When you start a new PHPFox site, following things that should be check
1. Configurate a SMTP Email server
Email notification is an important feature for every site to help connect with the users and make user go back to your site. PHPFox enable this feature by default but most of server is not support this default configuration so email will not sent out or usually go to spam folder of user.
To configure the Email Server: Go To AdminCP >> Settings >> Mail Server, field neccessery information and make sure to option: Send Mail method is "SMTP" and SMTP Authentication is "YES"
2. Increase Photo upload size configuration
This is very important, Default PHPFox only allow upload photo size is smaller 500K. However, normal smartphone can take 2MB photo.
To do that, go to AdminCP >> User Groups >> Select Manage User Setting of each group
then search change Size setting for "Max file size" option on plugins Photo, User, Event, Marketplace, Pages and Group
I recommend at least 10MB
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3. Enable Short URL and URL Match to remove index.php in url
Default PHPFox has "index.php" in every url, you need to remove this make url more friendly and better for SEO
To do that:Â Go To AdminCP >> Short URL and enable this option to remove index.php in the url
You should also enable option"URL Match" to redirect user to correct domain and reduce duplicate url issue for SEO purpose
4. Contact form feature setup
Contact is a core feature to help visitor can contact with site owner via contact form (Contact link placed under footer menu). This feature is enabled by default, but it will never works if you dont setup "Staff Email"
To configure Staff Email: Go To AdminCP >> Apps >> Contact >> Setting and update Staff Email option
5. Stop registration spam and blog posting spam
If you experience any spam issues, You should enable following options to reduce spamming issue
Enable Google Recaptche: AdminCP > App > Recaptcha
Enable email validation
Require user upload profile picture when registration
Enable above option will help you reduce or stop spamming issue
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Tip: Important checklist for every PHPFox webmaster
September 24, 2017
By: Admin