Gidday,<br /><br />I have a forum on my website that was put there through the Cpanel.<br /><br />In the Administration part there are two panels, One says to create new Forum and the other says: Create new Category.<br /><br />What exactly is a category and why should I use it if at all.<br /><br />Cheers<br />Jack<!--content-->
Hi,<br />If we look at this forum, "TotalChoice Hosting Family" is the category and "Open discussion" is the forum.<br /><br />And I believe that no matter which forum (IPB, phpbb, SMF... ) you use, you will need to place a forum inside a category (but I can be wrong on this one).<!--content-->
Thomas is correct.<br />You create categories <br />and then put forums inside of the categories.<br /><br />You may only need the original category<br />or you may want to separate forums into different areas (categories) for organization.<br /><br />The forum you posted in, Scripting Talk<br />is in the category Scripting Central<!--content-->
Gidday,<br /><br />O.K. then, thanks mates. <br />Now from that, here comes another question.<br /><br />Can I reorganise my forums now, as I had only createdforums and no categories. So can I now create categories and place my existing forums into them to do a total reorganization?<br /><br />I hope you know what I mean.<br /><br />Cheers<br />Jack<!--content-->
If I understand you correct, you should be able to move your forums around as much as you like to any existing category from your admin panel.<!--content-->
Hi Jack,<br /><br />If you had some specific's, we could help out with specific answers <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> <br />What forum script are you using, and do you have a URL we could see?<br /><br />All forums I know of, require at least one category, then you can have multiple forums under that category, then in that forum, multiple topics.<br />You can then create new categories, and move existing forums into the new category.<br /><br />HTH, Tom<!--content-->
Gidday<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />The URL is <a href="http://www.kiwicraft.com/Forum/" target="_blank">http://www.kiwicraft.com/Forum/</a><br /><br />I now see it is all under one category.<br /><br />If I create new categories, how do I move these forums into the diferent forums that I would have set up?<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Jack<!--content-->
I don't use phpbb so I'm not sure how to setup that up. I would suggest you read through thier support site. They have alot of information there including a tutorial for creating and managing forums.<br /><a href="http://www.phpbb.com/support/" target="_blank">http://www.phpbb.com/support/</a><!--content-->
Hi kiwicra,<br /><br />That sure help's knowing what forum you are using <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> <br />When you are logged in as an admin, and viewing a forum (not the main index page), on the very bottom right of a page, you will see a <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue"><!--/coloro-->'You can moderate this forum'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> link. Clicking there will get you into the moving of forums into different categories.<br /><br />HTH, Tom<!--content-->
kiwicra,<br /><br />I found this very usefull to learn how to admin. your phpBB.<br />I just did a "save page as" and keep a copy on my pc.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/" target="_blank">http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/</a><br /><br />Greg<!--content-->
Hi,<br />If we look at this forum, "TotalChoice Hosting Family" is the category and "Open discussion" is the forum.<br /><br />And I believe that no matter which forum (IPB, phpbb, SMF... ) you use, you will need to place a forum inside a category (but I can be wrong on this one).<!--content-->
Thomas is correct.<br />You create categories <br />and then put forums inside of the categories.<br /><br />You may only need the original category<br />or you may want to separate forums into different areas (categories) for organization.<br /><br />The forum you posted in, Scripting Talk<br />is in the category Scripting Central<!--content-->
Gidday,<br /><br />O.K. then, thanks mates. <br />Now from that, here comes another question.<br /><br />Can I reorganise my forums now, as I had only createdforums and no categories. So can I now create categories and place my existing forums into them to do a total reorganization?<br /><br />I hope you know what I mean.<br /><br />Cheers<br />Jack<!--content-->
If I understand you correct, you should be able to move your forums around as much as you like to any existing category from your admin panel.<!--content-->
Hi Jack,<br /><br />If you had some specific's, we could help out with specific answers <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> <br />What forum script are you using, and do you have a URL we could see?<br /><br />All forums I know of, require at least one category, then you can have multiple forums under that category, then in that forum, multiple topics.<br />You can then create new categories, and move existing forums into the new category.<br /><br />HTH, Tom<!--content-->Gidday<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />The URL is <a href="http://www.kiwicraft.com/Forum/" target="_blank">http://www.kiwicraft.com/Forum/</a><br /><br />I now see it is all under one category.<br /><br />If I create new categories, how do I move these forums into the diferent forums that I would have set up?<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Jack<!--content-->
I don't use phpbb so I'm not sure how to setup that up. I would suggest you read through thier support site. They have alot of information there including a tutorial for creating and managing forums.<br /><a href="http://www.phpbb.com/support/" target="_blank">http://www.phpbb.com/support/</a><!--content-->
Hi kiwicra,<br /><br />That sure help's knowing what forum you are using <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> <br />When you are logged in as an admin, and viewing a forum (not the main index page), on the very bottom right of a page, you will see a <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue"><!--/coloro-->'You can moderate this forum'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> link. Clicking there will get you into the moving of forums into different categories.<br /><br />HTH, Tom<!--content-->kiwicra,<br /><br />I found this very usefull to learn how to admin. your phpBB.<br />I just did a "save page as" and keep a copy on my pc.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/" target="_blank">http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/</a><br /><br />Greg<!--content-->