A Meta Category is a particular type of Category used to "categorize categories". More pragmatically, a Meta Category can contain sub-categories but it cannot contain Posts directly. A meta category is often used to group Forums together for…

The /media/ directory contains different subfolders that represent different File Roots. Each file root contains a different hierarchy of files and has different access permissions. In the File Manager there is a drop down menu which allows you to…

This widget displays the content hierarchy of the current collection. This should be what you see in the left column of this manual page. The content hierarchy is a mix of the Categories, sub-categories, and the Posts they contain.

This widget will display a list of currently applied filters on the current view of items in the collection. It will also have "remove" buttons to remove the filters we don’t want to apply.

Your b2evolution site offers the possibility to save information about all the registered users. There are many options about what information can be included on it. This means that users can edit their name, age, contact data, interests, pictures, etc.…

The asynchronous task scheduler allows some operations to run asynchronously (like cron jobs). For example, this allows b2evolution to automatically update its antispam blacklist once a day, or send reminders about unread messages every so often, etc.…

This panel allows you to enable tracking of unread content.

This chapter gives a list of all possible “disps". b2evolution chooses which template to display based on the “payload” requested by the user/web browser through the URL of the current page. Internally, the “payload” type…

This Disp is used to display an index of media files found in the current Collection. In other words: images, videos, and sounds attached to Posts of the current Collection.

This Disp is used to display a special front page, which typically depends on the current skin you are using.

This Disp is used to display a human-readable sitemap for the current collection. If you are looking for an XML Sitemap instead check here: Sitemaps Panel.

This Disp is used to display the list of all Posts that a User has created on this system.

This Disp is used when b2evolution cannot find or understand what information is requested through the URL. Different behaviors can be configured through the SEO Settings > Other pages Panel. Details about the cause of the 404: You can determine the…

A User who has permission to edit all settings (including admin settings) of a Collection. The settings that can only be edited by Collection admins are identified with a "Coll. Admin" badge.

There are several sub-tabs that allow you to browse Posts/Items presented in different ways with various filters applied.

GET /api/v1/collections This lists the collections depending on their Show in Front-office list setting. Response is an array of Collections having each the following properties: Collection properties Name Type Description id integer Collection…

When you make a REST API call from one webserver to another, you may add HTTP username (or email address) and passwords to your RESTful HTTP requests. b2evolution will check the provided username (or email address) and password to allow privileges on…

You can quickly add cities to a country by importing them via CSV files containing the cities data.

This widget displays checkboxes or links that allow the user to subscribe/unsubscribe to email notifications on the current Collection.

This panel allows users to cast votes on Items/Posts. You can allow them to cast positive, neutral and/or negative votes. The voting buttons are displayed using the Item Votes Widget.