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phpBB 2.0 is forum software.
It allows people to post ideas, opinions, and information in an organized way.
Posts are organized in a way that makes it easy for people to find the information
they are interested in, but without having to wade through unrelated information.
Postings in phpBB 2.0 are organized into three subdivisions:
Post - A post is a piece of information submitted by a single
user. It may be a new post, which starts a new topic, or a
reply to an existing post. Posts are typically a sentence, paragraph,
or a few paragraphs.
Topic - A topic is a collection of posts.
The posts are organized in chronological order. The idea of a topic
is that there is a single post that contains the topic of discussion.
The rest of the posts in the topic are replies to this first post and
to other replies. Topics are sort of like conversations, allowing many
people to state their opinions about an idea, or debate an issue.
Forum - A forum is a container for topics.
Forums often have a general subject that the topics within are about.
For instance, you might have a Movie Reviews forum, which would contain
topics in which people would discuss movies and their opinions about
them.
Navigating through posts in phpBB 2.0 is based on the idea of posts,
topics and forums. Generally, a user will start at the Forum Index (index.php).
The Forum Index shows a list of forums.
If you click on one of the forums, you will be shown the View Forum page,
which is a listing of the topics in the forum (viewforum.php).
By default they are sorted in chronological order by the most recent post in each topic.
If you click on a topic, you will be shown the View Topic page,
which is a listing of the posts in that topic (viewtopic.php).
The posts in a topic are organized chronologically, with the oldest post first.
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