To get to the Moderator Control Panel, you just click on the "Moderator Control Panel" link in the far upper-right corner of your screen while in your message board.

The moderator control panel allows you to customize your board well beyond what most other message board hosting systems allow!  Here are all the options that you can change in the moderator control panel as well as other key features of Hostboard:

• Comprehensive Online FAQ:: Have a question about Hostboard? Most likely it is answerd here for you.



• Technical Support:: Have a question not ansewred in our Online FAQ? We maintain an active administrative message board located here as well as offer FREE e-mail support.



• NO Space Limitations!:: Thats right, you control how long and many threads you want to keep.



• Indexed by Search Engines:: Your message board will be picked up by search engines and indexed for those that are looking for like subject matter.



• Category:: You pick the category in which your message board resides.



• HTML Allowed:: You decide whether or not members can post with HTML markup in their messages.



• HostBoard Markup Language Allowed:: You decide whether or not members can post with HostBoard Markup Language in their messages.



• Censor Profanity:: Do you want users to be able to post profane words in your board? You can use our extensive system list, define your own or both!



• Moderator Notification:: With this turned on, an email will be sent to the moderator(s) whenever a new message is posted into your message board.



• Topic Sorting:: Do you want your topics sorted by date or in alphabetical order?



• Users Edit/Delete:: You can choose whether or not members can edit or delete their own posts.



• Description:: Change the description that appears below your board.



• Message Board Announcement:: All boards can have an announcement.  You can choose what it is.



• Custom Footer:: You can change the way the footer appears on your board.



• Ban Users:: You can ban certain usernames from posting in your message board.



• Add Moderators:: You can add up to 8 moderators per message board, including yourself.



• Prune Posts:: You can easily mass-remove any posts on your message board.



• Custom Titles:: You can change what people's statuses show up as in your particular message board.



• Avatars:: You decide whether or not you want people's avatars to show up in your message board.



• Font Face:: Change what font your board uses.



• Text Size:: How big is the text?



• Table Width:: How wide are the tables?



• General Colors:: Change all the board colors to match your site, or your preferences.



• Upload Graphics:: Most of the images used in the message board are customizable as well.  You can easily upload new graphics to use in place of the originals.



• Custom Templates:: Not the most savy creating your own graphics or do not want to go looking for some?  We have a bunch of templates already for use covering custom color configurations as well as major holiday themes.



• Private Messages:: A private message is not email. Private messages are one-to-one communications that can only be read by the recipient. You can elect to be notified by email whenever someone sends you a private message as well as prevent anyone from sending you a private message. You also have the ability to e-mail yourself a copy of the private message or create folders in which to seperate your messages into.



• Printable Version:: A printer friendly version of any discussion is always available.



• Sortable Viewing:: Dynamic topic and message board sorting in message board and message board summary views.



• Chat:: Hostboard also has its own channel on IRC allowing you to communicate with your memebers in real time. You can connect through our interface linked at the bottom of each catagory page or by the link at the top right cornor of each screen. You can also get to our IRC channel through programs such as mIRC.



So what does Hostboard ask in return?
We only ask a small favor in return for such a great service, and that is interacting with our ad banner(s) as little as once a day or on a regular basis, makeing a DONATION. Any amount is appreciated! Or visting one of our Affiliates.

We will not hunt you down if you choose not to support us through the interacting with our banner(s) or by making a small donation, but we would appriciate it. It isn't exactly cheap to keep a site like this running, or continue its development, so the more help the better.



Contact Information
If you have any questions about what's included or Hostboard in general, please contact us at