Your sites main configuration is all stored in the database and can be modified directly from this section at anytime.
Enabling this setting will convert “username” to an image of the user and a link directly to his/her profile. This is case sensitive so if a member added [profile]UserName[/profile] they would not get the correct image or profile link. This can be fixed by enabling this tool in your Admin CP >> Options >> Edit Options >>. By default this feature is not enabled as it causes an extra query for each user to the database to verify the user name and then return the correct user name so we can find the correct image.
It can be an option, but FlashChat has to be installed for this option to appear.
FlashChat Livecam Module This module is a 3rd party module created for FlashChat. For more information about the Livecam module go here.
Requirements
* Flash Media Server from Adobe.com (OR Red5 Server) * phpFoX Konsort 1.6 RC1 or higher * Flash 8 Player or higher
Integrating with phpFoX Konsort
1. Upload the plugins/chat/modules/multiavm/main.asc file to your Flash Media Server (OR Red5 Server) 2. Open the file plugins/chat/modules/multiavm/config.xml and modify url="rtmp://YOUR_SERVER:1935/" to where your main.asc file is located. 3. Log into your phpFoX Admin CP and navigate to Options >> Edit Options >> Chat - Live Cam 4. For the setting Turn on Live Cam module set it to Yes.
Integration with phpFoX Konsort should now be complete. To test the live cam, just visit your site (logged in) and click on LIVE CHAT. Once there you should find the link "Click Here to Join the Live Cam Chat". Click on that and the Flash module will ask if you would like to connect your live cam to the program.
Note: This guide is only used for integrating the FlashChat Livecam Module with phpFoX Konsort. For a more detailed guide about the FlashChat Livecam module go here.
Here you can edit the layout of the date and time on your site. If you live in the US and prefer to have the default version; "month/day/year" then the default settings should work perfect for you. However, if you perhaps live in Europe, you might want to have the dates as following "day/month/year" or "year/month/day" - no matter how you would like it, you can always edit the arrangement of the dates and times in this settings. Below you will see the default values, which is ready in your Admin Panel after a fresh installation/upgrade of your site, unless you have edited the values to suit your needs.
The values with the %(percentage symbol) are made for the SMARTY engine, while the ones without the percentage symbols are PHP formats. To view more details regarding the different values/formats and their meaning, feel free to visit:
php.net - date and php.net - strftime.
Note: The example we used for the date is December 31st, 2007 and for the time 11.30 PM(23.30) and for the seconds we used 59 s.
Here you can give site users definite access and all these modules/sections can be shut down or to be turned on. By selecting "Yes" to any of the modules below you will be turning of their function for the entire site.
Cookies & Sessions
If you want to work on the site without members online, you can shut down your site by enabling the Shutdown site feature here. You can also allow your Staff Members to browse the site during the time it is down, in case you need their assistance. This is where you also add your "Offline Message". By default the offline message is, which you can change at any time:
Please check back with us. Our site is offline at the moment.
public.account
which when its parsed by phpFoX will turn out to be:
www.example.com/account/
For example if you wanted your visitors to visit the Invite section the URL would look something like this:
www.example.com/account/invite/
The correct URL to enter would then be:
public.account.invite
This is a visual depiction of content tags used at your website. Tags are typically listed alphabetically, and tag frequency is shown with font size or color. If you want to learn more, go here
Download streaming videos - Here you can set the option for looking through video from the net without preliminary loading the video from your local computer.
Allowed file extensions - Here you can point all allowed video file extensions.
Allow users the ability to upload videos from their computer - If you set this option to "Yes", site users will be able to upload videos from their computers.
Approve videos - Enabling this option you can approve all videos uploaded by users from different sites. This option can protect the site from inappropriate videos.
Allow video streaming - Using this feature you can add videos from another sites.
Total videos to display in main index page - Here you can point the total number of videos to display in main index page.
Total videos to display in "Related" box - Here you can point the total number of videos to display in "Related" box on right hand side.
Add "Skip" link on image upload - If you set "Yes", the user will be able to upload the video without an image.
Allow video embedding - Using this feature you can allow video embedding. If disabled it will remove the embed information found when viewing a video.
Light Color - Here you can set the option for determining light colors for video player.
Front Color - Here you can set the option for determining front colors for video player.
Background Color - Here you can set the option for determining background colors for video player.
Repeat - This option is set for possible repeating the video list.
Autostart - Enabling this feature will make the video player start working immediately when a user click to watch the video.
Watermark image location - Using this feature you can locate watermark images (your logo or your sites name) on videos. If you want your logo to be seen, you need to specify the path.
Watermark videos - Enabling this feature you can mark your videos with some text. A good example is to have your site's domain name.
Frame to take a snapshot of the video - Here you can point the total number of frame for video snapshots to be displayed.
Path to the mEncoder binaries - The path to the installation may be different from default.
Path to the FFMPEG binaries - The path to the installation may be generally stick to default.
Missed options will be displayed here.
Here you can add necessary options to existing blocks.
There you can do settings to adapt the network to your idea of community and for your site users need.
You can manage site menu here: add or delete items, edit some changes, set position to display.
Order - Here you can locate menu items by priority, i.e. 1) home, 2) gallery, 3) blogs, etc. If you want to change the order, you should remark items in a new way.
Title - Here you can name menu items.
URL - This is a link to menu items.
This feature is intended for the phpFoX Internal URL system.
By default it is set to:
menu.public.module-name
which when its parsed by phpFoX will turn out to be:
www.yourdomain.com/module-name/
For example if you wanted your visitors to visit the the Browse Section(example) you will have to write:
menu.public.gallery
And your members will view this Menu as:
www.yourdomain.com/browse/
Location - Here you can locate menu items to main, header or footer positions at your site.
Actions - Here you can View, Edit or Delete menu items.
If you want to create a new menu item, you should name it (Title), mark URL Title (link), Location (where it is located) and Permission (who can use it).
There you can manage users pages: view, edit, delete.
To create a new page, you should write down page Title, URL Title, META Keywords, decide to add this page to menu or not, and write Content.
Here you can add different kinds of possible site users interests and manage them, i.e. hobbies, favourite books, music, etc.
Position - Here you can locate custom fields by priority, i.e. 1) hobbies, 2) favourite books, 3) movies, etc. If you want to change the order, you should remark fields in a new way.
Title - Here you can name custom fields.
Type - While adding a new field you can mark its type:
- "Drop Down" - it appears in "My details";
- "Textarea" - it appears in separate sections.
Default Option / Profile Location - Here you can set fields location at users pages or if "Drop Down" type - a selected option.
Appear on sign up - Enabling this feature registered users are allowed to look through personal fields.
Also you can delete customs fields and translate them, if additional language packages are installed and there is possible translation.
If you want to add a new field, you should choose its type: drop down or textarea.
Drop down: You can mark position, write down its title, set appear on sign up or not, and option.
Text area: You can mark position, write down its title, set appear on sign up or not, and profile location.
Here you can add styles and templates and set their priority to your site.
Here you can manage a list of the current style sheets you have installed: Edit CSS, Change Logo, Edit Name.
If you need a new style to be added you should first to download the theme from clients.phpfox.com.
Steps to install:
1) Upload the folder that comes with the zip package to your server and place it in the folder: /file/style/
2) Log into your admin panel and then go to: Config Panel >> Style
3) Click on "Install New"
4) Find the theme you uploaded and click on "Install Now".
These settings are necessary for site maintenance. The site auditory can be multilingual and you are able to set different languages here and fill with different phrases, content, options. The default phpFoX supported language is "English (U.S.)".
You are able to Create New Language, Import Language Package, Upload New Language Package (from local computer) and Modify Database Collation. Be very careful while working in these sections, because wrong settings can cause incorrect work of site.
Here you are able to manage site content: add content which is a value standard phpFoX variable, save them and delete selected, if necessary. You can set value in languages, installed at your site.
Here you can manage site used phrases: add new phrases, change existing ones, delete selected, revert selected to default. Also, at your convenience, there is an option for text searching, in the language and the module you need; to point the searching area (Text Only, Variable Name Only, Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name). You can search phrases in your selected language, installed at your site.
Here you can manage site options: add new options, change existing ones, delete selected, revert all to default, set as default. Also, at your convenience, there is an option for text searching, in language you need, and point the searching area (Text Only, Variable Name Only, Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name). You can search phrases in languages, installed at your site. And you are able to select the kind of the drop-down option.
To add another translated language you upload one here. You can look through a detailed instructions under "Installing a Language Package" here(link).
If you want to download a translated or default Language Package from your phpFoX site you can do so from here. For more detailed instructions, go here(link).
In this section you can manage ways and methods of site payments. Also you can configure whether to charge anyone for signup or not, the option for this feature can be found under "Edit Options >> Site >> Subscription >> Yes".
Here you can point your PayPal account and choose which currency you wish for your members to send their payments to your account.
You can then choose which members, depending on their membership levels, should pay which amount and whether it is a One Time Fee or a Monthly Payment. This can all be edited under whichever membership you wish to have this feature for. To check your various memberships(which you can create a new one, edit the current default ones and remove them) you go to your Admin CP then under "USER GROUPS"(link) click on "USER GROUP MANAGER" and then click on the desired membership. Once there you can find a special setting for subscriptions with price details, description of payment plan(optional) and the payment setup(One Time or Monthly).
To find essential details about your members, such as activity points, e-mail, sign up IP etc. You can also login as your member in case there is any suspicious activity going on. Knowing your members login IP can be helpful if they are disrupting the tranquility of your site; you can therefore ban their IP, if needed. Or you can ban the actual user. To ban a persons IP address you do this under your "Deny & Ban" Section in your Admin Panel.
There is a helpful search engine to find your specific user by their Username, Email, IP, Status and Membership Group.
You will be able to view the messages in between your members here.
Site users can read about Crush Alerts in Menu, Messages, Crush Inbox. If a user wants to send Crush Alert to another user, he/she should go to desired profile and click "Send Crush".
Here you can view a list of all the members that have invited others to the site by sending them emails from the invite section.
With this function you can login as anyone of your members on the site and snoop around in their members area as them. You will have to enter the wanted member's name.
From here you can send an universal message to your members, in case of updates, future events etc.
You can choose to send your message to one member or to all of your member. You can also only send to your Staff Member or other level of memberships. The option of how many mails for each round can be sent can also be chosen here, however this depends on various items; such as your server, amount of members and the length and depth of your message - as it can take a couple minutes for your message to be sent.
You can decorate your message with HTML. To make it more personal you can add an image or color your message text.
Here you are able to manage user groups: view all members in every group, make changes in default settings, add new and delete existing ones.
By default, you have groups titled "Normal", "Guest", "Staff" and "Admin". Also you are able to manage 2 custom groups: "VIP" and "Gold". You can do settings for every group according to your vision of site community.
At any time you can edit these memberships and, if needed, remove them. You can also view the actual members within these User Groups by clicking "Show all users" under "Actions" at the right of the User Group Title. Then simply click "Go" and you will have a list of all the members within the User Group.
You can also add a new User Group at the bottom of your current User Groups.
Here you can create a new user group and set all necessary permissions. This is also were you can edit the Subscription Settings as mentioned under "API Gateways"(link).
Here you can modify the access your Staff Members has to your Admin CP, you can either allow them all of the features/options within the Admin Control Panel or disallow them; or restrict them to some areas while they have access to others.
Here you can manage site menu sections, i.e. Forum, Groups, Classifieds, Polls, etc.
You can create New Forum only topic mentioned and click "Go". After you can edit it or delete.
There are some Groups Categories installed by default. If you want to create a new one, write its title and click "Go".
If you or site members want to put up an ad to Classifieds board, you should create listing, mention Subject, Category, Country, City and Description. After that this ad will be able to be viewed to all members. In case, you have some problems with writing ads, there is HTML Help.
Also you can manage all existing Classifieds: change their titles, delete them.
Here site members can create different polls. After this poll should be improved by stuff. You will see created polls in Admin CP Sections > Polls and decide to approve or delete. After all registered members can vote by these topics.
Here site members can create quizzes. After quizzes should be improved by stuff. You will see created quizzes in Admin CP Sections > Quizzes and approve or delete them. After registered members can answer. The answer is hidden from them, and if they take quizz and give the wrong answer, only after that they can look the correct variant.
If you want to approve images, you should set it in "Edit Options > Image > Yes". Otherwise, site members will be able to upload them. After these pictures are available for Rate, Battle, Featured options.
This part of menu is created for music lovers satisfaction. There are some features which can make your site distinguished itselves from others, i.e. convenient search, all genres types (set default), etc.
If you want to approve albums that are uploaded by site members, you should set this option in Edit Options > Music > Approve Albums > Yes. Also you are able to set the total number of albums displayed at the page and the date of their editing.
If you want to approve songs that are uploaded by site members, you should set this option in Edit Options > Music > Approve Songs > Yes. Also you are able to set the total number of songs displayed at the page and the date of their editing.
If you disagree with set default genres, you can make changes in existing and add new ones.
If you suppose to approve video, you should set this option in Options > Edit Options > Video > Approve Videos. Otherwise members will be able to upload video directly to site.
Here you can manage video categories set by default and create new ones.
Shout box is located on the main page and site members can leave their thoughts here. And you can choose a time term, for which shoutbox logs will be saved. So, if you have chosen "Today", then only today's logs will be saved, and all logs beginning from "Yesterday" will be erased. Also you can delete messages.
Here you can manage chat rooms: change/delete existing, edit new ones.
You can manage all site members: Delete Profile Image, Login as This User, etc. There is easy search.
Enabling this feature you can add a new user name to ban. This ban is used to disallow user names upon sign up. When a new user is going to join site community, he is able to check availability of his login.
Enabling this feature you can ban email domen and it will be disallowed upon users sign up.
Here you can enter words you would like to replace, i.e. when users leave comments in Shoutbox & Chat - they will be changed to the words you replaced.
Here you can enter IP's to ban on your site and note Block Period.
After you add ads, you can manage them there: edit or delete.
Here you can create new ads for your site. You can add as many ads as you want for they are randomized in the system.
Below is a list of the page sessions of the site. Page sessions are the separate page requests for all the members.
Below is a list of the profile sessions for your site. This list creates the recent visitors on the profile pages of users.
Below is a list of the site sessions for the site. This adds every action on the site into the database. Because of this it can take up a lot of disk space on your server. So from time to time you can clean it up by deleting the database to save the space. Note that this setting can also cause a server slow down if this specific table is too large.
If you have a large database it is advised that you save the backup on your server, for downloading the file directly can cause a browser timeout. Also you can Save & Compress Backup.
Here you can see Total MySQL DB Size, Overhead, Total Tables.
Are you sure you want to clear your site cache? If yes - follow links.
All technic data are located here.
Here you will find a tool to test if your server can send out emails. Useful if your are having problems with your SMTP server. You will also find a tool to remove any duplicate friends.
You can update the counters for Friends, Groups, User Comments, Blog Comments, Forum Topics and Forum Posts.