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| Administrative Help Center |
| Introduction |
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As you are well aware, YaBB is a fantastic community platform. Easily installed; easily managed. It's the perfect solution for growing and maintaining a solid, proactive relationship with your user base. This Help section will help you understand some of the many new and powerful features you now have at your fingertips. For more information, please visit The YaBB Codex.
Please refer to the Glossary section in User Help if you need clarification on the different page views or terms described in the sections below. You may use the menu on the left to quickly jump to any topic below. You may use this 
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| Manage Categories |
| Accessing the Category Functions |
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This YaBB version comes equipped with many powerful tools to manage and control the conversational flow of your community, the cornerstone of which is the ability to group Boards into an unlimited* number of Categories. In order to access these functions, you must, of course, be logged in as an Administrator (or Global Moderator with proper access rights). Once you are, look at the Main tabbed menu at the top of your forum under the logo. You will notice a link titled “Admin”. Clicking this will bring up a password screen so you can verify that your are, in fact, authorized to work in the Admin Center. Once your password is confirmed, you will be taken to the Administrator's control panel. On the left hand menu, search for the section titled “Forum Controls” and click on the link titled “Categories”. * YaBB is only limited by the space allocated to you on your web hosting server.
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| Adding New Categories |
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YaBB allows you to add many new Categories all at once or one at a time. To do this, access the forum's Category management functions as shown above. Once there, scroll to the bottom of the list and find the function titled “Add Categories”. Enter the number of new Categories you wish to create in the box and press the button titled “Add”. On this new page, you will be given a set of options for each of the new categories you want to create:
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| Editing a Category |
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Editing a Category with YaBB is fast and easy thanks to the hard work our fantastic team of developers. While inside of the Categories function of your Admin Center (see Accessing the Category Functions above for details), you will see a list of existing Categories, each with a corresponding check box. Clicking on a check box will flag that Category for editing. Once you have checked all the Categories you wish to edit, scroll to the bottom of the list and look for the set of radio buttons titled “With selected”. Click on the radio button for “Edit” and then press the button to the right titled “Go”. Inside you will find the following items for each Category:
When you've finished making your edits, search for and click the button titled “Save” at the bottom of the list of categories.
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| Deleting a Category |
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If you would like to remove a Category, follow the directions (see Accessing the Category Functions above for details) to access your Category management page.
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| Manage Boards |
| Accessing the Board Functions |
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Now that you have created your Categories, you can use YaBB's amazing Board-creation utilities to manage the post-able sections of your community. YaBB allows you to create an unlimited* number of boards in every category. In order to access these functions, you must be logged in as an Administrator or Global Moderator with proper access rights. Once you are, look at the main menu. You will notice a link titled “Admin”. Clicking this will bring up a password screen so you can verify that your are, in fact, authorized to work in the Admin Center. Once your password is confirmed, you will be taken to the Administrator's control panel. On the left hand menu, search for the section titled “Forum Controls” and click on the link titled “Boards”. * YaBB is only limited by the space allocated to you on your web hosting server.
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| Adding New Boards |
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YaBB gives Forum Administrators the ability to add multiple Boards from a single screen. To do this, access the forum's Board Management functions as explained above. Once there, scroll to the bottom of the list of existing boards (if any) and find the function titled “Add Boards”. Enter the number of new Boards you would like to create in the text box then press the button titled “Add”. On this Edit Boards page, you will be given a large set of options for each of the new Boards you are trying to add:
Once you have filled out all the information for your new Boards, scroll down to the bottom of the list and click on the button titled “Save”. Your new Boards will be created and opened for posting!
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| Editing a Board |
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If you need to make changes to any of the boards you have created, simply follow the directions above to access your board management section. In the list of boards, you will notice a check box that corresponds to each title. Check this box for each and every board you wish to edit. Once selected, scroll to the bottom of the board listings and locate the set of radio buttons titled “With selected”. Click on the radio labeled “Edit” then press the button to the right titled “Go”. On this Edit Boards page, you will be given a large set of options for each of the new Boards you are trying to edit:
Once you have edited all the information for your Boards, scroll down to the bottom of the list and click on the button titled “Save”. Your changes to the Boards will be seen immediately.
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| Deleting a Board |
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If you would like to remove a Board, follow the directions in the Accessing the Board Functions section above to access your Board management page. Deleting a Board
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| Manage Members |
| Accessing Member Controls |
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Since YaBB is built to encourage and facilitate an active community of users, it comes with several tools to assist Forum Administrators in the management of Members. To access these controls, ensure you are logged in as an Administrator and enter your “Admin Center”. Once inside, look for the section in the sidebar menu titled “Member Controls”.
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| Manually Add Member |
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It may become necessary from time to time for a Forum Administrator to manually create a new member account. For example, this can often be useful to help those with a disability become a Member. From your Member Controls section on the Admin Center sidebar, click on the link titled “Add Member”. This new page will give you a simple registration form that will allow you to add a Member without having to logout. Simply fill out this form with the new Member's User Name, Password and e-Mail.
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| Banning Members |
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Unfortunately, users are not always filled with the great sense of community that YaBB provides. These users can become rude, break rules, harass other members, or even spam your forum. This is why YaBB gives you the ability to block these troublemakers from disturbing your forum. Individual members can be banned from their Profile Page and from the Ban Utilities section of the Admin Center. To begin banning a Member in this way, access your Admin Center and find “Member Controls” as described above. Find the link titled “Ban Utilities” and click on it. This new page will give you three methods for banning a Member:
Banning a Member from the Banning UtilityNote that IP addresses, e-mail addresses, and User ID banned from the Ban Utilities page are flagged as being permanent bans.
Banning a Member from their ProfileBanning from their Profile gives the Admin (or other authorized staff person) the option of banning the member for set time periods, giving a reason for the banning and the option of sending the an e-mail notifying them of the ban. A temporary ban is called a 'suspension'.
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| Member Groups |
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Member Groups give you the ability to assign a group or classification to a Member. These groups can then be used to grant special privileges and/or access to your forum or simply be used for the fun of it. If you would like to create a Member Group, enter your Admin Center and find the section titled “Member Controls” as described above then click on the link “Member Groups”. This new page will then show you the three Member Group types.
Creating a New Member GroupTo create a new Member Group, click on the link titled “Add Group” next to either “Post Independent” or “Post Dependent” Member Groups. This will bring up a new page with a form to add new groups.
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| Global Moderator Privileges |
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YaBB gives you the ability to select what administrative functions you wish to entrust to your Global Moderators. You may choose these access permissions in the Admin Center under General Controls in the Global Moderator Access section. Moving your mouse over each action option gives you a brief description of what each option allows. Your Global Moderators should have a clear understanding of what levels of access you are giving them, and nothing can communicate that better than you, the Administrator, discussing it with them. The most important options are listed as three selections at the top of the page. Note that access to the Admin Center does NOT necessarily mean your Global Moderators can control all the items you can see in the Admin Center. If you allow this access, you can customize the Global Moderator permissions in the list of actions below. Choosing Editing the Profile (but not the Admin Edits) will allow the Global Moderator to change passwords, e-mail addresses, and all other options in the User's Profile (except Admin Edits). Note: Global Moderators cannot edit or modify any Administrator Profile. Choosing the Admin Edits option will allow Global Moderators to change a user's Post Count, Position, and Member Group(s). Note: Global Moderators cannot edit or modify Administrator Admin Edits, nor can they “promote” other users to Global Moderators or Forum Administrators. Administrator Tip: Some actions depend on what level of Profile edit the Global Moderator has been granted. Access to such things as PM Attachments and downloading YaBB backups depend on having the Admin Edits option checked. Administrator Tip: In most cases, actions you do NOT select for the Global Moderator will not even be visible to them in the Admin Center; however this is not always the case.
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| Forum Moderator |
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New in YaBB 2.6 is the “Forum Moderator”. This is a position with more global privileges than Board Moderator and fewer than Global Moderator. The Forum Moderator has automatic moderation privileges for all member accessible boards but has no access to administrator functions except for banning and unbanning members from member Profiles.
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| Security |
| Security Intro |
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YaBB is very secure against all types of attackers. The many built-in features of YaBB provide safety for your forum against attacks. Realize, however, many of these security features are selectable, thus if you don't enable them, it can pose risks. Examples of this would be not using at least one of the Validation measures for registrations, or allowing Guests to post without a Validation Image or Validation Question check.
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| Sessions |
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Sessions are a YaBB feature designed to protect administrative functions. If sessions are enabled in the Admin Center, staff will be required to re-validate their session whenever their network connection changes IP address. To re-validate your session, simply click “Update Session” on the YaBB main menu at the top of the forum. If this link isn't present, then your session doesn't need to be updated. By default, it asks you for your Password to re-validate. That can be changed in your Profile, under the “Edit Profile” section, near the bottom of the list of settings. To check if sessions are enabled, go into the Admin Center/Security Center/Security Settings and look under the “General” tab. Sessions are enabled if the checkbox to the right of “Activate Session IDs” is checked.
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| Stealth Mode |
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Stealth Mode is a YaBB feature designed to allow Forum Administrators, Global Moderators, or both the ability to discretely monitor the forum's activity without being “seen”. When this option is selected, Forum Administrators and Global Moderators “Online” status is concealed from all other Member Groups and Guests. This option is enabled by checking the box in the “Staff” tab found in the Admin Center/Forum Configuration/Forum Settings.
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| Encrypt User IDs |
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This feature is designed to enhance security by allowing Forum Administrators the option to conceal the User's log in name in the link to their Profile. This is the link that appears wherever the mouse cursor is placed over a Member's Displayed Name.
This option is enabled by default. It may be disabled by unchecking the “Encrypt User IDs” box in the Admin Center/Security Center/Security Settings section under the “General” tab.
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| Administrative Functions - Global Moderator Access |
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The Forum Administrator may select what administrative functions the Global Moderators may control. The Forum Administrator may restrict access to the Admin Center completely, or may choose to allow Global Moderators to control a selected list of these functions. These include items such as editing user Profiles, adding Members, deleting Members, editing the Forum News, altering forum Security Settings, running forum backups and many more.
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| Activate Referral Security Checking |
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This feature is designed to enhance security by allowing Forum Administrators the option to select what actions are allowed in a URL outside the forum's domain name. When enabled, this allows the Administrator to select allowed actions individually in the list found in the Admin Center/Security Center/Referrer Security section. This option is enabled by checking the “Activate Referral Security Checking” box in the “General” tab found in the Admin Center/Security Center/Security Settings.
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| Show IP in Board Index |
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This feature allows Forum Administrators the option to view the IP number of anyone logged in or visiting the forum. This option displays a Guest's or User's IP address at the bottom right of each post and also gives access to the IP Lookup facility if it has been activated. This option may be enabled for Forum Administrators, Global Moderators, Forum Moderators or all three. This option is enabled by checking the appropriate boxes in the “General” tab found in the Admin Center/Security Center/Security Settings. Enable IPLookupThis activates IP Lookup, allowing those able to view IPs the ability to also look up the particulars of an IP address through one of the WhoIs servers. IP Lookup WhoIs ServersHere you can add or remove WhoIs servers used by the IP Lookup utility. Use \{ip\} in the URL to substitute the actual IP address, and separate the title and URL with a pipe symbol '|'. Example: MyLookupSite|mylookupsite.com?ip=\{ip\}
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| Spam Protect - Enter Percent |
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This feature is designed to limit spam by setting a limit on how many other Members a User may send a Personal Message to at one time. The number you enter represents the maximum percent of total Members a User may send PMs to at one time. This option is enabled by entering a desired percent in the appropriate box found in the “Personal Messages” tab found in the Admin Center/Forum Configuration/Forum Settings section.
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| Other Anti-spam Measures |
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YaBB 2.6.0 has additional features for helping you combat spam registrations. Two such features are the Honeypot and SpamFruits both of which can be turned on or off from the Admin Center/Security Center/Anti-Spam Settings. Honeypot is a 'passive' spambot catcher that catches spambots when they fill in a registration field that can be seen by spambots but not by people using a browser. SpamFruits works by requiring a mouse move to choose the proper picture. Another effective anti-spam utility is Anti-Spam Question found in the Admin Center/Security Center/Anti-Spam Question.
This option must be turned on and it is highly recommended that you use questions that reflect your forum's unique niche. Try not to use questions whose answers are too easily searchable on Google. Validation Image also has new features: You can now specify characters that will appear before and/or after the randomly generated Validation Image. These characters look like part of the Validation Image but users are instructed to ignore them when putting filling out the Validation Image text box.
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| Manage Templates |
| Accessing the Template Editor |
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YaBB gives you the ability to quickly and easily add and/or modify the look and feel of your Forum. In order to access these functions, you must be logged in as a Forum Administrator or Global Moderator with proper access rights. In the “Admin Center” find the section in the left hand menu titled “Forum Layout”. There you will see two links: “Template Configuration”, and “Style Sheet”.
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| Template Configuration |
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If you would like to add a Template (also known as a skin), change which stylesheet file you'd like to use for your Forum, or use templates other than the default one, this section allows you to do that.
Adding a New Skin
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| Editing Templates |
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YaBB gives you the ability to edit the html code for all the major Forum sections except the Admin Center.
Editing a Template
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| Editing Style Sheets |
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YaBB also gives you the ability to edit the forum stylesheet, choose button backgrounds and backgrounds for the UBBC buttons.
Editing a Style Sheet
The default stylesheet cannot be edited from WYSIWYG screen. However, you can save your changes to a new stylesheet and then choose that stylesheet as the stylesheet for your default template in the “Template Configuration” section. Editing a Stylesheet file
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| Advanced Settings |
| Setting up Permalinks and RSS |
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YaBB gives you the ability to set up permalinks (search engine friendly and bookmark friendly URIs) as well as RSS feeds from your entire forum, specific Categories and specific Boards. In order to set up these functions, you must be logged in as a Forum Administrator or Global Moderator with proper access rights. In the “Admin Center” find the section in the left hand menu titled “Forum Configuration”. Click on “Advanced Settings”.
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| E-Mail Settings |
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Setup how YaBB sends e-mails.
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| File Attachments |
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Check the permissions on the Attachment and PMAttachment folders and set user permissions, file types, and other parameters.
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| Smart Image Resize |
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Set the parameters for resizing Avatars, Post images, Signature images, Attachment images, and Board/Category images
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| Advanced |
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Here you can set up the various the parameters for the various user/click/error logs and other items.
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| Other Settings |
| Event Calendar |
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YaBB 2.6 boasts the addition of an Event Calendar where members and staff can post holidays, special events, and meetings. In order to set up the Event Calendar, you must be logged in as a Forum Administrator or Global Moderator with proper access rights. In the “Admin Center” find the section in the left hand menu titled “General Controls”. Click on “Event Calendar”.
Administrator Tip: If 'Allow User to hide age in Profile and Message View and hide age and birth year in Calendar?' is checked in “Forum Settings -> Members”, Members can choose to hide their age. In that event, only the Member's birth month and day will be shown.
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| Smiley Options |
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In order to set up the Smiley Options, you must be logged in as a Forum Administrator or Global Moderator with proper access rights. In the “Admin Center” find the section in the left hand menu titled “General Controls”. Click on “Smiley Options”.
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| Social Bookmarks |
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Social Bookmarks allows members and visitors to easily share items on your forum by sharing Bookmarked items in their social media pages. In order to edit the Social Bookmarks Settings, you must be logged in as a Forum Administrator or Global Moderator with proper access rights. In the “Admin Center” find the section in the left hand menu titled “General Controls”. Click on “Social Bookmarks”.
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| YaBMod |
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YaBMod allows admins to upload and install YaBMod compatible mods from within YaBB. In order to add a Mod, you must be logged in as a Forum Administrator or Global Moderator with proper access rights. In the “Admin Center” find the section in the left hand menu titled “BoardMod Mods”. Click on “YaBMods Admin Center”.
On forums with several Mods installed, there may be conflicts between Mods that make it difficult to uninstall a Mod. In this case, you may need to uninstall other Mods in the reverse order with which they were installed. YaBMod will not remove the actual Mods from your server so you can reinstall them once you're ready. YaBMod is unable to remove Mods that have been installed by other means. YaBMod requires that the Perl Module CGI.pm package be installed in the server's Perl installation. This Module must be version 4 or greater otherwise YaBMod will be unable to upload files. If your Perl installation does not include CGI.pm or has an old version of it, contact your hosting service to install or update it for you.
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| What's Changed |
| General Observations |
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YaBB is a 'living document'. It changes over time. Features are added, and occasionally removed, as YaBB evolves. The Sections below document many of the changes for the admin.
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| Features in YaBB 2.2 and later versions |
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In the making of YaBB 2.2, we have done an overhaul to the admin center's various sections.
Then there are some smaller additions in the forum settings and in 'Referrer security' which won't be further explained here but may appear as useful for you to go through.
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| New Features in YaBB 2.3 |
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These are some completely new features to YaBB 2.3 that were added by popular request of users. These additions are:
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| New Features in YaBB 2.5.2 |
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These are some completely new features to YaBB 2.5.2 that were added by popular request of users. These additions are:
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| New Features in YaBB 2.6.0 |
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These are some completely new features to YaBB 2.6.0 that were added by popular request of users. These additions include:
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| New Features in YaBB 2.7.0 |
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These are some new features to YaBB 2.7.0 that were added by popular request of users. These additions include:
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| License - YaBB Public License (YPL) |
YaBB Public License (YPL)Below is the license YaBB has adopted for the software. It explains your extended rights and restrictions with the YaBB forum software. We basically ask that you leave the copyright intact and visible on the bottom of your forum at all times on all pages. If you wish to break the following license or remove the copyright, you may make an inquiry by visiting the following URL: http://www.yabbforum.com/licenses.php.
DefinitionsYou: This is you, if you are considering distributing, modifying or using this Package. Program: This refers to the YaBB source files that comprise the Perl program and derivatives of that program. Package: This refers to the collection of files distributed by YaBB and derivatives of that collection of files created through textual modification. Standard Version: This refers to such a Package if it has not been modified or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of YaBB as specified below. Distribution Fee: This is a fee you charge for providing a copy of this Package to another party. Freely Available: This means that no fee is charged for the right to use the Package, though there may be fees involved in handling it. It also means that recipients of the Package may redistribute it under the same conditions they received it. License: This is the document you are currently reading (YaBB's Public License). Illegal Actions: Any action that is illegal in the country you reside in, the country websites using YaBB are hosted in, and the country a visitor to said websites reside in. PreambleThe licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, this License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software -- to make sure the software is free for all its users. When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our YaBB Public License is designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for a service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things. To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it. For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they too receive or can get the source code, and you must show them these terms so they know their rights. We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software. Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free software. If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors' reputations. Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all. Terms and Conditions for UseYou may download and use YaBB only if you agree to the following items:
Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution, and Modification0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this YaBB Public License. Activities other than using, copying, distributing and modifying are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Package (independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does. 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Package's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this YaBB Public License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Package a copy of this License along with the Package. You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee. If transferring a copy for a fee, some sort of modification to the original Program must have been made or a service must have been added to the Program other than the act of the transfer itself. 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Package or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Package, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
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In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Package with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this License. 3. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Package except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Package is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance. 4. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Package or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. 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If the distribution and/or use of the Package are restricted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original copyright holder who places the Package under this License may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the body of this License. 8. YaBB may publish revised and/or new versions of the YaBB Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Package specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version," you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by YaBB. If the Package does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by YaBB. 9. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Package into other free programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by YaBB, write to YaBB; we sometimes make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally. 10. Because the Package is licensed free of charge, there is no warranty for the Package, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Except when otherwise stated in writing, the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the Package "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. 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How to Apply These Terms to Your New ProgramsIf you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. Provide one line to give the program's name and an idea of what it does. Copyright (C) yyyy name of author -- Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. This YaBB Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General Public License instead of this License. Summary of Your Rights with this Software1. You MAY use this Package free of charge, and the Package, containing all source code, will be available to you at any time. 2. You may NOT sell this Package if nothing has been modified and it is being distributed by You in the same manner the original Package was distributed to You. 3. You MAY sell this Package if you have done the following:
4. You may NOT use the YaBB software for any illegal actions. Such use will void this license and deem your copy of YaBB illegal. YaBB cannot be held liable for such uses.
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| Help Topic Index |
| Help Topic Index Intro |
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The Help Topic Index can help you learn your YaBB's features quickly and assist you with locating help topics in the YaBB Codex.
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| How-To Topics |
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These answer many commonly asked questions by new forum Administrators about how to use the forum features. HOW-TO...
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| What To Do Topics |
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These answer many commonly asked questions by new forum Administrators about what to do if problems or errors are encountered. WHAT SHOULD I DO IF...
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| Modifying Your Forum |
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This section contains information on modifying your forum. Before making ANY modification, you should backup your forum in case something goes wrong. Also note that while some basic information about the BoardMOD program is provided for YaBB users, the YaBB Team does not provide support for the BoardMOD program or any of the MODS or Templates available there. If you have support questions about those products, you should address them on the BoardMOD site. Modification Information Links
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| Getting Support From YaBB |
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This section contains some advice to help you get any problems resolved as quickly as possible should you need to post a request for software support at YaBB Support Forum.
How to Get Support from YaBB
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