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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Chapter 1:
Introduction to phpBB
An online bulletin board in essence is an Internet-enabled version of the bulletin boards found in stores and other public areas. It's basically just a place where people leave messages for others to read. Well, the online bulletin board applications have become much more powerful and sophisticated than that, but the general principle is the same. phpBB is one of the most popular free software that implement the bulletin board idea
on the Web today.

In the first chapter of this phpBB book, you will learn about:

  • Online communities

  • phpBB history

  • phpBB development and where it's heading

What can be achieved with phpBB, and examples of existing phpBB sites
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to phpBB

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    • Online Communities
    • Building the Community - The Tools
    • The Name
    • The Environment
    • Why phpBB?
    • History
    • Development
    • Example phpBB Sites
      • A Standard phpBB Layout
      • Standard Sites with Different Templates
      • Sites with Standard Style and Modified Features
      • Modified phpBB Installations with Custom Templates
      • GaiaOnline
    • Summary

     

    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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