 Add the
SM Forum bulletin board to your site with just a few clicks. SM Forum is simple to use, fully scalable, and highly customizable. It has a user-friendly interface, a simple and straightforward administration panel, helpful FAQs,
and provided free with the
EasyApps Collection.
SM Forum is the ideal solution to your bulletin board needs
General Features
Advanced permission
and user management.
Supports multiple languages at once.
Open and well-documented source code.
Tracking of new and
old unread topics.
Complete customization with templates.
Designed for optimal performance and scalability.
Multi-media output. (XHTML, XML, RSS, WAP)
Multi-language support from a large community.
Package manager that
automatically installs mods
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 Boards
and Categories |
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Group boards into collapsable categories | |
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Create
child boards under other boards | |
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Assign moderators to boards | |
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Allow certain membergroups to access a
board, including guests only |
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News
and Announcements |
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Ability to create announcement
boards (members receive a notification of topics automatically.) | |
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Member option to disable
receiving announcements | |
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Email or private message your
members by membergroup | |
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Show a news ticker or news fader |
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Member Registration |
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Require registration before forum
entrance | |
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Require a user to agree to terms
before they register | |
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Disable member registration
completely (allowing only moderators to register people) | |
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Require email authentication by
sending an authentication link |
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Require a moderator to approve
registration |
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Register new members from the
admin center |
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Banning |
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Ban members based on their username,
email address, IP address or hostname | |
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Support of wildcards for email address, IP address, and
hostname | |
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Include a ban reason (viewable
for the banned user) | |
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IInclude a ban note (only
viewable by the admins) |
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Chose between full ban, 'no
post' ban, or registration ban |
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Include an expiration time for bans |
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Statistics |
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Several board statistics (accessible
by permission.) | |
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Tracking of member's online time
in seconds | |
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Tracking of topics, messages,
new members, and hits per day | |
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Individual member statistics
accessible from their profile |
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Themes
and Templates |
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Ability to allow or disallow your users
to select their own theme | |
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Ability to reset all of your members
to a certain theme | |
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Ability to install a new theme via
your administration center |
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Admin can add smileys and smiley
sets |
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Members can choose which smiley set they wish to use (or none.) |
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Themes can be installed by way of
the "latest and greatest themes" panel |
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SSI can have and show layers and the
like from the template system |
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Posting
Features |
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Spell
Check. | |
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Quick Reply | |
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"bulletin board codes" to use
(including rtl, acronym, and others.) | |
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Optional editing grace period before
a post is shown as modified | |
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Powerful topic subscription capability | |
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'Insert Quote' feature on posting screen to quickly quote
previous replies. |
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Polls |
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Can be
added or removed to existing topics | |
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Ability to set expiration date | |
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Ability to hide results till
expiration of poll | |
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Ability to hide results until after
people have voted | |
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Ability to determine how many votes
a user may cast | |
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Polls can have up to 256 options |
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Attachments |
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Allowed on a per member group or board
basis | |
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The
filename can be encrypted to increase the security (so you can
upload .php files, etc.) | |
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Optional restriction on what
filetypes may be uploaded | |
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Ability to restrict such that only
registered members can view them (disables hotlinking, mostly.) | |
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Images can be embedded into posts |
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Calendar
Support |
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Shows Birthdays, Events and Holidays | |
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Display calendar information on
board index | |
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Link an existing topic to the
calendar | |
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Allow only certain members/groups
post events | |
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Event poster can edit event | |
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Events can span multiple days |
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Moderation
Tools |
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Ability to lock and unlock a topic | |
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Ability to allow members to use moderation on just topics they
posted | |
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"Report to moderator" link | |
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Delete or modify posts | |
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Ability to Merge/Split topics | |
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Move or delete topics | |
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Sticky or unsticky topics | |
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Recycle bin/board for all deleted topics and posts | |
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Moderation log which shows
moderation activity and disallows log removal outside of 1 day |
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User
Profiles and User Options |
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Ability to hide your email address from
the public | |
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Select their favorite theme among
the activated forum themes | |
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Select their smiley set from the
ones available | |
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Email notification | |
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Login with 'invisible' mode |
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Options to hide other members' avatars and signatures |
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Ability to download and resize
uploaded avatars |
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Personal text, avatar, signature,
and all the niceties of forums can be used and are kept up to
date in all your posts |
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User
Resources |
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Icons for topics you've posted to | |
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Show new replies to your posts | |
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Collapsible 'Additional Options'
on post screen | |
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Ability to view most recent
messages | |
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List all topics that have new
replies since your last visit |
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See who is browsing the same
boards or topics as you |
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Topics that span multiple pages
have the page numbers listed as well as an "all" link |
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Security |
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All actions seamlessly require a
session based authorization code | |
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Administrative actions require
the user's password (and do not rely solely on cookies.) | |
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Major actions are time and IP locked, preventing 'hammering' | |
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The number of login attempts
from a certain IP can be limited and time locked |
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