Click the forum in which you want to add a topic 2) Then click the New Topic button here 3) Enter the Subject of the topic here 4) Enter the body of

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Create a forum in phpBB

This tutorial will show you how to create a forum in phpBB 1) Click Forums 2) Enter the name of the new forum here 3) Click Create new forum 4) Enter a description for the new forum here 5) Click Submit That’s it! The forum has been successfully created The new forum is listed here

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Configure your phpBB installation

This tutorial will show you how to configure your phpBB installation Now let’s learn how to configure phpBB 1) Click Board settings On this page we can customize many different options and settings. Let’s go ahead and make some changes now 2) Click Submit 3) Now click Board features This is the Board Featrues page

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How to use word censoring in phpBB

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to phpBB Now let’s learn how to use word censoring 1) Click Posting 2) Then click Word censoring 3) Click Add new word This is the Word Censoring page. Words added here will be automatically replaced when posted by users 4) Enter a word here and what you

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