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Contents 1 The Glossary 1.1 Administrator 1.2 Beta 1.3 Category 1.4 FF 1.5 Forum 1.6 FTP 1.7 Guest 1.8 HTTP 1.9 IE 1.10 Member 1.11 Message Board 1.12 Moderator (Mod) 1.13 Modification (Mod) 1.14 MyBB 1.15 MySQL 1.16 PHP 1.17 phpMyAdmin 1.18 Plugins 1.19 Post 1.20 Private Messaging (PM) 1.21 Preview Release (PR) 1.22 Release Candidate (RC) 1.23 Subforum 1.24 Super moderator 1.25 Template 1.26 Template Set 1.27 Theme 1.28 Thread 1.29 User 2 Common Message Board Language 2.1 AFAICT 2.2 AFAIK 2.3 AFK 2.4 IIRC 2.5 LOL 2.6 Msg 2.7 Pls / Plz / Plx 2.8 ROFL 2.9 Thx / Thanx / TIA

[edit] The Glossary

Here is a glossary of MyBB and forum related terminology that everyone should be familiar with. The list is in alphabetical order.

[edit] Administrator

An administrator has access to the Admin Control Panel. This group of users is usually the highest ranking group of users in the forum as they have moderators access to all forums, and access to the Admin CP.

[edit] Beta

Beta versions are released either to public or to a private beta testing group. Beta means that the software is a preview release and may contain bugs. Usually the feature set will be frozen for the main release, and only bugs will be fixed for the main release. This version descriptor will be used (starting from version 1.2.0) in lieu of Release Candidates and Preview Releases.

[edit] Category

A category is a forum that contains other forums and does not allow posting. Starting from MyBB 1.0 PR2, all forums must be contained within a category, although categories are allowed not to have parent forums/categories.

[edit] FF

FireFox (browser)

[edit] Forum

A forum that allows posting. Usually forums separate general topics of discussion.

A forum can also mean the message board entirely as the words forum and message board to mean the same thing. It is often interchanged with board as well to mean a specific forum.

[edit] FTP

Acronym for File Transfer Protocol. See Using FTP.

[edit] Guest

Guests, or anonymous users, or visitors generally refer to the population that browses your board without logging in.

[edit] HTTP

Acronym for HyperText Transfer Protocol.

[edit] IE

Internet Explorer (browser)

[edit] Member

See User.

[edit] Message Board

This phrase refers to the whole bulletin board and its contents.

The term board is also often interchanged with forum to refer to specific forums or the bulletin board as a whole.

[edit] Moderator (Mod)

A moderator has access to use the moderator controls on specific forums.

[edit] Modification (Mod)

Modifications released by their authors require actual code modifications to the core MyBB files in order to extend the functionality of your copy of MyBB.

Compare with Plugins

[edit] MyBB

The MyBulletinBoard software :D

[edit] MySQL

This is a database server software. This is the only database server software that MyBB supports at this time. More information at MySQL.com.

[edit] PHP

PHP (Pre-Hypertext Processor) is the scripting language that MyBB uses. It is a server-side language and the scripts are processed by this module before it is sent out to the browser, enabling the dynamic content to be shown to the user. More information at PHP.Net

[edit] phpMyAdmin

This is a very extensive administration utility for your MySQL databases. You can use this software to backup and restore your databases, and also make modifications to the database structure and data. More information at phpMyAdmin.net

[edit] Plugins

Plugins were introduced since MyBB 1.0 PR2. These allow plugin authors to script a file with all the necessary PHP, and all administrators have to do to activate the functionality of the plugin is to upload the file to the plugin directory, and activate it via the Admin Panel. This has simplified the process of extending MyBB for both authors and users of these plugins.

See more information at Plugins.

Compare with Modification.

[edit] Post

A post is an individual message, and is the fundamental concept of a message board.

[edit] Private Messaging (PM)

The private messaging system allows 2 users to message each other in private, sort of like email, but hosted on the message board interface.

[edit] Preview Release (PR)

This is the stage of development when the final tweaks and bugs are being fixed. These are generally stable releases. This version descriptor will probably never be used again as it has been replaced with Beta.

[edit] Release Candidate (RC)

Commonly, the RC versions are the versions before the release of MyBB 1.0. This version descriptor will probably never be used again as it has been replaced with Beta.

[edit] Subforum

A subforum can be refered to as any forum that is within another forum or category. This is often also called a child forum.

[edit] Super moderator

Super moderators are the group of users that have access to moderate any forum in the message board.

[edit] Template

Templates store the HTML content of parts of the page. Usually these templates contain variables that are replaced when the script is executed. Templates can be edited in the Admin CP.

[edit] Template Set

A template set contains individual templates.

[edit] Theme

A theme contains all the colours and CSS attributes that are associated with a template set. Themes can be edited in the Admin CP.

[edit] Thread

A thread is a container of posts. This usually contains a specific topic of discussion.

[edit] User

A user is a person who has registered on your message board. Users can also be refered to as members.

[edit] Common Message Board Language

Here is a list of common message board language that is used widely throughout online communities. These include abbreviations, slang, etc.

[edit] AFAICT

As Far As I Can Tell

[edit] AFAIK

As Far As I Know

[edit] AFK

Away from Keyboard (not used as much on message boards)

[edit] IIRC

If I Recall Correctly

[edit] LOL

Laugh out loud

[edit] Msg

Message

[edit] Pls / Plz / Plx

Please

[edit] ROFL

Rolling On Floor Laughing

[edit] Thx / Thanx / TIA

Thanks Thanks In Advance