features

Registration

• Option to require validation via email before making a registration complete
• Option for anti-robot registration to stop spammers registering through automated scripts
• Force users to agree to a Terms of Service contract before allowing registration

User options

• Users can list their details for instant messengers including MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, AIM and Gtalk
• Users can hide their email address but still be contacted via email through an interface on the board.
• Can access the board in 18 different languages
• Can set a custom avatar including options to use a Macromedia Flash file as an avatar.
• Can subscribe to get emails for updates to forums or topics
• Private Messaging for contacting any member on the board
• Recover lost passwords by generating a new one and validating via email

Forum features

• Full post formatting using BB code
• Polls and Votes available as a topic option
• Listing all new and updated topics since last visit
• Adding attachments to posts
• Image attachments can be viewed as part of the post
• Easy to use javascript tools to aid formatting posts
• Full post and title searching
• All links use rel=“no follow” to discourage spammers

Permission/Security features

• Control access on a group, forum and user level
• Control who can start new topics, new polls, reply to topics, edit posts, delete posts and more
• Control who can view what areas of the site
• Give moderators abilities to edit or delete posts by other members
• Ban members from accessing the site
• Ban IP addresses from accessing the site
• Censor inappropriate words
• Move topics across to other forums
• Split topics into multiple new topics
• Lock topics from further replies
• Pin topics so they remain listed before recent topics

General features

• See who is currently viewing the board and what they are doing
• Statistics on posts, topics and activity on the site
• Show members who are having a birthday
• RSS feed of recent posts
• Improved detection of preferred language

Administration features

• Full editing of skins and ability to install new skins
• Full backup and restore system available
• Award special titles to members with higher post counts
• Create/edit help articles for your site
• Create forums and categories in a hierarchy of unlimited depth
• Install custom emoticons and post icons
• Mass email members

Programming features

• Modules can be added or removed by using the optional modules setting
• Small “modlet” classes can add extra functionality within any page with a simple change to a template