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Board Settings ​

All of the following settings can be changed from within the board settings section of the Admin CP. These are located at /admin/preferences. You can find them under the Board Config navigation group by clicking Settings.

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Rename your board ​

You can control the title and description of your board here.

  • Title appears at the top of every page and in browser tabs.
  • Description is used as a meta description for search engines.

This is useful for setting your forum’s identity and improving SEO.

Favicon ​

Upload a favicon image for your board. This is the small icon that appears in the browser tab. Common formats include .ico or small .png files.

Toggle board online status ​

Control whether your board is publicly available. If disabled:

  • Guests cannot access the board.
  • Registration is blocked.
  • A 503 - Service Unavailable response is returned.

You can also define a custom offline message, which supports BBCode for formatting.

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Disable registrations ​

To make your board invite-only or prevent new signups temporarily, disable the Registrations Enabled option. When disabled, users will not be able to access the registration page.

Require admin approval ​

You can require that all new user registrations be manually approved by an administrator before they gain access to the board.

When this setting is enabled:

  • New users will not be able to log into their account until approved
  • Admins will receive a notification that a new user is pending
  • The user will receive a confirmation email once they are approved

Default user groups ​

All users are assigned a user group, which determines their permissions.

  • Guest User Group: Used for unauthenticated visitors.
  • Default User Group: Assigned to users after they register.

These groups are locked from deletion while they are in use as defaults.

Default avatar ​

Upload an avatar image that will be used for users who haven’t set one. The image must be under 200KB and 400×400 pixels.

Active user cutoff ​

This setting controls how long a user is considered "online" after their last activity. The default is 30 minutes.

Hot topic reply count ​

Define how many replies are needed before a topic is marked as "hot." Set this to 0 to disable the hot topic indicator entirely.

Post rate limiting ​

Post rate limiting helps reduce spam and posting abuse.

You can configure:

  • Max posts: How many posts a user can make within the time window.
  • Rate limit decay: The time window in minutes.

For example, with a max of 5 posts and a decay of 1 minute, users can post 5 times per minute before being rate-limited.