Features

JForum has a growing number of features, with a lot more being asked and developed each day. Here you will find a list of the most useful and common features currently available.

Installation

• Easy installation through graphical web interface

General

• Unlimited forums, categories, and topics
• Support for several popular databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLServer and HSQLDB
• Karma - Rate messages and users
• Bookmarks - save your favourite threads and share with other users
• Easy migration from phpBB
• Friendly URLs (no more long and hard-to-remember links!)
• Listing of currently online users
• Listing of the Most Recent topics from the whole forum
• Fast and scalable, perfect for busy sites - unlike most message board systems, JForum caches frequently accessed data to avoid excessive querying of the database
• Up to 3 banners can be displayed each at the top and/or at the bottom of pages
• Easy and privacy-conscious sharing on the most popular social networks

Posting Messages

• File Attachments, with fully customizable options
• HTML and BBCode support
• Automatic parsing of links in messages
• Integrated private message system
• Email notifications for topics on private messages
• Unlimited emoticons (a.k.a smilies or emojis), administerable via a configuration panel
• RSS syndication
• Sticky topics and announcements
• Post preview
• Wiki topics that can't be replied to, but which can by edited by everyone
• Watches (a.k.a notifications) can be set up for specific topics or entire forums

Moderation

• Easy to moderate
• Moderated Categories and Forums - Administrators may allow new messages be posted only after the approval of some moderator or administrator
• Topics can be locked and unlocked
• Topics can be moved between forums
• Spam words or phrases can be set up that can't be used in posts
• Deleted posts can be kept in a Trash Can forum hidden away from public view

Permissions & Security

• Read-only forums - Forums where is not possible to post new messages, just reading
• Reply-only forums - Forums where only reply to existing posts are allowed
• Robust security system
• Forum moderators can be granted varying levels of control
• Advanced HTML filter, for increased security
• Secure against XSS and CSRF attacks

Customization & Extensiblity

• Easy and fast development for any other data source
• Familiar and attractive layout
• Highly customized permission control, allowing fine control over access to any forum and category, by group and by user
• Easy to support new bbtags via a XML configuration file
• Uses the simple and powerful Freemarker templating system which allows unlimited control over layout and theming
• Supports individual themes/templates for users
• Support for different languages; easy to add new languages

Users

• Member Listing
• User defined avatars
• User banning
• Unlimited users, groups, and groups per user
• User profile
• User ranks
• Language preferences may be set on a per user basis
• Remembers last read messages and tracks new posts