SMF FAQ

In case you are accessing SMF by the server’s address you may experience problems because of incorrect url paths. In order to fix them follow these steps: Log in cPanel and click on phpMyAdmin from the Databases box. Then select the SMF … Continued

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

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

If you forgot your password you can reset it by following these steps: Go to the SMF script -> Click on ‘login’ -> Click on ‘Forgot your password?’ -> Type your ‘Username/Email:’ from the registration -> Click ‘Send’ You will … Continued

If you wish to install SMF and choose you preferred language, you can install it through our automatic script installation system – Softaculous. Here is the way of installing SMF from Softaculous: cPanel -> Softaculous -> Forums -> SMF -> Install. Choose the preferred language from the Select Languagedrop-down menu. The other … Continued

If you want to move your SMF site from a subfolder to your public_html directory, you should follow these steps: 1. Move all the files from your current SMF installation folder to your public_html folder. 2. Edit the following lines … Continued

You can install SMF through the automatic script installation system – Softaculous. Here is how to install SMF via Softaculous: cPanel -> Softaculous -> Forums -> SMF -> Install The other way you can install SMF on your account with XonHost is to install it manually. If you want … Continued

If you want to change your SMF application’s index page title you will have to edit the following file: ~/SMF_installation_directory/Themes/default/languages/index.LANGUAGE.php where LANGUAGE is the current language which your application is using. You will have to find the following line: $txt[18] = $context[‘forum_name‘] … Continued

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication – a web feed format for publishing frequent updates of site content such as news, blog posts, etc. Publishers benefit from RSS feeds because this lets them syndicate their site content automatically. Readers benefit from web … Continued

In order to configure SMF to work properly with another domain, you should modify the Settings.php file located in the installation directory of your application. This can be done using File Manager in cPanel, or via FTP. Once you access the file you should change … Continued