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=Welcome to the SMF Big Friendly Guide= If you are new to SMF, don't be intimidated!

This guide is full of simple how-to instructions on doing the things SMF admins need to do most often.

It is a pretty slim manual, but it is a good jumping-off point to the more detailed information found on the SMF Main Page.

This Guide is the brain-child of K@, one of the biggest, friendliest, hand-holdiest members of the SMF team. It is a work in progress. If you have spotted a document that is friendly enough to be added to this manual, if you can think of a topic that desperately needs to be written or re-written in a way beginners can understand it, or if you want to write a new document or improve an existing one, please help. You can start a discussion at The Documentation Helpers Board, you can add a document to this category, you can start a new document, or you can discuss improvements to existing documents. Basics What Members can see and do  Working with forum features Protecting and fixing your forum
 * Back up early and often
 * Installing SMF
 * Upgrading SMF
 * Installing a Theme
 * Installing a Modification
 * What to do about Installation Problems
 * Glossary
 * What members are allowed to see and do
 * All about permission profiles
 * Local Board Permissions for SMF 1.1.x
 * Disallow and Deny permissions
 * Working with themes
 * Default theme - What is it and why can't I delete it
 * News, Newsletters, and Announcements
 * Protecting your forum
 * A mod broke my forum