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Posted on June 21, 2020June 24, 2020 by WallBB — Leave a comment

Process of writing MyBB Plugins: Part 1

You have installed the latest MyBB and got your favorite theme and plugins from MyBB Extend. Now you want to enhance your forums with custom features and you don’t find such features on MyBB Extend. Luckily you have PHP knowledge and a bit of SQL related experience and you want to get your hands dirty in writing a plugin. If you don’t have experience related to PHP and SQL, you may want to check MyBB community forums for plugin requirements. This article is for you to learn, debug and create features by writing MyBB Plugins for your forums.

Posted on April 17, 2020April 21, 2020 by WallBB — Leave a comment

Leverage Browser Caching for MyBB forums

Page load times can be improved significantly by asking visitors to save and reuse the files included in your website. If you have used Google PageSpeed or GTmetrix, you would have got a recommendation of Leverage Browser Caching for your MyBB forums.

Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 by WallBB — 3 Comments

How to add Beautiful MyBB Thread Prefix tags

Have you ever wanted to add beautiful thread prefix to your MyBB forums? If you have wanted to add such prefix or tags, the answer is here. In this tutorial, you will learn about how to add MyBB Thread Prefix and Style them to bring a fresh feeling to your forums.

Posted on April 3, 2020September 12, 2020 by WallBB — Leave a comment

Font Awesome based forum icons(ficons) in MyBB

Font Awesome based icons are pretty popular these days and have replaced image based icons. In this tutorial, you will learn about adding Font Awesome based forum icons in MyBB without any plugins.

Posted on December 23, 2018May 19, 2019 by WallBB — Leave a comment

How to add a required registration field in MyBB

Every forum is unique and so is their registration page. Some forums require About me section for users and some require country. There can be many such examples of required fields.

Posted on August 24, 2018December 16, 2018 by WallBB — 2 Comments

How to add moderator tools in MyBB

Moderation often requires a calm and composed thinking before taking action.
Administrators should always give the moderation power to user after thinking carefully. Continue reading How to add moderator tools in MyBB

Posted on August 1, 2018April 3, 2020 by WallBB — Leave a comment

How to ban IP to prevent spam in MyBB

Every forum suffers from spam either in the start or after it has started gaining users. Sometimes spammers use bots with multiple IP’s and when you know those IP’s, you can ban them so that you can prevent spam easily. Continue reading How to ban IP to prevent spam in MyBB

Posted on November 27, 2017April 13, 2021 by WallBB — 1 Comment

5 Essential Web Hosting Specs for a Forum Website

Whether you’re a business looking to attract more visitors to your website by generating fresh, search engine friendly content through a forum, or are a seasonal blogger trying to make waves, something you may not initially have considered is what essential specs your web hosting provider should have.
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Posted on October 23, 2017October 25, 2017 by WallBB — Leave a comment

MyBB moving towards a new dimension

MyBB being one of the most preferred free forum software is now moving towards a new dimension. The forum software is always getting regular updates to keep it free from any vulnerabilities and bugs but it has been waiting for changes in design of the main website and the forum software itself. MyBB 2.0 brings a new perspective to the forum software and there has been lot of discussions about the MyBB 2.0 itself. Currently MyBB 1.8.x series is quite stable and Eric posted about the latest updates that will be coming in no time. In this post, I will highlight the most important features that matters the most for you if you are a MyBB forum admin.

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Posted on February 2, 2017February 8, 2018 by WallBB — Leave a comment

MyBB hosting with A2hosting

Recently I purchased A2hosting for one of my forums as previously I never found any stable hosting for MyBB. I used shared hosting package as that was small niche and so was my target audience. Based on my experience, I can say that A2hosting is really amazing for MyBB. Continue reading MyBB hosting with A2hosting