PunBB 1.3 Frequently Asked Questions

: Move info from 1.3_usage here.

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• Steps to getting PunBB 1.3 to work on SourceForge.net

You can create new or edit existing groups at the page <FORUM>/admin/groups.php.

Group creation

• Choose base-group for your group.
• Press “Add new group” button.
• Choose permissions for new group.
• Press “Save” button.

PunBB 1.3 natively supports URL rewriting, including SEF URLs.

1. Rename file .htaccess.dist in the root of your forum to .htaccess.
2. Go to Anministration ⇒ Settings (/admin/settings.php?section=setup), find URL Scheme section there.
3. Choose the URL scheme you like and save changes.

For Apache web-server only

1. On the URL request, web-server redirects it to the rewrite.php file (as defined in .htaccess).
2. Requested URL is being parsed and converted to the standard one according to SEF rules.
3. The actually requested file is being loaded.