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Manual v5 (Work in progress)
Introduction
Installation / Upgrade
Beginner's Guide
Back Office Reference
Advanced Customization
Advanced Topics
Glossary
How to...
Table of contents
Introduction
Overview of the Software
Features
About Blogs
Multiple Blogs
About Online Manuals
About Different Blog/Collection Types
About Plugins
About Customization
What's New?
5.x Series
5.0.0-alpha-4
5.0.1-alpha-5
5.0.2-alpha-5
5.0.3-beta-5
5.0-stable
4.x Series
4.0.0-alpha
4.0.1-beta
4.0.2-beta
4.1.0-beta
4.1.1-stable
4.1.2-stable
4.1.3-stable
4.1.4-stable
4.1.5-stable
4.1.6-stable
4.1.7-stable
3.x Series
3.0.0-alpha
3.1.0-beta
3.2.0-beta
3.3.0-rc1
3.3.1-stable
3.3.2-stable
3.3.3-stable
3.3.4-stable
2.x Series
1.x Series
0.x Series
Free Open Source Software
Assumed User Skills
Terms Used in this Manual
Getting Help
FAQ (General)
How much does it cost?
Do I need to provide my own website design?
Does b2evolution support my own language?
Content Issues
FAQ - Before Installation
Features
International Manuals
Run b2evolution On My Home Computer
Getting help with older/previous versions
Installation / Upgrade
Getting Started
System requirements
Installing on a Local Computer
Introduction
Installing XAMPP on Windows 7
Installing XAMPP on Linux
Installing XAMPP on Mac
Installing b2evolution
Changing UAC Settings in Windows 7
Install b2evolution
Setting up a multidomain test environment
Installing on a Remote Server
File Permissions
Tested hosts
The Tricky Stuff
HostIcan
Troubleshooting Installation Problems
Media File & evocache Permission Errors
b2evolution asks for my password again and again (my cookies don't hold!)
I get file permission errors. How do I fix them?
When I do X I get a blank page or only a half page
"Warning: Cannot modify header information"
I have a MySQL error
Upgrading from a Previous Version
Instructions for specific versions
Upgrading from version 0.8.0
Upgrading from version 0.8.2
Upgrading from version 0.8.9
Upgrading from 0.9.0.x to 0.9.1
Upgrading from 0.9.x to 1.6 alpha
Upgrading from 0.9.x to 1.8.x
Upgrade Skin from 0.9.2 to 1.8 Head All
Upgrade Skin from 0.9.2 to 1.8 Head LineByLine
Upgrade Skin from 0.9.2 to 1.8 Support Files
Upgrade Skin from 1.6 to 1.8
Upgrade from 0.9.x to 1.10.3 or 2.4rc2
Upgrade from 0.9.x to 1.6 alpha
Upgrade from 0.9.x to 1.8.x
Upgrade from 0.9.x to 2.x
Upgrade from 1.10.x to 2.0.x
Upgrade from 1.6.x to 1.8.x
Upgrade from 1.8.x to 1.9.x
Upgrade from 2.x to 3.x
Upgrading from 1.6.x to 1.8.x
Upgrade Skin from 0.9.2 to 1.8
Solutions to common upgrade problems
General Upgrade Instructions
Specific upgrade instructions
Upgrade From An Older Version
Upgrade Evoskins
Importing Content from Another System
Upgrading from Cafélog/b2
Migrating from phpBB
Import Posts and Comments
Migrating from MovableType
Configuration files
Advanced Configuration
.htaccess File
Advanced Setup
Set Up A Linux Cron Job
Set Up A Windows Scheduled Task
Set Up A Cpanel Cron Job
The Tricky Stuff
Version
Multiple Domains
Directory and File Permissions
Media File & evocache Permission Errors
Moving your site
Moving to Another Server
Restoring a database backup
FAQ (Installation / Upgrade)
If I upgrade, will I lose my posts, comments, settings, uploaded files, etc. ?
Where do I need to upload the files for upgrade?
I upgraded and now feature X doesn't work any more
Beginner's Guide
A first look at your blog
Multiple blogs
Navigating Between Multiple Blogs
Blog Anatomy
Forum Anatomy
Blog A and Blog B
Linkblog
Sample / Example Blogs
Photoblog Anatomy
Logging in
Logging In
Lost Password
The evoBar
The Administrator - What is it?
After Logging In
The Back Office
The Dashboard
Setup My Blog
Adding content
How to add content
How to Add Photos or Images
How to Add Videos
The In-skin Edit Screen
How to Include External Photos or Images
Customizing your blog
Changing title & description in the BackOffice
Using a different skin and editing parameters
Editing Widgets
Using Plugins
Changing Your Profile
Accessing Your Profile
Editing Your Identity/General Information
Changing Your Profile Picture
Changing Your Password
Editing Preferences
Editing Notifications
Editing Advanced Preferences
Editing User Admin Settings
Sessions and Activity
What's Next?
Experiment a little!
FAQ (Using b2evolution)
I need further assistance...
How to authorize new users to post
Move A Category
Setup A New Blog
Lost Password
My blog is slow because it's hammered with SPAM! How do I recover?
I made a change but my blog is not updated
b2evolution asks for my password again and again (my cookies don't hold!)
I get file permission errors. How do I fix them?
When I do X I get a blank page or only a half page
Back Office Reference
Introduction to the Back Office
Managing Blogs / Collections
Global Blog / Collection Settings
After each new post or comment...
Categories Global Settings
Caching
Cross posting
Subscribing to new blogs
Default skins
General Collection Settings
Blogs General Parameters
Collection Type
Collection Description
Collection Features
Collection Features - Posts
Collection Features - Comments
Collection Features - Other
Post List
Post options
RSS/Atom feeds
Managing Custom Fields
Custom Fields
Skin Settings
Skins for this blog
Manage skins
Plugin Settings (per Collection)
Plugin Settings - Smilies
Plugin Settings - Twitter plugin
Plugin Settings - Auto Links
Plugin Settings - Video Plug
Plugin Settings - Auto P
Plugin Settings - Texturize
Widget settings
Widgets: Menu
Widgets: Page Top
Widgets: Sidebar
Widgets: Header
Widgets: Menu Top
Widgets: Mobile Footer
Widgets: Mobile Navigation Menu
Widgets: Mobile Tools Menu
Widgets: Sidebar2
Add a Widget
Collection URL & SEO settings
Canonical URL Control
Single Post Pages SEO
Blog SEO Settings
Blog URL Settings
Advanced Collection Settings
Blog Meta Data
Collection Cache Settings
In-skin Action Settings
External Feeds
Advanced Blog Properties
Advanced Permissions
Advanced Permissions
Security: User Permissions
Advanced User Permissions
Advanced Group Permissions
File Management & Upload Permisssions
User Permissions
Blog properties
Blog List
Blogs Tab
Blog All
Managing Content
Browsing Items / Posts
Editing Items / Posts
The Writing / Editing Screens
The Simple Edit Screen
The Expert Edit Screen
Post Contents Fieldset
Item Categories Fieldset
Post Advanced Properties Fieldset
Post Attachments Fieldset
Adding Images or Photos
Adding Videos
Html Validator
Visibility statuses
Post/Comment Visibility Statuses
Moderating the Visibility of Posts & Comments
Intro and Featured Posts
Managing Categories
Managing Comments
Recycling Comments
Editing Comments
Elevating a Comment into a Post
Custom Fields
Managing Forums
Managing Files
File Management & Upload Permisssions
File Browser
File Manager
Files Tab
Upload Multiple
Website Analytics
Why do I need Analytics?
Browser Hits Summary
Global Hits Summary
Goals
Post Views Counting
Stats Tab
Referring domains tab
Managing Users
Managing User Groups
Editing User Groups
General Information
Blogging Permissions
Additional Permissions
System Admin Permissions
Notification Options
What can I do with User Groups?
Default User Group Settings
User Groups Tab
User Preferences
Communications
Other Preferences
Notifications
User Admin Email
User Levels
User Registration Settings
New Users
User Permissions
File Management & Upload Permisssions
Messaging
Messaging
System Settings & Maintenance
Antispam Tab
Antispam Tab
IP Ranges tab
Countries tab
Referring domains tab
Email Processing
Email Processing Overview
Return-Path Configuration
Email Notification Settings
Unread Messages Reminder
email notifications don't work
Regions tab
Countries tab
Scheduled Tasks
Scheduler Execution Info
Scheduler Job Form
Scheduler Job Info
Unread Messages Reminder
Scheduler
Set Up A Linux Cron Job
Set Up A Windows Scheduled Task
Set Up A Cpanel Cron Job
Hit Logging
Settings Tab
Timeouts
Tools Tab
The Tricky Stuff
Online Help
The Backoffice
The evoBar
Advanced Customization
b2evolution Files
a_noskin.php
Codebase Overview
Main.php File
Multiblogs.php
Summary.php
Introducing Stub Files
Introducing Templates
.htaccess File
Blog Skins/Themes
Introducing evoSkins
evoSkin Structure
Introducing Stub Files
Introducing evoSkins
Introducing Templates
Installing Skins
Working With Skins
CSS Files
Using Widgets
Widgets
Styling widgets
Modifying evoSkins
Template functions
Template function parameters
Custom Fields
Edit Evoskins
Evoskin and A Template
Editing Templates
Template Tags
Creating evoSkins
How to upgrade a b2evo blog template to an evoSkin
Converting WordPress Themes
Create A New Skin
Pro WordPress Theme Conversion
Skin Checklist
Submitting To Skin Directory
Validate as XHTML
Wordpress to b2evolution tags
Skin Tags
Include Disp
Include Item Content
Tag Request Title
Tag App Version
Tag Blog Contact Link
Tag Blog Footer
Tag Blog Home Link
Tag Blog Longdesc
Tag Blog Name
Tag Blog Tagline
Tag Comment Allowed Tags
Tag Credits
Tag Display If Empty
Tag Is Logged In
Tag Item Anchor
Tag Item Author
Tag Item Can Comment
Tag Item Can Rate
Tag Item Can Recieve Pings
Tag Item Categories
Tag Item Content Teaser
Tag Item Deadline Date
Tag Item Deadline Time
Tag Item Deprecate Link
Tag Item Edit Link
Tag Item Extra Status
Tag Item Feedback Feed Link
Tag Item Feedback Link
Tag Item Feedback Moderation
Tag Item Files
Tag Item Footer
Tag Item Has Feedback
Tag Item Images
Tag Item Issue Date
Tag Item Lang
Tag Item Language
Tag Item Locale
Tag Item Locale Flag
Tag Item Locale Temp Switch
Tag Item Main Category
Tag Item Mod Date
Tag Item Mod Time
Tag Item More Link
Tag Item Msgform Link
Tag Item Msgform Link Assigned
Tag Item Permanent Link
Tag Item Permanent URL
Tag Item Prevnext Links
Tag Item Priority
Tag Item Publish Link
Tag Item Status
Tag Item Status Raw
Tag Item Tags
Tag Item Title
Tag Item Trackback RDF
Tag Item Trackback URL
Tag Item Type
Tag Item Views
Tag Item Wordcount
Tag Locale Charset
Tag Locale Lang
Tag Locale Restore Previous
Tag Mainlist Page Links
Tag Messages
Tag Plugins Call By Code
Tag Powered By
Tag Skin Container
Tag Skin Get Path
Tag Skin Get URL
Tag User Login Link
Tag User Logout Link
Tag User Profile Link
Tag User Register Link
Tag User Subs Link
Template Tags
Email Skins/Themes
Introduction to email skins
Email skin templates
Website Integration
Website Integration
Stub File
Stub Files 1.x
Plugins
Plugin development
How to turn plugins on/off
Renderer Plugins
Acronym Plugin
Auto P Plugin
Autolinks Plugin
Wiki Links Plugin
Wacko Formatting Plugin
BB Code plugin
Code Highlight Plugin
Flickr Plugin
Renderer Plugin
Other Plugins
FCKeditor Plugin
Generic Ping Plugin
Google Analytics Plugin
Ldap Plugin
OpenID Plugin
Realtagcloud Plugin
Sidebarcomments Plugin
Sitemap Plugin
GeoIP Plugin
Antispam Plugins
Akismet Plugin
Basic Antispam Plugin
Captcha img Plugin
GeoIP Plugin
Widget Plugins
Categories Plugin
Installed Plugins
Photoplug Plugin
Ping Ping-O-Matic Plugin
Plugins
Plugin::GetDependencies
Plugin / Apply Rendering
Plugin::GetDefaultSettings
PluginDocumentation
PluginHooks
Plugins/
Plugins / Cflash Plugin
Plugins / Autolinks Plugin
Plugins / Disqus Plugin
Plugins / Gallery2 Plugin
RestructuredText Plugin
Smilies Plugin
Spamassassin Plugin
Starrating Plugin
Tagcloud Plugin
Test Plugin
Plugins / Textile Plugin
Tinymce Plugin
Transport Optimizer Plugin
Wacko Plugin
Youtube Plugin
Plugins Repository
SkinPluginXmlDescriptions
Skin Area Plugin
Texturize Plugin
Thumbnail Plugin
Videoplug Plugin
Post2myspace Plugin
CreatingAntispamPlugin
ShareThisWidget Plugin
Technorati Plugin
Creating A Plugin
Debugging
Ajax Debug Log
Debugging
Setting up a multidomain test environment
Crumbs
Multiple Domains
Technical Reference
URL Parameters
Charset Handling
Date Format
Known Issues
Technical Documentation
Roadmap & Unified Process
Development
Setting up a multidomain test environment
Roadmap & Unified Process
Coding Standard Guidelines
How to write a new plugin
Creating A Plugin
Developer Setup
jQuery
SourceForge
Standard Coding Guidelines
Unified Process Roadmap
UnifiedProcess Roadmap & Unified Process
CVS
Ajax Debug Log
Crumbs
Debugging
How to... (Customize)
How to display comments, trackbacks and pingbacks UNMIXED
How to display the posts' author
How to add a smilie to your toolbar
How To use Pop-Up Comments in your evoSkin
How to turn a Skin into a Template
How to call a blog through xyz.php instead of index.php?blog=x
How to call a blog from a subdirectory?
How to change the "Read More" link
How to remove parts of the sidebar, or the whole thing
Make A Skin Based On My Proper Layout
How to Show the Assigned Author of a post
How to use b2evolution as a CMS
Change the way my blog looks
Include Item Feedback
Popup Comments
Recent Comments In The Sidebar
Dsiplay Recent Posts In The Sidebar
Remove The Sidebar
Where is the Templates Tab?
Turn A Skin Into A Template
How to upgrade a b2evo blog template to an evoSkin
I made a change but my blog is not updated
Hacks
Advanced Topics
Troubleshooting
I made a change but my blog is not updated
b2evolution asks for my password again and again (my cookies don't hold!)
I get file permission errors. How do I fix them?
When I do X I get a blank page or only a half page
"Warning: Cannot modify header information"
email notifications don't work
I have a MySQL error
Fighting Spam
Introduction to Fighting Spam (AntiSpam)
My blog is slow because it's hammered with SPAM! How do I recover?
Confusing SPAMbots by changing your file structure
How to control referrer spam hits from search engines
Require membership to post comments
Fighting SPAM with .htaccess
Require Membership To Post Comments
Security
Crumbs
Directory and File Permissions
Media File & evocache Permission Errors
Blog Permissions
Optimal File Permissions
Performance
Caching and Cache Levels
Performance Optimization
Using Desktop Blogging Tools
Desktop Blogging Tools
APIs
Using Blogging Apps
Blogging by email
How to post by email
Blog by email
Using the APIs
APIs
B2 API
Blogger API
MetaWeblog API
MovableType API
Web Services
Contributing
End-User Documentation
Guidelines for Writing Manual Pages
Screencasts
Contributions
Translations (i18n/l10n)
How to localize b2evolution
Localization FAQ
Updating Language Files
How to create your own flag / locale
Formal vs Casual l10n
Localization
Unified Documentation
Use Cases
Blog Tool Use Case
Tracker Use Case
b2evolution Vision / Main Use Cases
Make New Post UC
Use Case
Additional Specs / Constraints
Roadmap & Unified Process
Unified Process Roadmap
UnifiedProcess Roadmap & Unified Process
How to...
How to post by MMS
Create my Own Flag / Locale
Make A Backup
How to use UTF-8
Use RSS
How to Change the Appearance of my Permalinks
How to set up Google Analytics
Who's online
Blog ALL and Aggregating blogs
Podcasting
Pretty URL
Using Multiple Domains
Glossary
All terms
Site Admin or System Admin
Blogger
Item
Article
Post
Blog or Weblog
Binder
Author
Section
Category
Chapter
Book
Issue Date
Datetime
Site Visitor
Site Member
Binder Member
Blog Member
BlogRoll
Link Blog
Extra Categories
Main Category
Blog Client
Stub File
Backlink
CamelCase
FTP
PHP
Permalink
CMS
Blogroll
Skins Repository
Stub File
Blog/Collection Owner
User
User Group
Member User
Full-Access Blog/Collection Admins
User Community
Moderator Users
Editor Users
Website or Web Site
Forum
Online Manual
Collection
Manual Page
Photoblog
Topic
Reply
Comment
Skin or evoSkin
Back Office or Admin Interface
Back Office or Admin Interface
Front Office
Anonymous User
Generic Vocabulary
Site Admin or System Admin
Item
Binder
Author
Section
Category
Issue Date
Datetime
Site Visitor
Site Member
Binder Member
Extra Categories
Main Category
Stub File
Backlink
CamelCase
FTP
PHP
Permalink
Skins Repository
Stub File
Blog/Collection Owner
User
User Group
Member User
User Community
Moderator Users
Editor Users
Website or Web Site
Collection
Skin or evoSkin
Back Office or Admin Interface
Back Office or Admin Interface
Front Office
Anonymous User
Photoblogging
Full-Access Blog/Collection Admins
Blog vocabulary
Blogger
Post
Blog or Weblog
Blog Member
BlogRoll
Link Blog
Blog Roll
Blog Client
Photoblogging
Blogroll
Full-Access Blog/Collection Admins
Photoblog
Comment
Blog/Collection Owner
CMS vocabulary
Article
CMS
Forum vocabulary
Forum
Topic
Reply
Manual vocabulary
Chapter
Book
Online Manual
Manual Page
Tracker vocabulary
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