making new categories and forums in PHP?

[MJpr0]

ok well it wont let me add any new categories or forums on my phpbb site. the only forum that shows up is the original one that was already made and i renamed it to news and announcments.
any help?

[LHVWB]

You need to go into the Admin section of your forums, ie phpbb3/adm/.

Then in the forums tab you can add categories or boards, by clicking on create new forum.

If you can't get into the admin section ro the above steps didn't work, then you might have to re-install the forum.

[MJpr0]

i understand how to add categories and forums. but when i do it doesnt work. heres some pics:










see what the problem is? they're not showing up

[LHVWB]

So when you create the new forum, it just doesn't get added.

Check that you have properly added the permissions for the boards, otherwise they will not be shown, you can ether set the permissions when adding the board or under forum permissions.

" If no forum is selected the newly created forum will not be visible until permissions had been set."

If that didn't help then try to reinstall it and see if that helps.

[Dee30]

ok i have an php, but i am a little bit confused when you hit add new subject/forum...it does what?

[LHVWB]

ok i have an php, but i am a little bit confused when you hit add new subject/forum...it does what?

I'm a little confused about what you mean, does "php" mean phpbb3 or something else?

If you are talking about the 'create new forum' button then it takes you to a page that allows you to create a new forum or category, so that you can extend your forums and have different sections.

[Dee30]

No it means the same thing, and i am not asking a question a am trying to help the guy that posted this

[rlodge]

So when you create the new forum, it just doesn't get added.

Check that you have properly added the permissions for the boards, otherwise they will not be shown, you can ether set the permissions when adding the board or under forum permissions.

" If no forum is selected the newly created forum will not be visible until permissions had been set."

If that didn't help then try to reinstall it and see if that helps.

You hit it on the head. I played around with phpBBand if you don't set the permissions for the category, even tha admin won't see them.

[MJpr0]

So when you create the new forum, it just doesn't get added.

Check that you have properly added the permissions for the boards, otherwise they will not be shown, you can ether set the permissions when adding the board or under forum permissions.

" If no forum is selected the newly created forum will not be visible until permissions had been set."

If that didn't help then try to reinstall it and see if that helps.

thank you
i got it working :cool: