General Settings

Homepage

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1. Forum Homepage Title

   This means exactly what it says. Change it and check the result.

2. The Forum Description

   Similarly, see above.

3. Meta Keywords Associated with Forum

   This option has been moved here from the built-in forum settings to structure related settings in one place. Simply specify a set of words that characterize the theme of your forum.

Topic & Board Pages

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1. Add Forum Name to Board Titles

   Choose from 3 options.

   Let’s say your forum is called “Secret Bikers Club of L.A.” and you have a section titled “Good Bars”. When you enter the section and look at the page title, the result will depend on the option you choose:

   Option	Result
   Don’t add	No changes (Good Bars)
   Before Board Title	Secret Bikers Club of L.A. - Good Bars
   After Board Title	Good Bars - Secret Bikers Club of L.A.

2. Add Board Title and Forum Name to Topic Titles

   Choose from 3 options.

   Imagine you have a topic titled “November Meetup” in the “Good Bars” section:

   Option	Result
   Don’t add	No changes (November Meetup)
   Before Topic Title	Secret Bikers Club of L.A. - Good Bars - November Meetup
   After Topic Title	November Meetup - Good Bars - Secret Bikers Club of L.A.

   Don’t need these options? Don’t enable them if you don’t want to. Let’s move on.

3. Display the Topic First Message Snippet as the Meta-Tag description

   A lazy option if you don’t want to manually come up with/fill in topic descriptions.

4. Allow a Separate Field for the Topic Description

   An option for the meticulous, allowing you to create a description for each topic separately. Don’t forget to set permissions for the user groups you want to allow to fill in descriptions.

5. Allow a Separate Field for the Topic Tags

   Similarly, for filling in tags. They won’t be filled in automatically. Don’t forget to set permissions for the user groups you want to allow to fill in tags.

6. Display a Block with Tags Above the First Post of the Topic

   Filled in the tags? Great! Want to display them? Then enable this option.

7. Display Tags in Topic Lists Within Boards

   They will look very nice, check it out.

8. Use Color Tags

   If you enable this, the tags will look even better.

9. Maximum Number of Tags Per Topic

   A measure of control to prevent overly enthusiastic users from overloading your forum with tags.

Additional Settings

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1. Display a 404 Page for Non-Existent Forum Areas

   Just check the forum’s reaction to non-existent areas with and without this option, and choose the one you prefer.

2. Display a 403/404 Page for Inaccessible/Non-Existent Boards and Topics

   Simply check the forum’s reaction to non-existent section and topic pages with and without this option, and choose the one you prefer.

3. Enable Logging of Search Terms

   If you enable this, phrases that your users search for on your forum will be added to a separate table in the database.