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What is phpBB?

phpBB is one of the most widely used forum script currently on the web. It is free/open source, easy to install and administer and allows flexibility in terms of design and organization. You can learn more about phpBB from our great tutorials and … Continued

SMF forum cannot send mails

In this case you have probably misconfingured the mail server/username/password settings. Please re-check them by logging in your SMF site as administrator and go to the admin panel –> ‘Configuration’ –> ‘Server Settings’ –> ‘FEATURE CONFIGURATION’. More information on how … Continued

How to remove all tags in vBulletin

In order to remove all vBulletin tags, you should access the vBulletin database and truncate the content of the tagtable. Run the following MySQL query: TRUNCATE TABLE tag; (You can run a MySQL query using phpMyAdmin. More information how to do … Continued

How to remove the Community link from the main vBulletin menu?

In order to remove the Community link from the main vBulletin menu you should edit your vBulletin template. Open your vBulletin admin area and navigate to Styles & Templates->Style Manager->Edit Template->Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates->navbar. Remove the following code from it: <li … Continued

Internal error when editing pages in MediaWiki

If you get an Internal error when trying to edit your pages in MediaWiki, you should first enable debugging by adding the following line at the bottom of the LocalSettings.php file: $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; You can modify the file using FTP, SSH, or File Manager in … Continued

How to enable file uploads for my MediaWiki site?

If you get the following message: Sorry, uploading is disabled. you have to open MediaWiki configuration file (LocalSettings.php) at your web hosting account and do the following changes: MediaWiki 1.5 or above: $wgEnableUploads = true; # Enable uploads Older versions: Invert the … Continued

My backup creation procedures in Moodle are failing

Your Moodle backups may be failing because of the current Moodle configuration. The server might timeout and produce an error message or your data directory might not be writable. You can change this by setting the permission for it to … Continued

How to configure my phpBB to use the server URL instead of my own domain name?

First go to your cPanel and click on the phpMyAdmin link from the Databases box. From the drop-down menu on the left choose the phpBB database. Once the page refreshes with the database contents, open the SQL tab at the top. In the text … Continued

How can I upgrade my SMF forum?

If you want to perform an upgrade on SMF installed from Softaculous, just follow the steps listed below: cPanel -> Softaculous -> Forums -> SMF. Find your installation and click on the Update icon. If there is not any Update button/link, this means that the application is up to … Continued

How to edit the vBulletin page margins?

In order to edit the page margins of your forum navigate to your vBulletin admin panel->Style Manager. Pick Style Vars from the drop down menu. Search for doc_margin and enter the preferred values. Save the changes, reload the vBulletin front-end and the modification will … Continued