phpBB Tutorial

NEW! We are happy to introduce to you our new phpBB 3 tutorial! SiteGround is proud to offer free phpBB 3 installation with its phpBB hosting package.

Note: phpBB2 is no longer supported by its developers. Therefore, this tutorial is outdated. We strongly recommend you to use the new version of the application phpBB3 for your websites. For more information on how to install and manage a phpBB3 forum on your website, please refer to our new phpBB3 tutorial. In the new version there are many security improvements as well many new features. Keeping your software up-to-date is very important in order to keep your website secured.

If you already have a phpBB2 forum, you can convert it to phpBB3 by following the detailed instructions in our Converting from phpBB2 to phpBB3 tutorial.

This phpBB2 tutorial will help you learn how to manage your discussion board. Below you can have a look at the topics we have included.

How to use phpBB2 forum software

• How to install phpBB on your website / hosting account;
• How to administer your forum;
• How to manage your forum groups and users;
• Learn how to change your phpBB template;
• How to add smilies and avatars in phpBB;
• How to backup your phpBB system;
• How to upgrade your phpBB to latest stable version.
• We have included a link to our PHPNuke tutorial in order to help you integrate phpBB and phpNuke;

You may use this tutorial for your own use. You may not distribute it in any form without the express permission of the publisher. You may provide a link to the publisher's web site, where this tutorial can be used from. This tutorial is provided free of charge and without any warranty of any kind.