Building online Communities with phpBB 2.XX

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What This Book CoversThe book starts with an overview of phpBB and online communities. Chapter 1 also

gives some background information to phpBB, and gives you an idea of what you can

achieve with phpBB with some real-life examples of phpBB-powered communities.

Chapter 2 walks you through a full installation of phpBB, including the necessary

preparation work and post-installation tasks. It also looks at configuring the installation,

and troubleshooting tips to get you started with your new forum and online community as

quickly as possible.

After you are set up and running, Chapter 3 dives straight into the phpBB environment,

familiarizing you with the basics of configuring your site, creating forums and users, and

introducing you to the basics of phpBB administration. In order to fully understand the

different features and their administration, the chapter starts with a tour of phpBB from

the user and administrator points of view.

Chapter 4 looks at some more ways to customize your forum's appearance and features.

Making these customizations is essential to giving your community a unique identity that

makes it stand out among other online forums. The appearance of a forum is mainly

controlled by phpBB's styling system, which manages the colors, images, and visual

layout of the forum. In this chapter, you will learn about the basics of a phpBB 2.0 style,

adding and removing styles, fixing common style installation problems, customizing

styles, and adding new features, including "modifications", to the forum.


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