phpBB is considered one of the best open source forum scripts around, being mature enough to be used without problems in any project that might need a discussion board solution.
Can be used as a support center, community page, documentation tool and for many many more other scenarios.
Here are some key features of "phpBB":
· Graphic installer
· Administration panel
· Private messages
· User groups
· Permissions management
· BBCode support
· Tools to import/export content
· Bans manager
· Manage multiple forums at the same time
· Easy boards management
· Content moderation tools
· Secure
· Complex registration process
· Themes
· Add-ons
· Complex in-built search tool
· Activity logger
· Reports center
· User warnings manager
· Polls
· Rank
· Avatars
· Separate user profile pages
· User statistics
· Signatures
· Attachments control center
· Automatic image thumbnails
· Emoticons
· Custom Profile Fields
· User preferences page
· Manage subscribed topics & forums
· Manage bookmarked topics
· Manage saved drafts
· Manage private messages
· Manage usergroups
· Manage friends and foes
· Manage attachments
· Moderation queue
· Topic merging
· Topic copying
· Locking of single posts
· Topic history
· Caching system
· Friends and Foes feature
· Jabber/XMPP support for notifications
· Mail or print topics
· Global announcements
· Display forum rules on forum page
· Prune inactive users and topics
· Language packs
· User notes
· Detects search spiders
· XHTML 1.0 strict compliant
· UTF-8 support
· reCAPTCHA integration
Requirements:
· PHP 4.3.3 or higher
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· This version is a maintenance release fixing a number of bugs and not adding any new features.
· Improved compatibility with PHP 5.4.
· Added a warning about the minimum PHP version required to upgrade to phpBB 3.1 to warn users of old PHP installations.
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