Installing SMF is not difficult. SMF is designed so you will have as few problems as possible. Check this document for information on how to install SMF. You will need a host with PHP and MySQL before you begin.

Upgrading SMF to the latest release is quite simple. If you are upgrading from a stable release you can likely do it straight from the package manager! If you are upgrading from one beta release it is as simple as uploading the needed files over the current ones. Stay up-to-date, and you should have no need to worry.

Converting to SMF is rather simple! There are many converters available to convert other forum softwares to SMF. The Converters were designed to have as few potential problems as possible. If something goes wrong during the conversion your current forum will remain untouched.

SMF is designed with the typical member in mind. View these documents to find out all the ins and outs of SMF from the point of view of a forum member.

SMF allows complete control over moderating your forum. View these documents for information on how to moderate your forum, advice on when it is a good time to do so and how you can communicate your forum policy.

Here we have documented the entire admin panel, providing detailed explanations of every setting from each of its pages in turn.

From what certain files do, to editing the layout. You'll find it here.

Get to know SMF better by looking through this section.

A glossary of terms used by SMF.

Frequently asked questions about SMF.

Here you can find out what we call certain things in SMF compared to what alternative forum software products call them.

Most of SMF's features (including all the most important ones) are covered here.

This document highlights some of the main changes of SMF 1.0 to SMF 1.1.

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