This is your board! You are responsible for it's content (NO X-Rated sexual material) and the maintenance by removing old messages when the board grows too large, etc. It's that simple!

Remove Files - This feature allows the administrator to remove files listed in the same order as they appear on the board.

Remove Files by Message Number - This feature allows the administrator to remove files by message number.

Remove Files by Author - This feature allows the administrator to remove files by the author's name.

Remove Files by Date - This is the best feature to use in removing old messages as you can remove them by date.

Change Board Options- This is where you will make most of the changes to the look and operation of your board. Click here for a further explanation of this area.

Edit Headers and Footers - By editing the Header and Footer you can fully customize your message board. The Index/Post Header will be included on the Index and Message Post page. The Message Header will be included on all of your Messages. The Footer will be inserted on all of your pages, the header will be at the top of your pages and the footer at the bottom. You can use HTML, CSS, JavaScript or any other code (no TEXTAREA tags can be used) in your Headers. Please make sure your board does not violate our TOS after adding your Headers and Footers. Below are some examples, you are only limited by your imagination. Here are some SIMPLE examples

• Put a font tag in your header and a closing font tag in your footer to change the font attributes
• Enter CSS code in the header to change the way Hyperlinks are displayed or maybe to change the scroll bar colors.
• Enter a link to a image to include your logo on all the pages
• Enclose your board in a table by entering the opening table codes in your header and the closing table codes in your footer.

Edit FAQ Page - This feature allows the administrator to make HTML changes to their FAQ page. Please be sure you have a good knowledge of HTML before you attempt any changes. Under no circumstances can any SSI tags <!--whatever--> be removed, removing these tags can cause your FAQ to stop functioning.

Edit Bad Word List - This is a listing of naughty words that we have compiled. You can customize this list by adding or removing word you find offensive, one word per line.

Modify I.P.'s Blocked - For those who don't want specific I.P. addresses to participate.

Logout - we use Cookies so you don't have to keep logging back in every time you make a change to your board. When you are all done editing your board clicking on the logout button will delete our cookie from your system (the cookie automatically expires in six hours)

Archive Instructions

View Archive
The View Archive link allows you to view the archive page. If you have a password protected board you will need to enter the password you use to view or post messages on your board.

Edit Archive
The Edit Archive link allows you to edit the archive before you download it to your computer. Please do not edit anything inside the <!--*#*#*#*--> tags or your archive may not work properly.

Download Archive
This allow you to easily download the archive to your computers hard drive. Start the process click the "Download Archive" link. A window will pop up asking where you want to save the file, chose the appropriate folder, rename the file if you wish and click save. Downloading the archive will not clear the archive

Clear Archive
The Clear Archive link will allow you to clear the contents of the archive and start fresh. We suggest you clear the archive as soon as possible after downloading it. Please be sure to read our TOS regarding the size of your archive file.

If you have any other questions or concerns regarding your archive please feel free to place a message on our support board or e-mail us at support@eboards4all.com

Posting Log

View Post Log
This will display the posting log in a browser window.

Send Posting Log by E-Mail
This will send a copy of the posting log to your administrator e-mail address. The data in the e-mail will be separated by commas for east importing into either a spread sheet or a database.

Clear the Posting Log.
Under normal use the log will keep the last 50 entries, automatically deleting the oldest entries as new ones are added. If for some reason you want to clear the log you can do so by clicking this link.

Admin e-mail Address / Username - This is the username you use when entering the Administration area and the address we send modification of new posts to

Category - This is the category that best describes your board

Time Zone - This allow you to chose the number of hours ahead or behind our server time you want the time to display on your boards posts.

Display Time in New Posts - This controls whether or no the time is included in the posts to your board.

Allow Modification of the Subject in Replies - This controls whether or not the subject line is editable when making a reply to a post. Any change in this setting will only affect future messages.

Quote Text From Previous Message in Replies - This controls whether or not the text from the original message appears in a follow up message. This only effects future messages

Allow EBCode/ HTML in Messages - This controls whether or not users can insert EBCode/HTML tags in the body of new messages. EBCode is similar to UBB code you may have used in the past. You can see the EBCode tags we support here. EBCode is much safer and easier to use compared to HTML. Be careful, incorrectly entered HTML can mess up the format of messages.

Convert :)'s to Smilies - This turns on or off the conversion of certain text to images. Here is the full list of smilies

Thread Separator - This allow you to pick from 4 different formatting options for your boards message page. Look here for examples.

Require E-mail Address to Post Messages - Pretty self explanatory. Leaving this on tends to keep people in line on your board.

Send Admin Notification of New Posts - This controls whether or not the board administrator receives notification of all new posts to the board

Display Posters IP in New Messages. - If this is enabled the IP address of the person that posted the message will be displayed in the message. If this is disabled you can also obtain the IP by enabling "Send Admin Notification of New Posts" or the "Posting Log"

Ban Users By IP Address- This setting controls whether or not you can keep people from posting to your board based on the IP address of the user. This is used in conjunction with modify IP's blocked from above

Bad Word Filter in New Posts -  This controls whether or not you detect the words you have chose to ban from your board . This works in conjunction with the Edit Bad Word List from above.

Flood Control - This will keep users from flooding your board with receptive posts. You can adjust the time required between posts from 15 seconds to 120 seconds

Posting Log - When this is enabled you will have a log of the last 50 messages posted to your board. Detailed information is included above.

Enable Archive - This will enable or disable the archive. Please read above for detailed information about the archive

Website Configuration:
Website Name - this allows you to change the name of your board to match the name of your website.

Website URL - This allows you to adjust the links back to your website.

Image Configuration:
Background Image - This allows you to add or change the background image for your Message Board pages.

Logo Image - This allows you to add or change the Logo image displayed on your Message Board pages.

Message Posting Box Configuration
Posing box width -  This is how wide the box is where visitors type the messages on your message board

Posting box height - This is how tall the box is where people type the messages on you your message board.

Word Wrap - This controls whether your visitors need to hit enter to move to a new line On is the recommended setting

Color Configuration
This area allows you to change the color of your Background,   Links, Active links, Visited Links and Text on your Message Board pages