TECH FEATURES
- Quick and easy installation.
- 100% ASP.NET.
- Versions for .NET 1.1 (no further development), .NET 2.0, and .NET 3.5.
- MS-SQL database.
- Available as stand-alone application, DotNetNuke and Rainbow portal Module.
- Written in C#; source available under GPL.
ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES:
- Web based administration.
- Unlimited number of boards forums, categories, and messages.
- Unlimited user groups, and ranks.
- Rank images
- Multilingual support (also for RTL languages) (if Omid wishes to share his code)
- Unicode (UTF-8) encoding
- Template-based design.
- Email verification.*
- Open links in new window*
- Set max attachment size
- Set number of posts/topics per page
- Store images in Database or in filesystem.
- Ranks in ladder system (based on number of posts) or independent of the number of posts.
- Access rights based on group membership; Option to hide forums when user has no access.
- Move topics to other forums.
- Administrators can mass email to all users or specific group.
- Supports smileys/emoticons (.PAK compatible).
- Remove nested quotes option
- MD5 Encrypted passwords
- IP banning.
- Bad words filter
- Possibility to implement various formated text editors (FCK, FreeTextBox)
- Set HTML tags that are allowed in posts using formated text editors.
- Set Number of seconds before another post can be entered. (Does not apply to admins or mods.)
- Set maximum avatar file size and dimensions (in pixels)
- Option to disable new user registrations.
- Suspend membership (no access to the forum)
- If the forum is moderated, posts have to be approved by a moderator. (Option; Does not apply to admins or mods.)
USER FEATURES
- Full BBCode support
- Date and number formatting based upon the user's profile culture settings.
- Display Names, which can be changed by users*
- All dates and times in local time zone for registered users*
- Users can pick their own culture and theme*
- Users can collapse the panes of the forum.
- Threaded view for topics*
- Includes forum private messaging.*
- Receive an email notification for a new private message (user option)
- Send e-mails, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM and ICQ instant messages*
- RSS feeds.
- Quick reply.
- Upload attachments*
- Signatures*
- Remote and uploaded avatars*
- Polls can be added to posts*
- Member list.
- Buddy List.
- Favorite Topics List.
- Thanks Feature - users can give thanks for posts.
- Member profiles.
- Auto watch topics where a user leaves his posts.*
- Latest posts list.
- Active Location control to trace users forum whereabouts and more.
- Active users list.
- Message change history.
- Users can hide themselves.*
- Print topics.
- Possibility to allow different BBCodes in a user signature.
- Email topics.
- Email notifications for new posts in forums or in topics.
- View and delete subscriptions from the user control panel.
- Change password in control panel.
- Reset forgotten password.
- Captcha and Recaptcha protection for registration
- Optional SSL for login and registering
(*if set in host settings)