THE VOLTEXAHUB HANDBOOK

Build a community.
Know your platform.

Practical guidance for members, moderators, operators and developers. Start with a task, then explore the complete reference.

Getting started

Start here →: Choose a path from first installation to a well-run community.
Server requirements →: Prepare PHP, MySQL, persistent storage and HTTPS before installing.
Install VoltexaHub →: Install a new community from a delivered release and create its first administrator.
Setup guide and launch checklist →: Rehearse the member journey and record deliberate operational checks.

Identity, branding and appearance →: Set community copy, logos, favicon and post appearance without editing templates.
Forums, categories and starter templates →: Organize spaces, move them accessibly and check their visibility.
Members and groups →: Manage accounts, group membership and staff access with deliberate permission checks.
Permissions and private spaces →: Understand global and forum rules, inherited access and the member inspector.
Registration, rules and terms →: Control new signups, display names, email eligibility and explicit terms acceptance.
Email delivery and inbox verification →: Configure a protected mail transport and distinguish submission from receipt.
Signup spam prevention →: Configure, verify and safely maintain optional Cloudflare Turnstile protection.
Moderation and announcements →: Assign staff, handle reports and publish targeted notices.
Discussions, polls, messaging and reputation →: Understand the member tools you will support and their access rules.
Payments and paid memberships →: Prepare providers, dedicated groups, plans and reconciliation before accepting payments.

Install and manage themes →: Deploy a theme, preview its appearance and recover safely from a broken override.
Install, update and recover plugins →: Understand code deployment, lifecycle controls, dependencies and retained data.

Develop a child theme →: Scaffold a theme and customize CSS or Blade while preserving current contracts.
Develop a web plugin →: Scaffold a plugin with documented hooks, routes, permissions and safe migrations.

Update VoltexaHub →: Release safely with a consistent backup, migrations and matching rollback state.
Back up and restore →: Protect the database, private uploads and application key as one consistent state.
Workers and scheduled tasks →: Run supervised queues and billing reconciliation with the correct environment.
Troubleshooting and recovery →: Use the failed check to find the relevant configuration or recovery path.

Installation reference →: Detailed supported installation, mail, CAPTCHA and setup behavior.
Operations reference →: Complete recovery, upgrades and optional official-site operations.
Theme and plugin API reference →: Full view payloads, hooks, permissions, lifecycle and provider contracts.
Child theme tutorial →: The repository tutorial for scaffolding and distributing a child theme.
Web plugin tutorial →: The repository tutorial for a working permission-aware extension.
Release and support reference →: Release archives, verification gates and support expectations.
Worker and scheduler reference →: Generic host and Railway queue/reconciliation configuration.
Billing reference →: Exact provider setup, webhook and entitlement lifecycle behavior.
Private messaging reference →: Member behavior, group history, blocking and private report access.
Poll reference →: Voting, results, management and release verification boundaries.
Reputation reference →: Viewer-scoped scores, voting, moderation and abuse handling.
Architecture reference →: Core structure and extension boundaries for developers.