FUDforum
FUDforum is a templatable forum with i18n support based on PHP and either MySQL or PostgreSQL. It features a user/group management system, a multi-lingual spell checker, both flat and thread message views, a private messaging system with multi-user forwarding capabilities, poll file attachments, and much more. It is an extremely fast and scalable forum that can fulfill the needs of both small and large forum operators.
| Tags | Communications BBS Conferencing Internet Web Dynamic Content Message Boards |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent |
| Implementation | PHP |
Recent releases
- 14 Jun 2009 08:38
Changes: Seed data was improved for newly installed forums. Two new experimental themes were added: user_info_left and user_info_right. Context sensitive help was added for all Admin Control Panel pages. The ability to skip search index data when backing-up or restoring a forum was added. An LDAP authentication plug-in was added. PostgresQL and SQLite fixes were made. Minor UTF-8 and email enhancements were done. Various other small usability fixes were done.
- 01 Oct 2007 21:34
Changes: A few possible E_NOTICEs were fixed in various areas of the code. The German translation was updated. ini_set() calls were made conditional upon the function's availability. The member link in the group manager was improved. The GLOBALS.php parsing algorithm was improved. Support for user link colors was added to the member list. A work-around was added for PHP versions using ORIG_PATH_INFO. The documentation for FUDforum's access keys was improved. A few fixes were made for PostgreSQL and the deprecated oid dependency was removed.
- 15 Jan 2007 17:09
Changes: This release represents a major upgrade in functionality, with many new features and updates to the code base. Some of the more interesting changes include Open Search support, the ability to move messages from one topic to another, the ability to set topic descriptions, Firefox 2 spellchecker hints, and many others.
- 19 Sep 2006 09:16
Changes: A combination of all the changes and improvements found in the previous two releases. There are W3C compliance fixes. The German translation has been updated, and a Vietnamese translation added.
- 15 Aug 2006 08:43
Changes: An option that enables admins and moderators to edit topic ratings was added. Account moderators were added. GEOIP is used to show flags beside member names based on IP location. Sorting of private messages is allowed. An option of adding "permanent" announcements was added. Google and Skype IM links were added. A few other minor features were added, and a number of bugs were fixed.
- All comments
Recent commentsRe: Integrates with mailing list
> Unfortunately forum members must make
> two accounts, one for the forum and one
> for the mailing list since they are two
> separate entities.
That is only the case if the users register under a
different e-mail address then the one they use to post
to the mailing list.
Didn't mean to grumble ...
Lest I be misunderstood, FUDforum is a great piece of software. The support forums are very good and the developers are extremely responsive.
Integrates with mailing list
FUDforum can be used in conjunction with a mailing list, so subscribers can get every message posted to the forum by email as well as post new messages by email.
None of the other forum software I looked at had this capability, which was important to me.
Unfortunately forum members must make two accounts, one for the forum and one for the mailing list since they are two separate entities.
Flexible image attachment showing
You can determine showing or not showing images in your attachement in every post. This feature is my favorite.
Best out of many
I spent 2 days first finding and reading up on all available forum software, then installing phpBB, Invision and FUDforum and testing them out. I found FUDforum to the best because it looks good, has many features built in, it installs easily and upgrades easily. I highly recomend it