In this topic:

Activating the FusionBB 404 Error Page.

To activate this page, create a .htaccess file on your server to direct 404 errors to the 404.php fusion page.

If you're unsure of how to do that, check out this helpful tutorial at yourhtmlsource.com.

Editing the Custom Closed Message.

To edit or customize any of the FusionBB messages, including the "Closed" message, go to:

Make any changes you like, then click the Edit Inserts button near the bottom of the page.

Note: This area only edits the inserts. To actually display them in your forum, you must enable them.

• Check or uncheck each as you prefer to customize your forum.

Enabling Access to the site when closed.

It's important that you are able to access the site while it is closed for maintenance. If you've found you aren't able to access it, you can do one of the following--once the site is back open--to ensure that when your site is closed, you can still work on it:

Edit your config file:


• Find the line that reads: 'isclosed' = '1',



• Change it to: 'isclosed' = '0',


OR

In the config.php file:


• Add your password to access site when closed...


'closed_pass' = 'yourpassword',


• Also, make sure you have permissions to access the closed by checking your permissions option: Can see the site when it is closed.

(Thanks to FBB Moderator Stephen Dolenski and FBB members Chris_N, & Tom Coburn for this topic information!)

Enabling the Small-Screen template for users.

• Scroll down to the setting Allowed Templates and put a checkmark in the box next to smallscreen.



• Click the Update Settings button to confirm and save your changes.

• Click the drop-down menu and change the Always use Default or fusionbb (Forum Default) to smallscreen .




• Click the Proceed button at the bottom of the page to save your new preferences.

(Thanks to FBB Developer Josh Pettit, FBB Admin Chris Peterson, and FBB member Scorpio for their input on this topic!)