In our previous post, i have explained how to setup phpBB forum on your environment. Here we are going to see how to add user and group to the forum.
Please log in with the administrator username and password that you have set during installation process.
Once you logged in, click on Administratin Control Panel (ACL) link at the bottom of the forum page.
You will be asked to re-login with the forum administrator details, then click “Proceed to the ACP” button.
Click “Board Settings” on left side of the ACP page, here you can set general settings of your forum ie., Site Name, Description, Timezone. Once you done with the changes please click “Submit” button on ACP page to reflect the changes.
It’s very important to set the forum users register. Click “User registration settings” (below to Board Settings), in that page set the below settings for effective way.
Account activation: By Admin
Set Newly Registered users group to default: No
Password Complexity: Must contains letters and number
Force password change: 90days
Allow username changes: No
Allow e-mail address re-use: No
Login attempts per username: 4
Enable COPPA: No
Click “Submit” button to save the changed settings.
By clicking “USERS AND GROUPS” tab on forum, we can have an options to create, edit and delete users and group to the forum.
Click “Manage groups” on left side of ACP page, there you can see some pre-defined groups.
Enter your new group name and click “Submit” button, in that new screen enter what kind of permission you needed for group or this can be done by simply giving existing group permissions.
Click “Group forum permissions”, select your newly created group and click “Submint” button. Now select a forum (Press Crtl button for 2 or more forums) and click on the submit button next to it. In Setting Permission page, click on Advanced Permission link, you can set permission to the forum. Once everything done, click “Apply all permissions” button.
Click “Manage users” on left side of ACP page, enter the username and click submit button. Here you can see user level details on General settings. If you want more settings, select the form from dropdown button (upper right side of ACP page) and click Go.
There you can make the essentials changes according to your needs and click Submit button to complete the settings.
That’s it. Now all your changes have been reflected on your forum.
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