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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…

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…

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)…

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…

This tutorial will show you how to install packages in SMF Packages are modifications (or mods) for SMF that can be installed to enhance your forum. 1) Go to the…

This tutorial will show you how to install themes in SMF 1) Click Admin. 2) Go to Themes and Layout. The first page lets you set the default theme and…

In this tutorial we will show you how to manage avatars in SMF 1) Go to Admin. 2) Click Attachments and Avatars. Let’s look at attachments first. 3) Enable or…

This tutorial will show you how to configure server settings in SMF 1) Go to the Admin panel. 2) Click Server Settings. Unless you know your database settings have changed,…

This tutorial will show you how to configure features in SMF 1) Go to Admin. 2) Click Features and Options. The Basic Features page has a variety of different options…

This demonstration will show you how to edit settings related to posts in SMF 1) Go to Admin. 2) Select Posts and Topics. Let’s look at the Post Settings tab…

Categories in a forum are used to group similar boards together which are what hold the topics and posts. These are vital to having an organized forum. 1) First, go…

Installing Simple Machines Forum (SMF) in cPanel using Softaculous Simple Machines Forum (SMF) is a popular, free, and open-source forum software that allows you to set up your own online…