Administration

This section is for whoever runs a Barazo forum. The forum-management and moderation pages here apply to every forum. The part that differs, installing and maintaining your own server, lives in the self-hosting section at the bottom.

Becoming an administrator

The first person to finish the setup wizard on a new forum becomes its administrator. From there you reach the admin area from your account menu once you're signed in as that account.

What you can manage

• Categories: create, nest, and order the sections your forum is organized into
• Topics and moderation: lock, pin, and remove content, review held posts, and act on accounts
• Rules: write and version your community's rules
• Branding: logos, favicon, and colors
• Content maturity: mark and filter mature content
• Onboarding: the fields new members complete before posting

General settings

A few forum-wide settings live in the admin Settings page rather than a section of their own: the community name and description, the reaction style members see (likes, votes, or emoji), the community's default maturity rating, and how deeply replies can nest.

Hosting

• Self-hosting: run it on your own server with Docker