Rinium Administration Help


Global Settings - Admin Main
This page gives you a table of all categories, forums and subforums.
Category Options
  • Edit - provides a page to edit the Category's name
  • Mv Up / Mv Down - Move the Category order up/down
Forum Options
  • Edit - provides a page to edit the Forum's name, Description and which Category it belongs in.
  • Mv Up / Mv Down - Move the Forum order up/down
  • Perms - Modify the Forum permissions
  • Read Only - Stops any new topics / replies going into this Forum
Sub Forum Options
  • Edit - provides a page to edit the Sub Forums's name, Description and which Forum it belongs in.
Please note that all Sub Forum permissions etc are inherited from it's parent Forum
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Global Settings - Board Settings
This page gives you the option to modify the global settings of your Board.
  • Board URL - The URL to your Board installation, including the last /
  • Board Name - Your Board's name
  • Root Directory - The physical server path to your Board directory, including the last \
  • Upload Directory - The physical server path to your Board upload directory, including the last \
  • Cookie domain - The domain used to set cookies (without www. if your domain uses it) - you will need to include the first . eg .mysite.com
  • Cookie Path - The folder path to your forum installation, used to limit cookies to this directory only
  • Date Format - The global date format mask for the Board.
  • Time Format - The global time format mask for the Board.
  • Time Offset - The global time offset for the Board if the time is not correct in your locale.
  • Mail Server - Mail server used to send out emails
  • Mail Server Port - Mail server port used to send out emails
  • Admin email - The admin email address of the Board, used in all cfmails as the "from" address
  • Topics per page - How many topics to display per page when viewing a forum
  • Messages per page - How many messages to display when viewing a topic
  • Hot topic - Number of replies required to mark a topic "hot"e;
  • Very Hot Topic - Number of replies required to mark a topic "very hot"
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Global Settings - Custom Fields
This page gives you the option to add custom fields for your members. For example you could add their telephone number, a publicly available email address etc. There are 10 fields available to use.
  • Field Name - What the field will be described as, eg "Telephone Number"
  • Data Type - How the field should be presented to users. You can use an input box, a drop down select list, or a textarea.
  • Options (optional) - if you have selected a drop down select list as your data type, then enter your options here - one per line.
Custom fields will appear on the new member registration page, the edit profile page, and the view profile page.
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Categories - Add Category
This page gives you the option to add a new catgegory. Categories are used to seperate out Forums based on their content.
  • Category Name - What the new Category will be called.
A Category will not appear anywhere until at least one Forum has been added under it.
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Categories - Edit Category
This page gives you a list of all Categories and how many Forums are under each Category.
  • To Edit a Category - click on its name - this will take you to a page to edit the Category's name
  • A Category can only be deleted if it has 0 Forums belonging to it.
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Forums - Add Forum
This page will give you a form to create a new Forum.
  • Category select which Category this Forum belongs to
  • Forum Name - The name of the new Forum
  • Forum Description (Optional) - used to briefly describe this Forum
  • Forum Permissions
    • All User Groups will be listed here with the option to set 4 options on what members of each group are allowed to do in this Forum.
    • View - Whether or not the user group can SEE this Forum, if set to no then it will not show up on the Board home page.
    • Read - Whether or not the user group can READ this Forum, if set to no then they will receive a permission error if they try to read a topic.
    • Start New - Whether or not the user group can START NEW TOPICS in this Forum, if set to no then they will receive a permission error if they try to start a new topic.
    • Reply - Whether or not the user group can REPLY to existing topics in this forum, if set to no then they will receive a permission error if they try to reply to a topic.
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Forums - Add Sub Forum
This page will give you a form to create a new Sub Forum.
  • Sub Forum of select which Forum this Sub Forum belongs to
  • Sub Forum Name - The name of the new Sub Forum
  • Sub Forum Description (Optional) - used to briefly describe this Sub Forum
  • Forum Permissions
    • Sub Forum permissions are inherited from its parent Forum and as such cannot be set directly.
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Forums - Edit Forums
This will take you to the Global Settings > Admin Main page.
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Users & Groups - Add User Group
This will take you to page with a forum to create a new User Group.
  • User Group Name - The name of the new User Group
  • View board? - Whether or not members of this User Group can view the Board - if set to no then they will have to register or login to see anything. This will only really be used to stop Guest's from viewing anything.
  • View member info? - Whether or not members of this User Group can view the Members List / Member Information
  • Use search? - Whether or not members of this User Group can use the search facility
  • Start new topics? - Whether or not members of this User Group can start new topics
  • Reply own posts? - Whether or not members of this User Group can reply to their own posts (Not currently used - it was intended to prevent users "bumping" topics they start so they appear at the top of the forum list)
  • Reply other posts? - Whether or not members of this User Group can reply to topics they didn't start
  • Edit own posts? - Whether or not members of this User Group can edit their own posts
  • Start polls? - Whether or not members of this User Group can start polls
  • Vote in polls? - Whether or not members of this User Group can vote in polls
  • Max. Personal messages - Maximum number of personal messages members of this User Group can receive - (Not currently used - this functionallity is currently being worked on and will be available in a future release)
  • Auth Level - What authorisation level this User Group has.
  • Forum permissions based on - Each forum has it's own permissions for each User Group which can override the User Group settings. This option will save you having to set up all the forum permissions for this new User Group by basing them on an existing group.
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Users & Groups - Manage User Groups
This will take you to page with a list of all current user groups with the option to edit the permissions of the User Groups, or list all members belonging to it.
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Users & Groups - Manage Users
This will take you to a page to search for Members (it is a wildcard search so typing D will find all members with the name D*, for example). Once you click on a user you can select which User Group the Member belongs to. If you select a User Group that has Moderation Permissions then you will see a list of the Forums. You can select which Forums you wish to allow this user to moderate (by default a moderator has no access to moderate any Forums)
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Users & Groups - Ban Settings
This will take you to a page to enter any IP address that you wish to ban, or any user names that you don't want on your forum.
  • Banned usernames - Enter one username per line. You can use * for a wildcard match. The * can appear anywhere in the username. Examples:
    • web* will match "web" or "webmaster" but not "masterweb"
    • web will only match "web"
    • *web will match "web" or "masterweb" but not "webmaster"
    • *web* will match anything containing "web" so be careful with this option
    • admin*istrator will match "administrator" or "admin_istrator"
  • Banned IP Addresses - Enter one IP address per line. You can use * for a wildcard match. The * can only be used in the last 2 parts of the IP address, this is so only Class C and Class D ranges can be blocked, and not an entire Class B range. Examples:
    • 111.111.111.111 will ban this IP address specifically
    • 111.111.111.* will match all 111.111.111.1 up to 111.111.111.255
    • 111.111.*.* will ban anything starting 111.111.
    • 111.*.*.* will not work as it is an entire Class B range!
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Users & Groups - Ranks
Ranks are displayed underneath the name of the poster when viewing a topic. This page gives you a list of current ranks, and the option to add a new rank.
  • Adding a New Rank
    • Rank Name - The name of the new rank
    • Posts required to achieve rank - The number of posts a member must make in order to achieve this rank
    • Special Rank - If you want this rank to only apply to a certain User Group (such as "Moderator" for the Moderator User Group, then select from this list. Only members of the selected User Group will receive this rank.
    • Rank Image Filename - If you want an image to be associated with this rank, enter the filename here. (Please note that rank images are skin dependent which means that if you enter a filename for this rank, it must exist in all of your /SKIN_NAME/images/ranks/ folders)
  • Editing a current rank - to edit a current rank, use the form provided at the top of the page and press "Edit Ranks" when done.
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Misc - Avatars
Avatars appear underneath the name of the poster when viewing a topic, and on the member's profile page.
  • Adding a New Avatar
    • Avatar Description - A brief description of what the new avatar is.
    • Image - Browse your computer to select the image for this avatar, please note that no dynamic resizing is done so the image should be around 100x100px max when uploaded.
  • Current Avatars - This is a list of all Avatars currently available. To delete an avatar simply click the "delete" link. This will remove the avatar completely and will reset the avatar of any members currently using it.
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Misc - Emoticons
Emoticons/Smileys can be used in posts and private messages.
  • Adding a New Emoticon
    • Emoticon Description - A brief description of what the new emoticon is.
    • Emoticon Code - what the user will need to type to see this Emoticon, eg ":-)" will be replaced with the smiley face Emoticon.
    • Image - Browse your computer to select the image for this Emoticon.
    • Clickable? - Select "Yes" if you want this Emoticon to appear directly on the posting / private messaging page. Otherwise, select "no" to make the Emoticon appear only when the user opens the pop up to show all the available Emoticons.
  • Current Emoticons - This is a list of all Emoticons currently available. To delete an avatar simply click the "delete" link. The change the Emoticon's "clickable" status click on "Make Clickable" or "Make Unclickable"
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