Saturday, July 05, 2008

YaBB is a leading free forum software package that rivals any professional message board out there. It provides a real-time chat and support system for your visitors. While chat programs allow people to talk directly, you have to be on at the same time as others. With forum software like YaBB, you can talk any time, and everyone can join in the conversation! Build a community and get visitors to come back for interesting discussions, fun chit chat, or needed support without having to spend thousands of dollars.

Why choose YaBB? This system is the world's first and most popular open-source perl forum software! All you need to do to get started is download YaBB from this site for FREE and install it on your existing website! You can control every aspect of your forum...

Features:

Every Page

Notification of instant messages, greeting, date/time

Navigation menu bar (text, image, or combination format)

Forum navigation links or text (index/category/board/message... etc.)

Forum Index

Stats including: newest member, total members, total posts, most recent post

Graphical alert of new messages in each board

Date/member of latest posts in each board

Name of board moderators

Ability to mark every post in the forum "as read"

Options not accessible to guests are "hidden" for them

Flat text or javascript fading news, with YaBBC enabled

Topic Index

Graphical alert each new or updated topic

Date/member of latest posts in each topic

Names of the board moderators

'Jump to' box for instant jump to a different board or category

Ability to mark every post in the board "as read"

Options not accessible to guests are "hidden" for them

Topic Display

Number of reply on each post

Author information, such as email, # posts, membergroup, IM links and userpic

Option to view profile of authors

Ability to quote messages or reply

Date of each post listed

User/Moderator ability to delete or modify posts

Option to display a "printer-friendly" copy of the page

Option to send a friend the topic

Post Page

Easy to use editor-style interface

Option to receive notification of replies

Option to disable smileys

Full 'editor' bar for inserting smileys and YaBBC tags

Input field autojump javascript

Full preview ability

Option to receive topic "notification"

Option to disable smileys

Other Pages

Recent posts

XX number of posts by a certain member

Forum post search

Full members list

Other Features

Full administration and moderating options

Ability to change settings and template on the fly

Full YaBBC code in posts, with error-checking galore

Integrated instant messaging system for member to member communication

Ability to customize the layout colors and CSS via one template

Private Boards in which only certain membergroups can access

Login length options

Delete registered members

Full profile options, including signature, settings, and personal information

Email all registered users

'Maintenance Mode' for major board administration

Online help for users and admins

Moderator/Administrator ability to move topics

Simple registration form and option to generate random password

Post icons to designate the message type

Admin option to disable the YaBBC code

ScreenShots:





Installation:

YaBB 2.1 automatically installs on your web site in seconds Or, follow the below instructions to install manually.



When you first run YaBB the default password will be set to admin

The YaBB 2.1 installation guide can be viewed here.

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