After activation, open My forums on the support forum, then “Open administration”. The home page of your forum’s administration control panel shows a First steps card: each step is marked “Done”, “To do” or “As needed”.
The steps
- Set up the forum: the time zone and how new members register (see Member registration).
- Prepare the forums: rename the sample category and forum, rewrite or delete the welcome topic (see Categories and forums).
- Customise the look: your logo, your colours and a few words at the top of the index (see Logo, colours and images).
- Spread the word: appear in the directory and invite your first members.
Post a first topic
As long as the forum has no activity (0 activity points), visitors cannot register, whatever the registration setting. This protects inactive forums from bot registrations. Post a first topic: registration reopens automatically within minutes.