Building Online Communities with phpBB 2

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 360 pages
• Published by: Packt Publishing May 15, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1904811132
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1904811138
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Product Description
This book gives your the power to use phpBB to set and run your own online discussion forums with ease. It takes you through the whole process of setting up your phpBB site, and helps your create, customise, and manage your own online community with phpBB.

Written by experienced phpBB adminstrators and enthusiasts, then emphasis is on simple and practical guidance. It is packed with step-by-step examples, and is ideal as both a introductory tutorial and a task based reference.

Publisher Description
This book will give you the skills to set up your own phpBB-powered discussion forum and conline community:

- install and configure phpBB - manage topics, postings, smilies and users - understand themes and styles - customize your site - master forum permissions - create a your own phpBB themes - extend phpBB by creating your own mods - package and make your mods available to the community - custom programming for phpBB

Reader Reviews
The authors assume the reader has a fairly sophisticated level of general computer knowledge. If you are not comfortable roaming around the directory structure of your computer then this isn't for you. After that caveat, the authors want you to also download and configure other [free] software that is not directly related to phpbb, but aids in the installation and management of phpbb. If there are problems with this software it is left to you to solve them using any available resources - usually FAQ's and other help files from whence the free software came. As for the ease of use - The authors needed a good technical author and editor. There are assumptions made that you should know some piece of information that is either left out or glossed over in this text. In my experience, good, complete step-by-step procedures are always spelled out in detail in a beginners book. Not so here. The index seems to be woefully lacking in detail. Major topics are covered, but you still have to search through individual pages on those topics to find esoteric specifics. The above criticism notwithstanding, within two hours of the book's delivery I was able to troubleshoot and repair a nagging problem on the board I am setting up. So the technical information is there, just do not expect this to be a beginners text. It ain't "phpBB for Dummies!"