Other

'Other' is the Eighth group on the Settings Page.

This article provides more information about each setting in the Other group.

Replies required for hot topic:
The more posts a topic gets the more usefull it may become. As such when this value is reached the image that is displayed next to posts will change to a different style to stand out from the rest.

Auto BB Code Inserter:
Removes the formating mode section from post new thread. This removes the ability to change fonts, sizes, bold, italics, link, img etc

Auto Smiley Inserter:
Enables the display of smilies in "post new thread" and "quick reply".
If off forces users to manually enter the shortcut keys to get smilies to display. The more smilies option still appears but when clicked no smilies show in the pop up window.

Footer Options:
There are four options available. By holding down "Ctrl" + clicking any option will turn it on (blue) or off. Depending on what options you have will depend on what options show in the footer of your forum. If all are on for example you will see something like "[Processed in: 0.3836350 seconds] [Queries: 16] [PHP: 70.1% - SQL: 29.9%] [Server Load: 2.03]"

Maximum Attachment size (in bytes):
This setting has moved to the File Attachment Settings group.

Default Time Zone:
Set the default time zone for where your board is located. I.E you could be in New Zealand but your forum hoster could be in the USA. If your forum target a NZ base you would set your default time zone to GMT +12 for example

To crank the base time up, or down, input a number here. Time will be raised, or lowered by this amount for everyone. Put X to add time, or -X to subtract.:
Used to adjust for things like day light savings. +1 or -1 for example will move the default time foward or backwards an hour.

BB Code in Sigs:
Allows the usage of bbcode tags [b] [/b] or [i] [/i] etc to change the display of peoples signatures.

HTML in Sigs:
This setting has been eliminated since version 1.9.12. This option should always be turned off in older versions.

The maximum avatar Width (in pixels):
Defines the maximum width that a picture is allowed to be before it is not displayed as an avatar. Generally around 100-110 pixels. If set to 0 there is no limit and any width can be accepted.

The maximum avatar Height (in pixels):
Defines the maximum height that a picture is allowed to be before it is not displayed as an avatar. Generally around 100-110 pixels. If set to 0 there is no limit and any height can be accepted.

News Ticker:
This setting has moved to the Front Page Options group.

News Delay:
This setting has moved to the Front Page Options group.

News In Newsticker:
This setting has moved to the Front Page Options group.