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Support forums
If your default ("vanilla") phpBB installation doesn't work correctly, please post in Support (phpBB2 or phpBB3). This includes things like errors and functions not working as labeled. The Support forum is also for any operational questions on how to use a specific feature and on how to manage and administrate your board from a technical point of view.

Please make sure to first check the Stickies/Announcements in the Support Forums, the Knowledge Base, the Flash Tutorials as well as the Userguide and do a search on phpbb.com. As a matter of fact, most standard questions have been answered before.

Examples: How do I add more forums? - Search on my forum is not working. - How can I add more administrators? - I am getting the following error message. - I cannot login on my forum.

Convertors forum
If you are currently using a different forum software and if you would like to switch to phpBB, please post in the Convertors forum.

MODs forums
If you wish to add a particular function to your board, try asking in MOD Requests, after reading this and this.
If you're seeking help in writing code to change the way your board works, please post in MOD Writers Discussion. This is not the place for getting help with MODs, or requesting MODs to be created!

Styles forums
If you're trying to change the way your board looks, then please post in the Styles forum. This includes how to add and create themes. Basic style related questions (How to "install" avatars? - How to "install" smilies? - How to change the forum header? - How to change the main logo?) should be posted in the Support forum.

phpBB Discussion forums: Anything else that is phpBB related
Anything else that doesn't fall into the previous categories usually fits very well in phpBB Discussion (phpBB2 or phpBB3). Please note that comparative topics ("Is phpBB better than forum software XYZ?") are not allowed on phpBB.com and may be better posted on "neutral ground" on a third-party website. By contrast, questions like "Does phpBB offer feature XYZ" are usually fine.
If your discussion topic is not strictly speaking version specific (phpBB2 or phpBB3), you might want to choose one of the Discussion forums, but do not post your topic in both of them.

Examples: Discussion about the algorithms used by phpBB - How many forums should I have within a category? - How does search work? - How can I keep my board from getting slow?

General Discussion
Dicussions without reference to phpBB should be posted in General Discussion. Please note that GD isn't a support forum for anything (be it phpBB or anything else). For further details please refer to the GD posting rules.

Feature requests
We are currently not taking any feature requests. Please submit your feature request once we open the feature request tracker. Thank you.


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version 1.0.0 - 16/01/2006
version 1.0.1 - 24/03/2006: reworded the GD paragraph
version 1.0.2 - 30/11/2007: added details about phpBB2/3