what is the difference between catagory and forum in phpbb forum?

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what is the difference between catagory and forum in phpbb forum?

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what is the difference between catagory and forum in phpbb forum?

how many layer of subforum it can do?

do the same amount of layer it should be done? for example, at the same topic, like music forum

japanese, kpop, foreign, jazz, there are many title...

and down these catalory, it can have a music singer, and album...

do the same topics are the same amount of subforum layer? i means down every kinds of music...

japanese have 2 level of layer
kpop can have more, like 4 level of layer?
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Re: what is the difference between catagory and forum in phpbb forum?

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This post is in a forum called phpBB discussion.
That is in a category called Non-Support specific

The category is a section which has a common theme for the forums that are under it.

So in your example you would have a category called music
In that you could have forums called pop, rock, jazz
In those you can have as many subforums as you like.

But you have to think about usability. If you have to go more than 3 clicks from the index to get where you want to be, people generally find that confusing.

If you're thinking of having forums for pretty much every act out there, forget it. The dedicated fan sites already have that market covered. You're better off just have a music forum first. If you then get a lot of posts about pop, make a pop forum for those.
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Re: what is the difference between catagory and forum in phpbb forum?

Post by thecoalman »

To add to the above a category has no posts but can have active or recent posts from multiple forums in it if enabled.

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