Chapter 1. Administrating FUD Forum 2

Table of Contents

Forum Consistency
Rebuild Search Index
Compact Messages
Global Settings Manager
Global Options
Replacement & Censorship System
String Replace
Perl Regex
MIME Managment System
Uploading MIME image
Editing/Adding MIME Information
MIME List
File Manager
Making Directories
Uploading Files
Deleting Files & Directories
Downloading Files
Changing File Permissions
Lock/Unlock Forum's Files
Forum Statistics
Action Log Viewer
System Info
Category & Forum Management
Category Managment
Forum Managment
Deleted Forums
Announcement Manager
Forums
Starting Date
Ending Date
Subject
Message
Topic Prunning
Time Period
Numeric Value
Forum Limiter
Mailing List Manager
Mailing List Email
Forum
Moderate Mailing List Posts
Synchronize Forum Posts to Mailing List
Moderate Forum Posts
Allow Mailing List Attachment
Allow HTML in Mailing List Messages
Slow Reply Match
Create New Users
Subject Mangling (optional)
Body Mangling (optional)
Newsgroup Manager
Newsgroup Server
Newsgroup Server Port
Newsgroup Server Timeout
Newsgroup
Authentication Method
Login
Password
Forum
Moderate Newsgroup Posts
Synchronize Forum Posts to Newsgroup
Moderate Forum Posts
Slow Reply Match
Create New Users
Moderator/User Manager
Choosing a User
Change Login Name
Change Password
Change User's Profile
Forum Administrator
Blocked
COPPA
E-mail Confirmation
Moderating Forums
Custom Tags
Send Private Message
Send Email
See Posts
Reset Password
Delete User
Groups Manager
Group Resources
Group Leaders
Adding & Editing Groups
Adding Users to a Group
Resolving Conflicts
Mass Mail System
Ignore User Override
Rank Manager
Rank Name
Rank Image
Which Image to Show
Post Count
Theme Manager
Name
Template Set
Language
Locale
pSpell Language
Default
Enabled
Edit
Rebuild Theme
Optimize Theme
Delete
Template Editor
Message Editor
Smiley Manager
Smilies Upload
Smiley Description
Smiley Text
Smiley Image
Preview Image
Edit Link
Delete Link
Change Position Link
Forum Icon Manager
Message Icon Manager
Avatar Approval
Avatar Manager
Uploading Avatar
Description
Avatar Image
Preview Image
Email filter
Simple
Regular Expression
IP Filter
Login Filter
File Filter
Make forum datadump
Import forum data

FUDforum 2.3 is controlled via series of control panels that are readily available to all of the forum's administrators via the "Admin Control Panel" link found on nearly every single page of the forum.

Using these control panels the administrator is able to adjust all of the forum's aspects as well manage the forum's files & modify the forum's templates via a convenient template editor.

Forum Consistency

Forum consistency checks the integrity of FUDforum's data and repairs it if any inconsistency is found. This process also regenerates forum caches of various data such as moderators, topic views etc... It is highly recommended to run a consistency checker once per month on high traffic forums and once every two or three months on low traffic forums.

If you see some irregularities with the forum data or inconsistent information being displayed, run the consistency checker, in most cases this will resolve the problem.

Note

If the problem persists after running a consistency check, please take the time to report it as a bug, by going to the FUDforum 2.3 support forum

Warning

While this process is running your forum will be disabled.