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1.What is a forum? Why do I need it?
2.How does this Forum differ from others, like Invision Power Board etc.?
3.Is it possible for my website to consist of the Forum only?
4.Can I transfer a forum from another hosting to uCoz?
5.Where can I create sections and forums?
6.Is it possible to increase the number of characters in "Forum description"?
7.When I click "Recent messages" I can see all forum messages. Why is that?
8.Is it possible to display the last 5 forum messages on the main page?
9.A thread is still marked as "unread" even after I have read it. What should I do?
10.A very popular thread was removed by accident. Is it possible to restore it?
11.Some of the registered users cannot see the button to edit their previously created messages. Why is that so?
12.Messages are not added to users’ profiles and as a result their rating doesn’t increase. How do I fix that?
13.Regular users can not edit titles of their topics. How do I fix that?
14.Is it possible to remove user's IP address and the country?
15.Is it possible to increase the size of files, which are uploaded to Forum?
16.How can I create more than 10 answers in forum polls?
1. What is a forum? Why do I need it?

Answer: Forum is a nice way to communicate for a big amount of people. Let's say you are interested in something. You post your question on a forum and other forum members post their answers. This is the way the discussions are held on forums.

2. How does this Forum differ from others, like Invision Power Board etc.?

Answer: The main difference is that you will have to install the scripts of other forums. It means you need to have a host that supports PHP or CGI. You also need to have the necessary additional skills to install, set and manage those scripts.
And the uCoz Forum module can be installed in a couple of mouse clicks. Plus the uCoz Forum module features are sometimes even better than the ones suggested by other forums.

3. Is it possible for my website to consist of the Forum only?

Answer: Yes. Install only the Forum and Page Editor modules, make a login page with the link to the forum or set up redirection in Control Panel -> Settings -> Common settings -> When opening the main page, redirect to.

4. Can I transfer a forum from another hosting to uCoz?

Answer: Database transfer from other forums is not possible. In theory, it can be done, but as there is various forum software and its versions and a few people want to change them for uCoz, we do not think it is necessary to spend time on writing a converter.

5. Where can I create sections and forums?

Answer: Go to Control Panel -> Forum -> Forum and section management. You will see the list of existing sections and forums. To add a new section or a new forum – click the "New section" or "New forum" button and fill in the form.

7. When I click "Recent messages" I can see all forum messages. Why is that?

Answer: In this version of the Forum module threads with new messages are displayed at the top. They are marked as "There are new message(s)". Old threads without new messages are located right after the threads with new messages. They are marked as "No new messages".

8. Is it possible to display the last 5 forum messages on the main page?

Answer: Yes. It can be done with the help of Informers.

9. A thread is still marked as "unread" even after I have read it. What should I do?

Answer: Try to use the "Mark all messages as read" button.

10. A very popular thread was removed by accident. Is it possible to restore it?

Answer: It is not possible to restore a certain thread. You can restore the full forum backup, if you have created it beforehand.

11. Some of the registered users cannot see the button to edit their previously created messages. Why is that so?

Answer: There is a limited period of time during which users are allowed to edit their messages. It can be set in the Module settings section of the Forum module.

12. Messages are not added to users’ profiles and as a result their rating doesn’t increase. How do I fix that?

Answer: Check the "Do not increase post number for users" option in Control Panel -> Forum -> Forum and section management.

14. Is it possible to remove user's IP address and the country?

Answer: This information is available for administrators only. If you do not want it to be displayed, customize the forum "Appearance of entries" template.