6. Moderators and Administrators Explained

Moderators and Administrators have special privileges to manage forums. SiteNet BBS also includes a special ‘Moderator Admin Control Panel’ where moderators can delete and moderate messages. Moderators can also set settings of the forums they are moderators for.

The ‘Moderator Admin Control Panel’ can be accessed by clicking the moderator button when browsing any forum. The ‘Moderator Admin Control Panel’ allows for moderator users to manage forums without accessing the ‘Main Control Panel’.

Moderators are only able to manage forums for which they are moderators for. To assign moderators to forums, go to the Control Panel >> Forum Manager. Click on ‘Forum Settings’ link next to any forum. Supply the name of the moderator where asked to supply moderators for the forum. Note that moderators specified here, needs to actually be moderators.

To create moderators, go the the Control Panel >> User Manager >> Add a Moderator, Administrator or User

To assign moderator status to an existing standard user, find the user’s profile and assign Moderator or Administrator membership status to the user.

6.1 How to Create Moderators (Super Users) For Your Forums

See:
6. Moderators and Administrators Explained
and
3.3 How to Create Moderators (Super Users) For Your Forums

6.2 Moderator Privileges

Below are a list of privileges moderators has:

Moderators can delete topics and replies.
See: 4.1 How to edit and delete messages and replies.

They can also approve messages in a moderated forum.
See: 4.3 How to run moderated forums.

Moderators can also set various settings of forums in the ‘Moderator Admin Control Panel’.

Also see: 6. Moderators and Administrators Explained

6.3 Administrator Privileges

An administrator basically has the same privileges of a moderator with the exception that an Administrator has power over all the forums when logged into the ‘Moderator Admin Control Panel’.

6.4 How to turn on Email Notification for Moderators and Administrators

Moderators may receive email notification for each new message posted in forums where they are moderators. Moderators may set this in their profiles by clicking the 'Profile' button when logged into the Forums.

Email notification of new messages can also be set when creating or editing the profile of a moderator in the Main Control Panel.

The same applies to administrators as with moderators regarding email notification.