IMPORTANT: Make sure your guild members register using their in-game name. This will allow you to easily manage forum permissions based on the rank in the guild-site roster. It is important to keep your guild-site roster updated.

You can now set up categories and topics as you'd like through the Forum Administration Panel.
The administration access for the phpBB forums is separate from the guild-site Administrator Console. The link to the forums phpBB Administration Panel is at the bottom of the forums pages if you are logged into the forums as an admin.

Setting up your forum permissions, groups and moderators will help you better manage your forums:

• We have created some example forums and sub-forums with permissions to show how one might manage forum permissions for their own guild-site based on the guild member ranks.
• See the official phpBB guide on setting up permissions: http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article/phpbb3-permissions/
• Also, make sure to check out the following tip on group permissions http://support.guildomatic.com/viewtopic.php?t=6.

Also, remember that item hovers work in your forum posts. Like so:



Super Simian Sphere

if you'd like more info about managing phpbb forums, you can visit http://www.phpbb.com/support or check out our support site http://support.guildomatic.com for more information.