The XenForo forum platform has two different types of staff members called moderators and administrators. They do completely different jobs with different permissions. When someone becomes an administrator, they do not automatically become a moderator. The forum owner must give each role separately. Moderators help manage what other users post on the site. They can delete posts that break the rules, move discussions to better places, and give warnings to users who misbehave. The forum owner decides exactly what each moderator can do when setting up their account. Some moderators have power in all forums, and others only have power in specific forums they look after.
Users must be officially made moderators through the Groups &...
The forum administrator creates a special group for people on their birthdays with the XenForo Internet forum software package. First, the administrator makes a group called Birthday Today from the Groups and Permissions section. The administrator gives this group a very high number for Display styling priority. This makes sure the birthday style shows up even when someone belongs to many groups. The administrator types a message saying It's my birthday today as the banner text. The administrator picks a nice style for how this message looks. The group does not need any special permissions because it only changes how people look on their birthday. The forum shows these changes under their name when they post messages.
Next, the...
The administrator sets up rules for brand new users in the XenForo Internet forum software package. The administrator makes moderators check the first five posts from all new members. After these five posts pass inspection, the system moves these members into a different group. This helps the forum team catch people who might send spam messages before they cause problems. The administrator changes what new users can do by editing permission settings. The administrator opens the Users & Groups section and finds the Registered User group. The administrator says these members cannot publish content without approval first. The administrator saves these changes to protect the forum from bad posts.
The administrator creates another group...
The XenForo Internet forum software package lets administrators move users into special groups automatically. The system calls these changes promotions. Administrators control everything about promotions from the Admin Control Panel. They go to Groups & Permissions and then User group promotions. These promotions help administrators organize members better. The computer adds people to groups based on rules the administrator creates. The computer also removes people from groups when they stop meeting those rules. Administrators use promotions for many different jobs. They can test new features with certain groups. They can give special badges to helpful members.
The administrator creates a promotion by clicking the Add promotion button...
The XenForo Internet forum software package controls what different people can do with permissions. Administrators create permissions in several places that all work together. They set up permissions for each user group they make. They add special permissions for certain users when needed. They create special rules for different parts of the forum called nodes. The system takes all these permissions from every group a person belongs. It looks at any personal permissions that person has. Then, it decides what the person can finally do based on which permission type matters most. The administrator needs to understand how the system chooses between different permission types.
The system decides which permission wins by following strict...
The XenForo Internet forum software package uses user groups to give different jobs to people who visit forums. Admins can set special permissions for each group and change how users look with titles or colors. The system comes with four main groups that cannot be deleted. These groups include people who have not signed up yet, regular members, administrators, and moderators. Every person must belong to at least one group, but they can join many groups if needed. The community managers want all registered users to stay in the Registered group even if they become moderators or administrators later. This helps keep things organized when setting up permissions.
When someone creates a new account, the system automatically puts them in the...
The administrator can change many users at the same time with the batch update tool in the XenForo Internet forum software package. The administrator needs to sign into the Admin control panel first. Then, the administrator clicks on Users and finds the Batch Update Users section. The system lets the administrator search for specific people based on different rules. The administrator picks which users need changes by setting up these rules. The administrator can make these changes without talking to each person individually.
After finding the right users, the administrator can change their groups, both main and extra ones. The administrator can also remove people from groups if needed. The XenForo Internet forum software package allows...
XenForo makes member pages more fun by showing special blocks instead of just a boring list of people who signed up. These blocks can show the top members for different things. They might display who wrote the most messages or who helped solve the most problems. The XenForo admin creates these blocks from the Admin control panel under Users and Member statistics. They pick Add member stat or change one that already exists. They give each block a name people see and a special key that only the XenForo system uses to keep track of it. XenForo lets them pick which members appear in the block by setting rules about who can be included.
The XenForo system decides which members show up based on how the admin sorts them and how many people...
The XenForo system lets people change their usernames when they belong to a user group with the right permission. XenForo keeps track of these changes because the username helps other members recognize who someone is. The system writes down when people change their names, creating a record that shows others what someone used to be called. The person running the XenForo forum can find many settings for this under User Options.
XenForo admins can make rules about changing names. They can ask users to explain why they want a different name. The staff can look at these reasons and decide if they agree. XenForo lets admins set up waiting times between name changes to stop people from switching names all the time. Admins can also block...
