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SMF has a very powerful permission system allowing the Administrator to control what is allowed and what is not on their Forum for many attributes such as attaching files to posts or being able to allow members to moderate posts in topics that they have started. The system is made easy by setting permissions by a membergroup basis rather than having to change permissions one by one for each board.
{{TOCright}}SMF has a very powerful permission system allowing the forum administrator to control what [[member|members]] are allowed to do on their forum. The system is made easy by setting permissions on a membergroup basis, rather than by having to change permissions one-by-one for each board.


==General Permissions==
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===General===
*'''View forum statistics''' - The collected statistics of an SMF forum that can be found at index.php?action=stats (also in the Info. Center).
*'''View the memberlist''' - A list of all registered members of an SMF forum. Can be found at index.php?action=mlist (also in the Info. Center).
*'''View Who's Online -''' A summary of who's on an SMF forum. Can be found in the Info. Center and at index.php?action=who.
*'''Search for posts and topics -''' Allows users to search the forums using keywords and phrases. Can be found at index.php?action=search and in the navigation bar.
*'''Change other people's karma -''' Allows users to edit the karma of other users. This displays as +X/-X or +X beside the posts of members, where X is the member's karma totals.
===Calendar====
*'''View the calendar -''' Decides whether or not a user can view the calendar of an SMF forum. Can be found at index.php?action=calendar and in the navigation bar.
*'''Create events in the calendar -''' Decides whether or not a user can create new events in the calendar.
*'''Edit events in the calendar -''' Decides whether or not a user can edit events in the calendar.
===Forum Administration===
*'''Administrate forum and database -''' Decides whether or not a user can change database connection properties, edit server settings, etc.
*'''Manage boards and categories -''' Decides whether or not users can create, modify, and delete boards and categories.
*'''Manage attachments and avatars -''' Decides whether or not users can mange and delete attachments on an SMF forum.
*'''Manage smileys -''' Decides whether or not a user can change smiley sets, delete smileys, and change smiley options.
*'''Edit news -''' Decides whether or not a user can edit the forum's news.
===Member administration===
*'''Moderate forum members -''' Decides whether or not a user can register users manually, track IPs and online status, etc.
*'''Manage and assign membergroups -''' Decides whether or not users can create, manage, and delete membergroups.
*'''Manage permissions -''' Decides whether or not users can manage member permissions.
*'''Manage ban list -''' Decides whether or not a user can ban other members and discontinue bans.
*'''Send a forum email to members -''' Decides whether or not a user can send an email in bulk to all members or individual membergroups.
'''Personal Messaging'''
'''Read personal messages -''' Decides whether or not a user can view personal messages sent to him or her.
*'''Send personal messages -''' Decides whether or not a user can send personal messages to other members.
===Member Profiles===
*'''View profile summary and stats -''' Decides whether or not a user can view profile summaries and member stats.
*'''Edit account settings -''' Decides whether or not a user can edit their own account's settings as well as the account settings of all members.
*'''Edit additional profile settings -'''Decides whether or not users can edit individual forum preferences such as their avatar, theme preferences, notifications and Personal Message settings. If this is not checked the user will be forced to use the default settings
*'''Edit custom title -''' Decides whether or not users can edit their custom titles.
*'''Delete account-''' Decides whether or not a member can delete their account or other members' accounts.
*'''Select an avatar from the server -''' Decides whether or not to allow a user to select an avatar from the avatars you uploaded on your forums.
*'''Upload an avatar to the server -''' Decides whether or not to allow a user to upload their personal avatar to the server.
*'''Choose a remotely stored avatar -''' Decides if a user can use an avatar from another server.
 
===Board Permissions===
 
 
===Edit Profiles===
 
 
===Post Moderation===
 
 
===Settings===
 
 
 
{{As an administrator}}

Latest revision as of 17:57, 21 October 2016

SMF has a very powerful permission system allowing the forum administrator to control what members are allowed to do on their forum. The system is made easy by setting permissions on a membergroup basis, rather than by having to change permissions one-by-one for each board.

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