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Hi Yoshi, I made another edit to this FAQ you've been working on. Discussion is at [[Talk:How do I use a small update Thank you. I thought those icons where too big, thus I made it like this.

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...is shown as uninstalled when it is installed, you can use this tool to fix it: [http://download.simplemachines.org/index.php?thanks;filename=fix_packages ...ges.php in the same directory as your forum. Select the package and change it to installed or uninstalled.

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SMF 2.0.x is a very versatile forum software. It has many features, including the following: **Members can disable it or collapse it.

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...d which you installed broke your forum such that you cannot even uninstall it, there may still be a way to fix your forum. SMF takes a file backup for you. It does this each time you install something, and restoring the files will tak

...les and/or directories. Changing a file means reading a file and replacing it with a changed version of the file. All of Package Manager's changes to SMF ...ecking and changing the properties of the files. If your web host provides it, you may be able to log in directly to the account using SSH and explore yo

SMF 2.0.x is a very versatile forum software. It has many features, including the following: **Members can disable it or collapse it.

SMF 2.0.x is a very versatile forum software. It has many features, including the following: **Members can disable it or collapse it.

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SMF 2.0.x is a very versatile forum software. It has many features, including the following: **Members can disable it or collapse it.

SMF 2.0.x is a very versatile forum software. It has many features, including the following: **Members can disable it or collapse it.

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• To make it the default setting for guests and new members, go to ''Admin panel > Curre ...topics after posting by default" and click "Change". Check the box next to it and save your new setting.

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...e to post in any board other than the one with the profile assigned to it. It will be necessary to give posting permissions to the other post count based [[Category:FAQ]][[Category:Permissions]]

...ber is less than five, it will display five. If number is larger than 255, it will display 255). [[category:FAQ]]

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...[[{{Latest docs}}Package_manager#Upload_a_Package|upload a package]], but it is sometimes just as easy to do this via FTP. [[Category:FAQ]]

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...for the recycle board, clicks remove twice when deleting a topic or post, it will be removed completely, thus bypassing the recycle board. ...ion options. Clicking this will return a topic or post to the board where it was originally posted.}}

...ult the manual for your wireless device to see which protocol or protocols it supports. [[Category:FAQ]]

*'''Content''' - Content is key to any forum, without it nobody will visit. You must create topics with this content, relevant to th [[Category:FAQ]]

While it is technically possible for an administrator to view the personal messages [[Category:FAQ]]

It is possible to hide Post Groups for members who are assigned to non-post ba [[Category:FAQ]]

SSI.php is included in SMF. To use it, you have to use the following code on the main page of your website: [[Category: FAQ]]

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Mods, therefore, make it possible to add additional features to your forum, modify the functionality <noinclude>[[category:FAQ]]</noinclude>

...to change these settings themselves, and should contact their hosts to do it for them. <noinclude>[[category:FAQ]]</noinclude>

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...tp://www.simplemachines.org/about/smf/license.php license]. Please replace it. [[Category:FAQ]]

...ause doing so might cause some custom themes not to work properly, or make it difficult to install [[modification]]s. [[Category:FAQ]]

Note: it is recommended that you do not leave the "Forum Title" box blank. [[Category:FAQ]]