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Renaming Board/Individual Forums
Renaming The Board
You can rename the title of the board. Goto;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Change Board Name
However you cannot change the url of the board once it has been created. If you want to change the url you have two options.
1. You can get a 3rd party to mask the url and make it shorter, but they will give your users a popup.
Dot.tk ~ Ie http://www.Mysite.tk
Cjb.net ~ Ie http://www.Mysite.cjb.net
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2. Delete this board and start a new board, but you will LOSE all your topics/posts/members EVERYTHING!
Renaming Individual Forums
You can rename the individual forums and change the descriptions. Goto;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Manage Names Of Forums
Change the forum names and descriptions and when you are happy with them click 'submit'.
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Editing Keywords/Description
You can change the description & keywords of your board if you wish. Goto;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Edit Keywords/Description
Description ~ This is the description of your board. (Min 30 characters required). This will be used by search engines so a good description of what will be found on your board is required
Eg for a board BigRedPlanet a description could be;
Discover everything about the BigRedPlanet and discuss it and other planets
Keywords: ~ These are search keywords which are used by search engines to be able to find your board. Keywords should describe the overall content and subject matter of your board.
Eg for a board BigRedPlanet keywords could be;
BigRedPlanet
Planets
Solar System
Space
Jupiter
Milky Way
Astronomer
Astrology
Once you are happy with your edited keywords and description click 'Validate Changes'
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Quick Security Settings
You can set the overall board security settings which control who can view the board, who can post and how you become a member of the board. Goto;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Security Management > Quick Security Settings
There are four board security profiles that can be loaded
Regular Open Board ~ The most commonly used. Anyone can read, only users who are logged in can post. One post grants membership to the board.
Private Board Password Protected ~ Board requires membership to read and post. Membership is gained by entering a password once.
Private Board Application Based ~ Board requires membership to read and post. Users who desire membership submit an application, which is reviewed by the board owner and administrator(s), who must manually accept/reject the application. To check for applications a board owner/administrator needs to goto;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Security Management > Review Membership Applications.
Private Board Invite Only ~ Board requires membership to read and post. The administrator(s) must manually enter the user names of the people they want to give access to (to do it, click on the "Advanced security settings" button, click on the "See members" button, and use the "Add a user" form).
Choose a board security profile by clicking a button.
If you wish, you can then modify the profile for the board and individual forums which is in the next section.
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Advanced Security Settings
You can modify you boards security settings for the board and individual forums. Goto;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Security Management > Advanced Security Settings
Fine Tuning Board Security Settings
You can fine tune the whole board settings. (Those which you loaded from the Quick Security Settings).
However you need to be careful with this as people have set the settings in a way that noone can ever view/post on the board.
Ie they have unintentionally set the requirements to view the board as Registered Members Only, the same for posting. But have then said that you need to post to become a member.
Fine Tuning A Forum Security Settings
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Security Management > Advanced Security Settings > Click Fine Tune 'The Forum'
When you have clicked Fine Tune 'The Forum' it will take you to a similar screen where you can alter the settings just for a forum. So you can make a particular forum on your board private.
Password - means they need a password to enter. There is only one password that everyone uses for that forum. There is a box near the Password option where you create that password.
Application - A user makes an application to join and then a board owner/administrator needs to manually accept/reject applications by going to;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Security Management > Review Membership Applications.
Invitation - The board owner/admin sets who can enter on an "the invitation list" by clicking 'See members' and adding members to the list. If you ain't invited you can't get in.
No Membership - There can be no members at all.
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Creating A Private Forum
The most commonly requested question about forums by users is how to create a Private Forum on a public board
Here are how to do it
To make a forum private so that only the board owner, admins, moderators and any persons you want to give access to. Goto;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Security Management > Advanced Security Settings > Click Fine Tune 'The Forum'
Set the 'Read' access to 'Require Membership'
Set the 'Write' access to 'Require Membership'
Set the 'Membership Gaining Method' to 'Invite-only membership'.
Then click 'Change Security Preferences'
If there are any users who are not admin/mods that you want to grant access to the private forum you then need to click the 'See Members' button and then type in the users names.
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Creating A Forum Where Topics Need Verifying
Here is how you create a forum where new topics must be verified by a board owner/admin/mod before they can be viewed by normal users.
There is an option in the 'Fine Tune The Forum' to require that all new topics have to be verified by the owner/administrator or moderator before they are shown to normal users.
To select this option you need to goto
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Security Management > Advanced Security Settings > Click Fine Tune 'The Forum'
Check the box for 'True (USENET-style) moderation (new topics only):'. Then click 'Change Security Preferences' to save the changes
The owner/administrator or a moderator has to then verify the topic. All topics posted under this option will be shown in the topic list with Hidden in the title. To unhide the topic an owner/admin/mod has to select the topic(s) to unhide using the moderator options at the bottom left of the topic list page.
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Creating An Archive Forum
There are some limits to Runboard.
You can only have a maximum of 20,000 topics per forum. When further topics are posted the oldest topics drop off (Are deleted).
Therefore to prevent losing topics some users (like myself) use archives. Basically its like any other forum where you can store old topics, then when that forum gets to 20,000 topics simply create a new archive forum (Archives 2 etc)
Here is how you create a typical archive forum.
To make an archive forum so no new posts can be made in an archive, users can only view the topics. Goto;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Security Management > Advanced Security Settings > Click Fine Tune 'The Forum'
Set the 'Read' access to 'Require Membership'
Set the 'Write' access to 'Require Membership'
Set the 'Membership Gaining Method' to 'Invite-only membership'.
Then click 'Change Security Preferences'
If there are any users who are not admin/mods that you want to grant access to the private forum you then need to click the 'See Members' button and then type in the users names.
Any topics that you want to put in the archive. Use the moderator options and select the topics then move them to the archive forum.
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Creating A Read Only Forum
So you want to create a read only forum that members and guests can read but no new topics/posts can be created. This is how you go about it.
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Security Management > Advanced Security Settings > Click Fine Tune 'The Forum'
Set the 'Read' access to Everyone
Set the 'Write' access to 'Require Membership'
Set the 'Membership Gaining Method' to 'Invite-only membership'.
Then click 'Change Security Preferences'
So who do you want to be able to post in the forum?
If there are any users who are not admin/mods that you want to grant posting acess to the read only forum you then need to click the 'See Members' button and then type in the users names.
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Change Board Theme/Layout
Once you board has been created you can choose to use one of the pre-defined layouts that Runboard has available thanks to the efforts of some users.
To access the Pre-Defined Theme/Layouts goto;
Control Panel > Select Board > Manage > Change Board Theme/Layout
There are several different colored themes available. A preview is also shown of what each of the predefined themes look like.
Copy it to the custom layout
Insert description here
Do not change the custom layout (if any), just switch to using the new one
Insert description here
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