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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 customization, 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 forum 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!
| Security |
- Nightly backup of all forum content
- Designed with security as a priority
- Powerful and extensive authorization 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 organized into as many categories as you like
- Public, Private and invisible forums and those only for specified user groups
- Powerful search facility by keyword, user or forum.
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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
- Email-like private messaging system
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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 & Group 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
- Member avatar from common galleries or customised by member
- New member register options: automatic, with e-mail verification or with admin approval
- Full access control per user group: see, read, write and reply capabilities for each forum fully customisable depending on member group
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| Moderation Features |
- Topic editing & splitting
- Mass delete/move/lock/unlock of posts
- Option of auto-pruning of old or unanswered messages on a per-forum basis
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| Easy to Use Administration Center |
- General configuration
- Forum & category setup and deletion
- Easy database backup and restore
- Disallowed usernames
- User authorization
- Word censoring
- Complete member management
- Emoticon setup
- Optional account 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 Customization |
- 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 colors with cascading style sheets (CSS)
- Active community creating addons and specialized modifications
- Default style compliant with XHTML 1.0 and HTML 4.01 recommendations from the W3C
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| Support |
- 24/7 Email support with a standard response time of 2 hours
- All this is supported by an increasingly large, thriving and friendly community of members from all over the world ready to help with any problems, suggestions or just for general discussion!
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Overall Forum Features