Module NewBB (Discussion Forums)¶

for XOOPS 2.5.7¶

User Manual¶

Module Purpose¶

This module is for creating a Discussion Forums, aka BBS (Bulletin Boards).

Figure 1: Main view of the NewBB Module (Admin side)

Key Features¶

Extensive Permission/Moderation System
User-friendly Admin Interface
Reorder Categories, Forums and Subforums
Subforums
Attachments (can show Pictures directly)
Add Poll to Topic
Prune System
Digest System
Karma system
Experience Level system
Thread Rating Function
Editing and deleting can have a timelimit.
Possible to allow Post only after a Timelimit (next post i.e. 30 sec from same User)
Moderate a Group (Post need to be approved before displaying )
Choice between Realname or Nickname
Fulltext Notification
Topic Subject Prefix
In Blocks you can select which Forum or Forums to display
Print Thread
RSS Feed
Collapsing Categories and Fastreply Box ( Cookie will remember Position )
Can mark all topics as read
Disclaimer (Choose to display Reply / Post / Both / None)
Reply first before seeing the other replies

Download/Fork the Module ¶

You can fork the module --> here)

How to Contribute¶

You can contribute on GitHub. Changes will be pushed to Gitbook.io automatically when the main repository changes.

Editing the book can be done either by updating the markdown files with a text editor, or opening the repository in the Gitbook desktop app. The desktop app will give you a live preview option.

Table of Content¶

License:¶

Unless specified, this content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

All derivative works are to be attributed to XOOPS Project (www.xoops.org)