Our Online Forum is a lean, no-nonsense discussion forum module. The Forums are search engine optimised and offers more features than any other forum module on the market! You can have unlimited forum groups, subscriber’s for specific topics or forums, Security sensitive search capabilities, forum stat’s displayed as well as user online lists. This forum product is extremely flexible and can be customised to meet your specific needs. You have so many options!!!!

Basic Features

• Unlimited forum groups
• Unlimited forums
• Moderated or open forums
• User can subscribe to topics and forums
• Security sensitive search capabilities
• Forum statistics display
• Users online list
• Display user online status
• Search engine optimized
• Built in email sending to protect email addresses

User Interface Features

• Expand/Collapse forum groups
• Expanded last Post Column to offer more information
• Read/Unread tracking
• Sort topics and Replies by Subject, Replies, Views and Last Posts
• Quick access to “Unanswered”, “Not Read” and “My Forum” topics
• Integrated “Who’s online”
• Forum Statistics are completely customizable
• Time Zone selection for proper Date/Time display

Flexibility

• Forum Settings can be managed at the group or forum level with the option for the forum to inherit the settings.
• Customize each forum to meet your specific needs.
• Enable or disable uploading attachments or images.
• Close a forum temporarily.
• Choose how to display a user name - User Name, First Name, Full Name
• Option to customize information that appears next to each post
• Option to disable user profiles
• Templates to allow you to control how post information and emails are displayed
• User level settings include: Enable/Disable Signature, Enable/Disable Avatar, Track User, Disable Attachments, Trusted User to auto approve moderated posts.

Security

• Control individual forum access
• Flexible security settings allow you to control which roles can View, Read, Create,Reply, Edit, Delete, Pin, Lock, Attach and Subscribe
• Select or Create a role for moderators
• Select an individual user as the moderator of a particular forum instead of creating a new role.

Attachments

• Ability to store attachments in database or file system.
• Enable or Disable attachments per forum.
• Control how many attachments are allowed per forum.
• Control file types that are allowed per forum.
• Specify max file size per attachment.
• Images files are automatically displayed in-line.
• Non-images are displayed as a link to download.
• Images are automatically re-sized to your height and width parameters if specified.