New to Forums, Where do I begin?
Posted by bdorman
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September 28, 2008 02:16PM |
You have a 5.1 Phorum running with only one message in it. I would suggest a fresh 5.2 install instead of sticking with 5.1.
You will have to redo the template files. So to see, it's only some changes to header.tpl, footer.tpl and possibly settings.tpl and/or css.tpl. This requires a bit of web development knowledge, since you will have to work with HTML and CSS to make the pages look good and let them fit into your site. You say you known nothing about web development, so this might be a bit hard for you. Get some basic knowledge on HTML/CSS if you don't have that already and you should be fine.
Best thing to do is start with installing Phorum 5.2 (on a different system or at least in a different folder using a different database prefix than the one already installed) and see what you can learn from that. We cannot provide a full course on web administration and development. That's quite outside the Phorum support scope. But if you have specific questions about Phorum, feel free to ask.
One important source for you is the developer that volunteered so far. He can probably tell you a lot about your setup. For organization of the forums, you will have to go into the admin interface of Phorum, so I guess you need to ask him the username and password for that. Once you're in the admin section, you can create folders and forums to organize your forums. Keep it simple when starting. Too many categories in an empty forum is not the best way to get started. IMO it's best to keep the number of actual forums restricted. When specific topics start overwhelming a general forum, you can create extra forums for them.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog 
linkedin profile 
secret sauce
You will have to redo the template files. So to see, it's only some changes to header.tpl, footer.tpl and possibly settings.tpl and/or css.tpl. This requires a bit of web development knowledge, since you will have to work with HTML and CSS to make the pages look good and let them fit into your site. You say you known nothing about web development, so this might be a bit hard for you. Get some basic knowledge on HTML/CSS if you don't have that already and you should be fine.
Best thing to do is start with installing Phorum 5.2 (on a different system or at least in a different folder using a different database prefix than the one already installed) and see what you can learn from that. We cannot provide a full course on web administration and development. That's quite outside the Phorum support scope. But if you have specific questions about Phorum, feel free to ask.
One important source for you is the developer that volunteered so far. He can probably tell you a lot about your setup. For organization of the forums, you will have to go into the admin interface of Phorum, so I guess you need to ask him the username and password for that. Once you're in the admin section, you can create folders and forums to organize your forums. Keep it simple when starting. Too many categories in an empty forum is not the best way to get started. IMO it's best to keep the number of actual forums restricted. When specific topics start overwhelming a general forum, you can create extra forums for them.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
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