How do I configure the strConnString?
  • DSN:
    snitz_forum
  • MS Access DSN-less:
    strConnString = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=c:\www\snitz.com\db\snitz_forum.mdb"
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    What's Table Name Prefix?
    Table Name Prefix is used if you have multiple versions of the forum running in the same database. This way you can name the tables differently and still use one user to connect. (eg. FORUM_ and FORUM2_) Go To Top Of Page
    What's Forum Title?
    Forum Title is the title that shows up in the upper right hand corner of the forum. It is also used in e-mails to show where the e-mail came from when posting replies are sent and when new users register. Go To Top Of Page
    What's Forum Copyright?
    This copyright statements location is basically saying that any topics or replies that are posted are copyrighted material of your organization. This copyright location also helps to copyright the images of your logo and any other material that may be posted on forum pages; however, it is understood by copyright statements in code and informational pages, that the forum code itself is still copyright © 2000 Snitz Communications.

    NOTE: The © will be included automatically. Go To Top Of Page
    What's Title Image?
    Use a relative path to point to the image you want to show up in the upper left-hand corner of your forum window.

    For example:
    bboard_snitz.gif
    This points to the bboard_snitz.gif graphic in the same directory, whereas the following would point to the root of the web server and up into the base /images/ directory:
    ../images/bboard_snitz.gif Go To Top Of Page
    What's the Home URL?
    The Home URL is the base address for your website. An example would be:
    forum.snitz.com

    NOTE: Include the full path of the URL whether it begins with http:// in front or a relative URL such as ../. Go To Top Of Page
    What's the Forum URL?
    The Forum URL is the base address for your forum. An example would be:
    http://forum.snitz.com/forum Go To Top Of Page
    What is the Images Location?
    Enter the location where your images are located.
    If you have not moved the images from their default location, then just leave this field blank.

    But, if you have created an images directory in your forum directory then enter:

    images/

    in the field. Go To Top Of Page
    Authorization Type?
    You can either select DataBase or NT Domain authorization. Go To Top Of Page
    Set Cookie To...
    You can tell your forum to set it's cookie to either the forum, or the base website. You would set it to the forum if you were hosting multiple forums on the same server or the same domain, and they each had different user communities, otherwise you want this feature set to Website and NOT Forum. Go To Top Of Page
    Graphic Buttons?
    By enabling this feature, the forums will use pictures/graphics instead of the default buttons for "Submit" and "Reset" etc... Go To Top Of Page
    Use Graphic for "Powered By" link?
    Toggles between using a Graphic Powered By Link, or a Text Powered By Link. Either way, you must have one or the other... Go To Top Of Page
    Prohibit New Members?
    Toggles between allowing or disallowing people to Register on your Forum. Go To Top Of Page
    Require Registration?
    When this option in set to On, only registered members who are logged in will be able to view your Forum. Everyone else will be presented with a login screen. Go To Top Of Page
    UserName Filter?
    When this option in set to On, the names (or names that contain words) that you specify in the UserName Filter configuration will not be available for user's to register with. Go To Top Of Page

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