SMF Resources
This tutorial will show you how to send private messages in SMF. 1) Go to My Messages. 2) Click New Message. 3) Type in the recipient’s username. 4) Enter a Subject. 5) Type your message in this box. 6) Check this box to save a copy in your outbox. 7) Click Send Message. 8) Let’s
SMF lets you attach a poll to an existing topic or a new one. Let’s see how to do that now. 1) Browse to any board. 2) Click Post New Poll. 3) Type a Subject. You can select an icon if you wish. 4) Enter the question you want to ask users. 5) Type as
This tutorial will show you how to reply to an existing topic in SMF. 1) Browse to any topic. 2) Click Reply. You can change the subject if you like. Before we start typing up our response, let’s insert a quote from a previous post. 3) Click Insert Quote. This is useful in replying to
To moderate a topic, you must have moderator or administrator priviledges. 1) Browse to any post. The moderator options are down here at the bottom of the page. 2) Let’s start by locking this topic. This topic is now locked, as indicated by the padlock icon here. Regular members will be unable to post in
Let’s learn how to create a new topic in SMF. 1) Browse to any board. 2) Click New Topic. 3) Type a Subject. 4) Enter your content here. 5) You can insert an emoticon by clicking one from the list. It will be inserted as text wherever the cursor is placed and be converted to
This tutorial will show you how to backup a database in SMF Keeping a backup of your database is important in case something happens to your forum or the server where it resides. 1) Go to Admin. 2) Click Forum Maintenance. 3) Check the items you want to backup. 4) Click Download. 5) Save the
Occasionally, you may need to restrict some users from being able to access your forum. You can do this using the Ban List feature. 1) Go to Admin. 2) Click Ban List. Any bans in effect will show up in the list below. 3) Let’s Add a New Ban. 4) Type a Ban Name. 5)
Permissions give different levels of access depending on which group the member is assigned to. 1) Click Admin. 2) Go to Permissions. Here is a list of all the membergroups and their number of assigned permissions. 3) To edit an existing group, click Modify. 4) Select each thing you would like to allow the group
This tutorial will show you how to add membergroups in SMF Membergroups can be assigned by an admin or rely on the number of posts a member has made. Let’s see how to manage them now. 1) Go to Admin. 2) Click Membergroups. The Regular Groups in the top box can only be assigned by
This tutorial will show you how to change member registration settings in SMF 1) Go to Admin. 2) Click Registration. The first tab lets you register a new member, which we saw in the previous tutorial. 3) Click Registration Agreement. This is the default agreement that is used. You can change it as needed, depending
If you have your forum set to closed registration, you, as the admin, will need to register new members manually. 1) Go to the Admin panel. 2) Click Registration. 3) Type the Username which the member will use to login. 4) Enter the member’s email address. 5) Set a Password. If you want to set
This tutorial will show you how to manage members in SMF It’s important to know how to manage members in case you need to make changes to any of their profiles. 1) Go to Admin. 2) Click Members. This page will list all the members that have registered for your forum. This list can be
