HostGator MyBB
MyBB is one of the most reliable forum software in the online world. It is free, open source, intuitive, extensible and incredibly powerful as well to meet your online business needs.
Features of MyBB
Users commend this software for being easy to use and user-friendly as well. It makes use of a standard discussion board structure, so the visitors will easily cope with the way MyBB works. All your visitors will also enjoy using the user control panel of MyBB in a sense that they will be able to change the way the discussions is viewed.
They can also quickly start and respond to the discussion and markup all their posts as well. On the other hand, the forum moderators and administrators can utilize the inline editing and moderation features of MyBB to control the flow of the discussion and keep it tidy as well.
Experience the Freedom of Controlling Your Forum
The administration of MyBB is wide and you will also have the chance to control all the aspects of your discussion board. You can also customize the discussion board the way you want it by simply changing its structure, options, layout and behavior. If you would like to prevent the users from posting on a definite time frame, you can also freely do that. Would you like the users to add their signature on their posts? You can also do that! Adding MyCode can also be done as easy as 123.
Extend the Forum Functionality Easily
With the help of the advanced plug-in systems that are found in bulletin boards today, you will be able to do what you want on your forum. It just takes a few minutes to install the plug-ins, so your needs will be addressed. The following are the MyBB plug-ins that you can count on: plug-ins to show the permissions of a forum, to widen the statistics of the forum and to show all the unanswered threads.
With MyBB, everything is possible.
Install MyBB on HostGator
If you want to install MyBB on your HostGator account then you need to follow the simple steps. Here are the steps which you need to use.
1) First of all, login to your HostGator account.
2) Go to quick install section. You can get quick install button under Software/Services section.
3) Now click on the MyBB link. You can find that link in left navigation bar under Forum Software section.
4) Now you need to click on Continue button.
5) Now give the URL address where you want to install MyBB software. You also need to give admin email address, site title and forum title. Once all information is filled up, click on Install Now button.
6) You will see the installation process going on.
7) Once the installation is complete, you will be given admin name and password. Keep the record of this information. You will need this info for logging in to the forum.
Congratulations! You have now successfully installed MyBB on your HostGator account.
Uninstall MyBB
Once MyBB forum is installed successfully, you will never need it to uninstall again. Just in case, if you want to uninstall MyBB, follow following steps.
1) Login to you cPanel account.
2) Go to quick install section. To uninstall MyBB, you will need to go to quick install section.
3) Click on Manage Installations button on top. You will be given the list of your installed applicatons.
4) Click on the red cross button next to the installation which you want to uninstall.
5) You will be given two choices, Uninstall & Cancel. Click on uninstall button to completely uninstall MyBB from your account.
So now you know how to install/uninstall MyBB on your HostGator account. Try it yourself and enjoy the new features of MyBB.
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