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 Installation
Database
Support
Security
Forums
& Categories
Posting
Messages
User
& Group Permissions
Member
Features
Moderation
Administration
Style
& Customisation
Support
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Overview
phpBB version 2 has been completely re-written since
the first version. Version 2 focuses on a professional-quality modular design, high
security, multiple-language interface, support for a multitude of databases
servers and complete layout customisation, all with a low execution overhead.
phpBB is based on PHP, the fastest growing server-side
scripting language on the web, which results in one of the fastest, feature-rich
bulletin board systems available anywhere.
In addition, phpBB is open-source software so it
has no fees, no subscriptions, and no restrictions on modifications.
Couple this with a thriving and friendly phpBB community and you have a
killer solution for creating communities on your site!
 Installation |
- Simple installation that will have you up and running in minutes
- Complete upgrade from V1.x
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| Database
Server Support |
| phpBB uses a database abstraction layer to enable
seamless support of several database servers: |
- MySQL 3.2x,
- PostgreSQL 7.x,
- Microsoft SQL Server 7/2000
- Microsoft Access (via ODBC)
...with more databases available in the future.
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| Security |
- Designed with security as a priority
- Powerful and extensive authorisation system
- Strong encryption to keep passwords safe in the database
- Support for both cookie and URI-based sessions
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| Unlimited
Forums & Categories |
- Unlimited forums can be organised into as many categories as
you like
- Private forums and those only for specified user groups
- Powerful search facility
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| Posting
Messages |
- Message formatting with various font styles and sizes as well
as allowing quoting, code display, image posting and automatic
URL linking
- Support of standard and extended BBCode tags and controlled
HTML tags
- Polls can be simply added to posts
- Email notification of replies to your topics
- Powerful topic subscription capability
- Original emoticons to portray emotions
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| Versatile
User Groups & Forum Permissions |
- Powerful forum, user and group permission management
- Control forum access to specified user groups
- Control all aspects of the posting experience
- Allow limited access to viewing, posting, replying and many
other options
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| Member
Features |
- Unlimited members
- Personal profile creation
- Post counting and administrator-definable ranks for users
- Email-like private messaging system
- Supports local, remote and uploadable avatars
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| Moderation
Features |
- Topic editing
- Mass delete/move/lock/unlock of posts
- Topic splitting
- Option of auto-pruning of old or unanswered messages on a per-forum basis
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| Easy
to Use Administration Centre |
- General configuration
- Forum & category setup
- Easy database backup and restore
- Disallowed usernames
- User authorisation
- Word censoring
- Complete member management
- Emoticon setup
- Optional new post verification
- Extensive ban management, ban by email address, username or
single/multiple IP address or hostname
- IP tracking of posts and posters
- Mass emailing of groups and users by the administrator
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| Style
and Customisation |
- Multiple styles available for the user to choose from
- Templates separated from the PHP code so that new layouts can
easily be created or integrated with your current site design
- Complete control of fonts and colours with cascading style sheets
(CSS)
- Active community creating addons and specialised modifications
- Default style compliant with XHTML 1.0 and HTML 4.01 recommendations
from the W3C
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| Support |
All this is supported by a thriving and friendly community
of almost 6000 members there to help with any problems, suggestions
or just for general discussion!
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