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What's New in our Forum?

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Feature Highlights:

What is improved?
Features that are already available in previous version but were improved and/or enhanced for current version. This list only highlights the most important improvements.


Private Messages

Send to multiple recipients
Send to groups
Send Blind Carbon Copies (BCC)
Forward messages
Friends list works as address book
Attach files to PMs
PM Drafts
Conversation view
PM folders
PM filters
Export Messages

Registration

Limit registration attempts
Set min/max username length
Set min/max password length
Limit username chars
Set password complexity requirements
Force password change
Allow/disallow e-mail address re-usage

Search

Search inside topics
Select multiple forums and categories to search
Search within topic titles only
Search within first post of a topic only
Set search flood interval to limit server load
Select search backend (mysql/phpbb)

Admin Control Panel

More flexible and accessible tab layout
Modular system allows for easy extensions
Allow/disallow access to different functions
New founder status for the board creator
Completely re-structured for better handling
Moderator Control Panel

Manage the moderation queue
List of warnings and reports
Forum, topic, and post detail views

Polls

Multiple options per user
Allow/disallow vote change

Usergroups

Multiple group leaders
Set display colour for group members
Set group rank
Set group avatar

Profile View

More user statistics on profile view
Signature on profile view
Usergroups on profile view

Permissions

More powerful and flexible permission system
Simple permissions through roles
Fine-tune admin and moderator access
Global moderators

User Management

Advanced user editing interface
Edit user preferences
Edit group memberships
Show and edit all attachments of a user
View permissions directly

More Improvements

Moderator and admin control panels
Set temporary bans
Comments for bans
Manage group memberships in the ACP
Search members by all attributes


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What is new?
Features that did not exist in previous version and were implemented for new version. This list is not complete, but only highlights the most important feature additions.


Attachments

Attachments in posts and PMs
Automatic image thumbnails
Attach images, documents, video streams, archives
Multiple attachments allowed
Display attachments inline

Unlimited Subforums

Create unlimited subforums
Display active topics of all subforums

Custom BBCodes

Create your own BBCodes
Add buttons to posting screen

Custom Profile Fields

Add new fields on user profiles
Display them at registration
Display them on the profile view
Hide new profile fields
Support different data types

User Control Panel

Manage subscribed topics & forums
Manage bookmarked topics
Manage saved drafts
Manage private messages
Manage usergroups
Manage friends and foes
Manage attachments

New Moderating Tools

Moderation queue
Topic merging
Topic copying
Locking of single posts
Topic history

Caching and performance

Templates are cached
Permissions are cached
Forum config is cached
Database queries are cached

Friends and Foes

Add other members as friends or foes
Posts by foes are hidden
Friends are shown in friends list

Warnings and Reports

Users can report topics and posts
Moderators can warn users

More Improvements For Users

Bookmark topics
Subscribe to forums
Jabber/xmpp support for notifications
Mail or print topics
"You got beaten at posting" notification
Multi-Quote within posting screen
More Improvements For Admins
Global announcements
Display forum rules on forum page
Prune inactive users
User, moderator, admin and error logs
Language pack editing
User notes
Detect search spiders
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Re: What's New in our Forum?

Unread post by iCeprIncEsS »

beautiful! congrats admin
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Re: What's New in our Forum?

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nice mr. admin.. congratulations... :roll :roll :roll

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Re: What's New in our Forum?

Unread post by BONSAL »

fiona wrote:nice mr. admin.. congratulations... :roll :roll :roll
Thank you yan! happy new year. regards to chadsec. :-)
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Re: What's New in our Forum?

Unread post by Insomada »

Bon,

Splendid....splendid.....splendid....

Happy New Year to you and your family. God bless.

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Re: What's New in our Forum?

Unread post by BONSAL »

Insomada wrote:Bon,

Splendid....splendid.....splendid....

Happy New Year to you and your family. God bless.
Salamat Mana Insoms!
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Re: What's New in our Forum?

Unread post by Alibangbang »

Dear Bon,
Paapas. . . Happy New Year ! ! !
New Year new look isab an Forum. :D :D

Thanks and all the best...
Mana Abb
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