Forum Settings
Forum Setup
MS SQL Server Version: What version of MS SQL Server is running.
Time Zone: The time zone of the web server.
Forum Email: The from address when sending emails to users.
Require Email Verification: If unchecked users will not need to verify their email address.
Show Moved Topics: If this is checked, topics that are moved will leave behind a pointer to the new topic.
Links in New Window: If this is checked, links in messages will open in a new window.
Show Groups: Should the groups a user is part of be visible on the posts page.
Show Groups in profile: Should the groups a user is part of be visible on the users profile page.
Use File Table: Uploaded files will be saved in the database instead of the file system.
Show RSS Links: Enable or disable display of RSS links throughout the forum.
Show Page Generated Time: Enable or disable display of page generation text at the bottom of the page.
Show Forum Jump Box: Enable or disable display of the Forum Jump Box throughout the forum.
Display Points System: If checked, points for posting will be displayed for each user.
Remove Nested Quotes: Automatically remove nested [quote] tags from replies.
Poll Votes Dependant on IP: By default, poll voting is tracked via username and client-side cookie. (One vote per username. Cookies are used if guest voting is allowed.) If this option is enabled, votes also use IP as a reference providing the most security against voter fraud.
Max File Size: Maximum size of uploaded files. Leave empty for no limit.
Smilies Display Grid Size: Number of smilies to show by number of rows and columns.	x
Posts Per Page: Number of posts to show per page.
Topics Per Page: Number of topics to show per page.
Days before posts are locked: Number of days until posts are locked and not possible to edit or delete. Set to 0 for no limit.
Post Flood Delay: Number of seconds before another post can be entered. (Does not apply to admins or mods.)
Date and time format from language file: If this is checked, the date and time format will use settings from the language file. Otherwise the browser settings will be used.
Create NNTP user names: Check to allow users to automatically be created when downloading usenet messages. Only enable this in a test environment, and NEVER in a production environment. The main purpose of this option is for performance testing.
Forum Ads
2nd post ad: Place the code that you wish to be displayed in each thread after the 1st post. If you do not want an ad to be displayed, don't put anything in the box.
Show ad from above to signed in users: If checked, signed in users will see ads.
Editing/Formatting Settings
Forum Editor: Select global editor type for your forum. To use the HTML editors (FCK and FreeTextBox) the .bin file must be in the \bin directory and the proper support files must be put in \editors.
Accepted HTML Tags: Comma seperated list (no spaces) of HTML tags that are allowed in posts using HTML editors.
Permissions Settings
Allow User Change Theme: Should users be able to choose what theme they want to use?
Allow User Change Language: Should users be able to choose what language they want to use?
Allow Private Messages: Allow users to access and send private messages.
Allow Private Message Notifications: Allow users email notifications when new private messages arrive.
Allow Email Sending: Allow users to send emails to each other.
Allow Signatures: Allow users to create signatures.
Disable New Registrations: New users won't be able to register.
SMTP Server Settings
SMTP Server: To be able to send posts you need to enter the name of a valid smtp server.
SMTP User Name: If you need to be authorized to send email.
SMTP Password: If you need to be authorized to send email.
Avatar Settings
Allow remote avatars: Can users use avatars from other websites.
Allow avatar uploading: Can users upload avatars to their profile.
Avatar Width: Maximum width for avatars.
Avatar Height: Maximum height for avatars.
Avatar Size: Maximum size for avatars in bytes.