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Forum Configuration

General Settings
Register - View Do you need to be registered to view posts? Specifies whether or not you will allow non-logged-in users to view the Forum.
Login Required to Post Do you need to be registered to create posts? Specifies whether or not you will allow non-logged-in users to create new posts or reply to existing posts. Set to yes to only allow logged-in-users to create Forum posts.
Enable User Rating SystemIf set to true, this enables the Community Moderation system which allows site users to 'rate' other users.  The ability to read / post to the forums can be limited based on a users rating.
Allow Site Member List If set to true, allow logged-in users to view a list of all site member.
Allow Email Notification Do you want to allow people to be notified? Set to yes to enable notification emails to Forum subscribers when new posts are created.
Enable BBcode SignatureIf set to true, uses will have the ability to define their own unique BBcode based signature. If set to false, the Forum will use the glFusion tag (signature) on the forum posts.
Show Topic Review when replying Show Topic Review (Iframe) at bottom when replying to a topic? If set to Yes, the existing Forum posts will be displayed in an IFrame at the bottom of the edit screen.
Allow user defined Date Formats Use the user defined preference for Date/Time format where required.
Private Message Plugin installed? If you have the glMessenger Private Message Plugin installed, should the PM link be enabled?
Refresh page after submission Automatically refresh page after a submission?
Pause Delay Pause delay in seconds if autorefresh mode used.
Topics Per Page Number of topics to display when viewing the forum index
Posts Per Page Number of posts to show per page
Messages per Page Messages Admin screen - number of messages lines per page
Search Results Number of records to show per page when viewing search results
Show Blocks Which navigation blocks (left / right) should be displayed when viewing the Forum.
User Menu Type Block Menu - Display the Forum menu in the left navigation column using a block format.
Nav Bar - Display the user menu as a set of tabs at the top of the Forum display.
MySQL 4+ Installed If you have MySQL v4.1 or greater installed, set this to TRUE.
Silent Edit Default When editing a post, if Silent Edit is checked, the post's date/time will not be modified. Set to TRUE if you want Silent Edit mode by default.
Avatar Width Maximum width (in pixels) of the avatar graphic.
Allow IMG bbcode If TRUE, allow the img bbcode. Set to FALSE to disable the img bbcode.
Show Moderators Set to TRUE to display who the Forum moderators are for each forum.
NOTE Displaying the moderators requires several additional database calls and can quickly slow down the display of the forum page.
Default Date / Time Format Date / Time Display Format. See PHP Date Format Documentation for details.
Default Topic Date / Time Format Date / Time Display Format for topic listings. See PHP Date Format Documentation for details
Pop-up number of chars / Popup Width These 2 fields control the width and the number of characters shown in the tooltip.  NOTE: With the Nouveau theme, the pop-up width is fixed and this setting is ignored.
Quote Format Format for quoting text.
Number of popular posts to show Number of Popular posts to show in the Popular Tab
Number of last posts to show Number of posts to show in the Latest Post Tab
Group Tags Group tags allow you to associate 'badges' to users based on levels.
Attachment Settings
Maximum number of attachments Maximum number of attachments allowed to a topic
Upload Path Full, absolute path to store uploaded attachments
Download URL Full URL to attachment download area.
File Permissions File permissions to set on each uploaded attachment.
Maximum Image Width Maximum image width in pixels
Maximum Image height Maximum image height in pixels
Maximum Image Size Maximum image size in bytes
Inline Image Width Maximum size of an inline image.
Inline Image Height Maximum height (px) of an inline image.
Allowable File Types Allowed file types for attachments.
Allowable Image Types Allowed image types for attachments.
Enable FileMgmt Integration for AttachmentsIf this is set to True, all forum attachments will be stored in the FileMgmt plugin.
Topic Posting Settings
Title Length Maximum length (characters) for the topic subject
Min Name Length Minimum length in characters requied for members name or anonymous name
Min Subject Length Minimum length in characters required for Topic Subject to post
Min Post Length Minimum length in characters contents of post must be
Popular Posts Number of views required for topic to have popular rating
Posting Speedlimit Time in seconds required between posts - to prevent spamming
Allowed time to allow members to edit their posts Allowed time (min) to allow members to edit their posts. 0 means they can edit at any time after saving.
Allow HTML in posts? Enable HTML to be used in posts. If set to NO then users will only be able to post in TEXT Mode but still use bbcode
Enable WYSIWYG EditorIf set to True, use the WYSIWYG editor for forum posts.

NOTE: The following 3 configuration options must be set to true to enable the WYSIWYG editor:

  - Allow HTML in Posts
  - Enable WYSIWYG Editor
  - HTML Mode as Default Post Mode
HTML mode as default post mode? Enable HTML Mode as default - set to True.
Enable Text mode as default (safest) - set to False
Use Cotent Filter Enable glFusion filtering of bad words
Code Formatting Use the Geshi Code Formatting Feature
SpamX Plugin Enable the Spam-X Plugin to filter out possible spam on all posts before saving
Use Stop Forum Spam Enable Stop Forum Spam to filter out possible spam on all posts before saving
Allow Moods Enable moods to be selected per post
Allow Smilies Enable smilies to be used
Smilies Plugin Smilies Plugin or external functions should be used for handling smilies
Centerblock Settings
Enable Centerblock If Centerblock is enabled, a summary of the latest Forum posts will appear on the main site index page.
Homepage Only Homepage Only
Number of posts Number of posts to show in Centerblock
Title Length Number of characters allowed in displayed subject
Location Placement on the page Top Of PageAfter Featured StoryBottom Of Page
Latest Posts Block Settings
Number of posts Number of posts to show in latestposts block
Title Length Number of characters allowed in displayed subject
Latest Posts Only show the latest post per topic
Rank Settings
Level 1 Rank 1 - Desciption and post threshold
Level 2 Rank 2 - Desciption and post threshold
Level 3 Rank 3 - Desciption and post threshold
Level 4 Rank 4 - Desciption and post threshold
Level 5 Rank 5 - Desciption and post threshold