Building Online Communities with phpBB 2
A practical guide to creating and maintaining online discussion forums with phpBB, the leading free open source PHP/MySQL-based bulletin board 
 

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Appendix A: Directory Structure

A full download of phpBB 2.0 contains about three hundred files sorted into twenty-one directories. In order to do certain types of more advanced work with your phpBB forum, you will need to know which directories contain important files and what phpBB accomplishes with each file. Some directories and files are optional, while others are absolutely required for a forum to function correctly. This appendix provides a quick summary of each directory and the files it contains.

For the most part, you should never rename any directory or file. There are exceptions to this, of course, which may include installing modifications, customizing aspects of your forum, or some other instances noted elsewhere in this book. When you do change a name, be sure you understand what you are doing. Changing directory or file names without making other changes will usually cause errors to appear on your forum when it cannot find necessary files.

  • Appendix A: Directory Structure

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    • Required Directories
      • The Root Directory
        • extension.inc
        • common.php
        • config.php
      • Administration Files
      • Database Abstraction Layer Files
        • Included Files
      • Installation Files
      • Language Packs
      • Template Storage
    • Optional Directories
      • Cached Pages
      • phpBB Documentation
      • Images
    • Other Directories of Note
      • Contributed Extras
      • Modification Files
    BOOK DETAILS
      Paperback, 360 pages
    Released: May 2005
    ISBN: 1904811132
    Authors: Stoyan
    Stefanov, Jeremy
    Rogers, Mike Lothar
      
     
     

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Introduction
    1: Introduction to phpBB
    2: Installing and Configuring phpBB
    3: A Quick Tour of phpBB
    4: Customizing Your Forum Free Chapter
    5: Forum Administration
    6: Creating Your Own Template
    7: Creating a New MOD
    8: Programming phpBB
    Appendix A: Directory Structure
    Appendix B: phpBB Resources
    Appendix C: phpBB Code and Permission Cheatsheets
    Appendix D: phpBB Database Structure
    Index

     




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