1. How to create categories & boards
2. How to edit the structure (look)
3. How to edit board colors & fonts using HTML
4. How to choose a new color/skin for your board using our pre-made designs
5. How to add smiley sets
6. How to edit forum news
7. How to remove forum news
8. How to add secondary news frame under masthead
9. How to add posting to calendar
10. How to activate Karma
11. How to view and give Karma
12. How to choose registration type
13. How to setup groups
14. How to setup avatars
15. How to create a sticky topic
16. How to merge topics
17. How to lock/unlock topics
18. How to move topics
19. How to remove a topic
20. How to link a topic to the calendar
21. How to create a split topic
22. How to manage permissions
23. How to backup your data
24. How to get lost password (forgot password)
25. How to add a moderator
26. How to disallow guest from doing anything (no access)
27. How to make a board private
28. How to change a member’s position
29. How to change time settings
30. How To Solve - Login Problem 1 – Hotmail and Yahoo email users
31. How To Solve - Login Problem 2 - Non Hotmail and Yahoo email users
32. How To Solve - AOL email users – did not receive welcome email
33. How to change password
34. How to change your board name
1. How to create categories & boards
Click Admin
Click Manage Boards
Follow instruction on page.
2. How to edit the structure (look)
Click Admin
Click Theme and Layout Settings to edit any of the themes provided (except the default) that one cannot be edited.
Click on the desired theme under Theme Settings heading
Click on: Modify the index template. (the main template)
Edit HTML code on page
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Click Admin
Click Theme and Layout Settings to edit any of the themes provided (except the default) that one cannot be edited.
Click on the desired theme under Theme Settings heading
Click on: Modify the style.css file. (colors, fonts, etc.)
Edit HTML code on page
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Click Admin
Click Theme and Layout Settings
Scroll down to the fourth option ("Reset everyone to") and choose one of the color combinations from the drop down menu.
Click Save
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Click on Admin
Click on Smileys and Smiley Sets
Click on "New Smiley Set" button
Change the "Base URL to all smiley sets"
Change Set Name and edit URL of your smiley location
Click the Radio Button opposite to your desired smiley sets location
Click on Save changes
6. How to edit forum news
Click Admin
Click on Edit Forum News
Follow instruction on page
7. How to remove forum news
Click Admin
Click on Current Theme's Settings
Scroll down to Enable News?
Un-check the box to remove | check the box to add
Click Save
8. How to add secondary news frame under masthead
Click Admin
Click on Current Theme's Settings
Scroll down to Show news fader on board index
Check the box to add | un-check the box to remove
Click Save
9. How to add posting to calendar
Click Calendar on top menu
Click on a date (the actual number)
Post message
10. How to activate Karma
Click on Admin
Click on Edit Features and Options
Scroll down to bottom of page
Click on the arrow on left side of page pointing right to open Karma section
Choose Enable Karma from drop down menu
11. How to view and give Karma
Go to a post made by a board member
Look under the users name (under the stars that represent that members level)
Choose to give or take away karma points
12. How to choose registration type
Click on Admin
Click on Edit Features and Options
Scroll down to fourth section (section are divided by horizontal lines) Method of registration employed for new members and choose registration type from drop down menu
13. How to setup groups
Click on Admin
Click on Edit Membergroups
Follow instruction on page
14. How to setup avatars
Login
Click on Profile
Click on Forum Profile Information
Follow instruction on page
15. How to create a sticky topic
Click on post
Then click on Sticky icon on the bottom of page
16. How to merge topics
Click on post
Then click on Merge icon on the bottom of page
17. How to lock/unlock topics
Click on post
Then click on Unlock/Lock icon on the bottom of page
18. How to move topics
Click on post
Then click on Move icon on the bottom of page
19. How to remove a topic
Click on post
Then click on Remove icon on the bottom of page
20. How to link a topic to the calendar
Click on post
Then click on Link To Calendar icon on the bottom of page
21. How to create a split topic
Click on post
Then click on Split icon on the right side of the post
22. How to manage permissions
Click Admin
Click on Edit Permissions
Click Add or Modify group and follow instructions on page
23. How to backup your data
Click on Admin
Click on Forum Maintenance
Scroll to second section on page (Backup Database)
Follow instructions on page
24. How to get lost password (forgot password)
Click Login
Click on Forgot Password link on bottom of page (sign-in box)
25. How to add a moderator
Click Admin
Click on Manage Boards
Choose the board you wish to add moderator
Add moderators to the moderators box (they must be a registered member)
26. How to disallow guest from doing anything (no access)
Click Admin
Click on Edit Permissions
Click on Modify (on same line as unregistered guest)
Set your permissions (access levels)
27. How to make a board private
Click Admin
Click on Manage Boards
Click on Permissions or Modify (on same line as board)
Choose which member group has access by checking or un-checking access boxes
28. How to change a member’s position
Click on Admin
Click on View/Delete Members
Choose desired member
Click on Account Related Settings
Scroll to second section on page and choose member group
29. How to change time settings
Click Admin
Click on Edit Features and Options
Go to third section on the page - Overall time offset and use plus or minus sign. ex: -12 or +12 Note: Avoid using semicolon
30. How To Solve - Login Problem 1 – Hotmail and Yahoo email users
Hotmail & YAHOO Email Users - If you received your welcome email in your Hotmail or Yahoo email and click your board URL (address) you may have a login problem. To prevent this, please cut and paste your board URL in a new browser window. This will allow you to load your board in its own window and not under the Hotmail or Yahoo frame/window which causes login conflicts.
31. How To Solve - Login Problem 2 - Non Hotmail and Yahoo email users
Your browser may not be setup properly. Please do the following and you will find that forum communications for this site and other forum sites improves:
Click on "tools" on the menu bar on your browser (Internet Explorer.)
Click on "Internet Options" on the drop menu.
On the window that pops up, click on the "privacy" tab.
Put the arrow and track so that the arrow is on low.
Click "ok".
This should take care of the logging issue. If you still have problems staying logged on after this setting, This next step is required to enable your browser:
Click on "tools" on the menu bar on your browser (Internet Explorer).
Click on "Internet Options" on the drop menu.
On the window that pops up, click on the "security" tab.
Click on the "custom" button.
On the little window that pops up, scroll down to where it says cookies, and make sure the radio button is in the enabled position.
Click "save".
32. How To Solve - AOL email users – did not receive welcome email
If you signed up for a board or registered on a board you may not get your welcome email. AOL has created a block on emails that come from a company without the use of a sender personal name. Welcome emails from xsorbit come from
support@xsorbit.com (not a person) so this gets blocked occasionally or sent to the AOL junk-mail/spam mail folder.
We suggest you try the following (in the order below):
Go to your settings in AOL and modify your settings to make Xsorbit an accepted mailer (approve email sender).
Register again with a non AOL email address (if you are a registered user, not board owner).
If none of the above work? (1-2) – open up a ticket and one of your customer support staff will assist you.
33. How to change password
Login
Click Profile
Click on Account Related Settings
Scroll to fourth section on page
Enter in your new password
34. Change your board name
Login
Click Edit Server Settings
Change board name in the box provided
Click Save
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