[Features]

Overview
phpBB version 2 has been completely re-written since the first version. Version 2 focuses on a professional-quality modular design, high security, multiple-language interface, support for a multitude of databases servers and complete layout customisation, all with a low execution overhead.

phpBB is based on PHP, the fastest growing server-side scripting language on the web, which results in one of the fastest, feature-rich bulletin board systems available anywhere.

In addition, phpBB is open-source software so it has no fees, no subscriptions, and no restrictions on modifications. Couple this with a thriving and friendly phpBB community and you have a killer solution for creating communities on your site!


 
Goto topInstallation
  • Simple installation that will have you up and running in minutes
  • Complete upgrade from V1.x

 
Goto topDatabase Server Support
phpBB uses a database abstraction layer to enable seamless support of several database servers:
  • MySQL 3.2x,
  • PostgreSQL 7.x,
  • Microsoft SQL Server 7/2000
  • Microsoft Access (via ODBC)
    ...with more databases available in the future.

 
Goto topSecurity
  • Designed with security as a priority
  • Powerful and extensive authorisation system
  • Strong encryption to keep passwords safe in the database
  • Support for both cookie and URI-based sessions

 
Goto topUnlimited Forums & Categories
  • Unlimited forums can be organised into as many categories as you like
  • Private forums and those only for specified user groups
  • Powerful search facility

 
Goto topPosting Messages
  • Message formatting with various font styles and sizes as well as allowing quoting, code display, image posting and automatic URL linking
  • Support of standard and extended BBCode tags and controlled HTML tags
  • Polls can be simply added to posts
  • Email notification of replies to your topics
  • Powerful topic subscription capability
  • Original emoticons to portray emotions

 
Goto topVersatile User Groups & Forum Permissions
  • Powerful forum, user and group permission management
  • Control forum access to specified user groups
  • Control all aspects of the posting experience
  • Allow limited access to viewing, posting, replying and many other options

 
Goto topMember Features
  • Unlimited members
  • Personal profile creation
  • Post counting and administrator-definable ranks for users
  • Email-like private messaging system
  • Supports local, remote and uploadable avatars

 
Goto topModeration Features
  • Topic editing
  • Mass delete/move/lock/unlock of posts
  • Topic splitting
  • Option of auto-pruning of old or unanswered messages on a per-forum basis

 
Goto topEasy to Use Administration Centre
  • General configuration
  • Forum & category setup
  • Easy database backup and restore
  • Disallowed usernames
  • User authorisation
  • Word censoring
  • Complete member management
  • Emoticon setup
  • Optional new post verification
  • Extensive ban management, ban by email address, username or single/multiple IP address or hostname
  • IP tracking of posts and posters
  • Mass emailing of groups and users by the administrator

 
Goto topStyle and Customisation
  • Multiple styles available for the user to choose from
  • Templates separated from the PHP code so that new layouts can easily be created or integrated with your current site design
  • Complete control of fonts and colours with cascading style sheets (CSS)
  • Active community creating addons and specialised modifications
  • Default style compliant with XHTML 1.0 and HTML 4.01 recommendations from the W3C

 
Goto topSupport
All this is supported by a thriving and friendly community of almost 6000 members there to help with any problems, suggestions or just for general discussion!