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*Skin -> [[Theme]] | *Skin -> [[Theme]] | ||
*Emoticon -> [[Smiley]] | *Emoticon -> [[Smiley]] | ||
*Board Offline / Online -> [[Maintenance | *Board Offline / Online -> [[Maintenance mode]] | ||
*Bulk Mail -> [[Newsletters]] | *Bulk Mail -> [[Newsletters]] | ||
*Reply (Button) -> [[Quote]] (Button) | *Reply (Button) -> [[Quote]] (Button) | ||
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==phpBB== | ==phpBB== | ||
*Disable Board -> [[Maintenance | *Disable Board -> [[Maintenance mode]] | ||
*Style -> [[Theme]] | *Style -> [[Theme]] | ||
*Mass Email -> [[Newsletters]] | *Mass Email -> [[Newsletters]] | ||
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==MyBB== | ==MyBB== | ||
*Board Closed -> [[Maintenance | *Board Closed -> [[Maintenance mode]] | ||
*Custom User Title - [[Custom Title]] | *Custom User Title - [[Custom Title]] | ||
*MyCode -> [[BBCode]] | *MyCode -> [[BBCode]] | ||
Revision as of 13:50, 27 March 2011
Some terms in other Forum Softwares may be different in SMF. To prevent confusion, here is a list of some of the more common terms in other software and SMF.
The following is a list of terms that other software uses (left side) and what SMF calls those terms (right side).
Common
- Forums -> Board
- Private Message -> Personal message
- Sub-Forum -> Child Board
- Super Moderator -> Global Moderator
- User CP -> Profile
- Thread -> Topic
- Boards -> forum
Invision Power Board
- Ranks -> Post Membergroups
- User Groups -> Primary Membergroups
- Bad Word Filters -> Censored Words
- Skin -> Theme
- Emoticon -> Smiley
- Board Offline / Online -> Maintenance mode
- Bulk Mail -> Newsletters
- Reply (Button) -> Quote (Button)
- Last Click -> Who's Online
- My Controls -> Profile
- Pinned Topic -> Sticky Topic
- Closed Topic -> Locked topic
- Compared with IPB 2.1.7
vBulletin
- Style -> Theme
- Mailing List -> Newsletter
- Access Masks -> Permissions
- Ranks -> Membergroups
- Reputation -> Karma
- User Titles -> Post Membergroups
- Plug in -> Package (Mod)
- Subscriptions -> Notifications
- Closed Thread -> Locked topic
- Compared with vBulletin 3.6.0
phpBB
- Disable Board -> Maintenance mode
- Style -> Theme
- Mass Email -> Newsletters
- Word Censors -> Censored Words
- Groups -> Membergroups
- Disallowed Names -> Reserved Names
- Ranks -> Membergroups
- Compared with phpBB 2.0.21
MyBB
- Board Closed -> Maintenance mode
- Custom User Title - Custom Title
- MyCode -> BBCode
- Reputation -> Karma
- Groups -> Membergroups
- User Titles -> Post Membergroups
- Mass Email -> Newsletters
- Bad Words -> Censored Words
- Closed Thread -> Locked topic
- Compared with MyBB 1.2
Additional note: In many forum software you will find the term 'forum' used for each section (board) on the forum, on SMF these are called boards, and the term 'forum' is referred to the entire forum composed of all of the boards.
