What is BoardID ?

BoardID is necessery for all boards which are created. You can choose your own boardID. If you dont have a website You can reach your board via an URL as http://www.readybb.com/BoardID . It is better to use a name which is remembered easily. If you have a website and reaching your board is via your website choosing boardID may not be important for you. BoardID is not case-sensitive. You can use only "_" , "-" , numbers and letters for BoardID. You can not use any special characters. You must create a board before ordering and you will use the boardID while ordering.

What is phpBB ?

phpBB is a bulletin board software which is used by ReadyBB. You dont have to pay for this software. Because phpBB is free software ; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. phpBB is used worldwide. For this reason You can reach any information about phpBB easily. You can get more information via phpBB , please click.

Where is my administration page ?

If you login as board admin You can reach your administration page via Go to Administration Panel which is at the end of your board page.

How will I upload my files ?

You dont need any FTP program. A web based file manager was placed in your administration page. You can reach it via Administration -> General Admin -> File Manager. If Your browser is IE5+ You can edit easily HTML and/or TPL files by web based HTML editor in file manager.

What is Template ?

Very complex web based softwares like bulletin board softwares usually distinguish between view of webpage and file run on server. The view of webpage is template. You can change the view of your board easily by changing template. ReadyBB put templates which is used worldwide as free software on its servers. You can add these templates easily to your board. If you have HTML knowledge You make some changes on available templates or You can make new templates. You can see the files of templates on templates folder in file manager. Default template is subsilver. You can install via Administration -> Styles Admin -> Add . Installed template copy in your template folder while first using. It is not a problem if you can not see before. You do not delete from file manager before deleting from Administration -> Styles Admin -> Management. For adding your own template firstly upload in your template folder then install via Administration -> Styles Admin -> Add.

How can I place my logo ?

Firstly place your image file of logo in templates/subSilver/images/ then pass edit page of subsilver style via Administration -> Styles Admin -> Management and You will find a comboBox for Logo Image and select your logo image. If you are using other templates You must make the process above for these templates.

Where will I find information about using of bulletin board ?

You can reach via www.readybb.com/BoardID/faq.php or via FAQ at the top of your board page.

I have a website so How will I place my board there ?

You can create a link for http://www.readybb.com/BoardID in your website.

How will I place my board without seeing www.readybb.com/BoardID in the address line of my website ?

You need to prepare a HTML file for this. You must place the file in your website.

A Sample of HTML File.

<html>
<frameset frameborder="0" border="0" framespacing="0" rows="*">
    <frame src="http://www.readybb.com/BoardID">
        <noframes>
            <body>
              <script>document.location="http://www.readybb.com/BoardID";</script>
            </body>
        </noframes>
    </frameset>
</html>