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SMF er en meget allsidig forum. Det har mange funksjoner, inkludert følgende:


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SMF 2.0.x is a very versatile forum software. It has many features, including the following:
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===Generelt===
===General===
*Bruker PHP og et databasesystem: MySQL, PostgreSQL eller SQLite.
*Uses PHP, and a database system: MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite.
*Omfattende malsystem.
*Comprehensive template system.
*'''Avansert rettighet og brukeradministrasjon.'''
*Advanced permission and user management.
*Støtter flere språk samtidig.
*Supports multiple languages at once.
*Åpne og veldokumenterte kildekoder.
*Open and well-documented source code.
*'''Oppfølging av nye og gamle uleste emner, ikke bare siden ditt forrige besøk.'''
*Tracking of new and old unread topics, not just from your last visit.
*Designet for optimal ytelse og skalerbarhet.
*Designed for optimal performance and scalability.
*Multimediaeffekt: XHTML, XML, RSS, WAP
*Multi-media output: XHTML, XML, RSS, WAP.
*Flerespråkligstøtte fra et stort fellesskap.
*Multi-language support from a large community.
*'''Pakkebehandler som automatisk installerer eller avinstallerer mods (også kjent som pakker.)'''
*Package manager that automatically installs or uninstalls mods (also known as packages).
*Søk:
*Search:
**Søk hele forumet, en kategori/forum eller innenfor et tema.
**Search the entire forum, a category/board or within a topic.
**Søk innenfor dine personlige meldinger.
**Search within your personal messages.
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===Sikkerhet===
===Security===
*Alle handlinger krever, umerkelig, en sesjonsbasert autorisasjonskode.
*All actions seamlessly require a session based authorization code.
*Administrative handlinger krever innlogging med passord (og ikke bare bruk av informasjonskapsel.)
*Administrative actions require the user's password (and do not rely solely on cookies).
*'''Viktige handlinger er tid og IP låst, hindre 'gjentagelser'.'''
*Major actions are time and IP locked, preventing 'hammering'.
*Antallet innlogingsforsøk fra en bestemt IP kan begrenses og tidslåses.
*The number of login attempts from a certain IP can be limited and time locked.


===Forum Settings===
===Forum Settings===
*Ability to display page creation time and query count per page.
*Ability to display page creation time and query count per page.
*Put a board into maintenance mode, allowing only admins to login.
*Put a board into maintenance mode, allowing only administrators to log in.
*Word censoring, either full word or partial.
*Word censoring, either full word or partial.
*Ability to break up long words.
*Ability to break up long words.
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*Set categories as non-collapsible.
*Set categories as non-collapsible.
*Reorder boards within categories, or reorder categories.
*Reorder boards within categories, or reorder categories.
*'''Create child boards under other boards. (sub boards)'''
*Create child boards under other boards (sub boards).
*Assign moderators to boards.
*Assign moderators to boards.
*Allow certain membergroups to access a board, including guests ''only''.
*Allow certain membergroups to access a board, including guests only.
*'''Configure permissions for each membergroup on the board level.'''
*Configure permissions for each membergroup on the board level.
*Ability to indicate new posts to child boards but nothing new in parent.
*Ability to indicate new posts to child boards but nothing new in parent.


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*Require registration before forum entrance.
*Require registration before forum entrance.
*Require a user to agree to terms before they register.
*Require a user to agree to terms before they register.
*Disable member registration completely (allowing only moderators to register people).
*Disable member registration completely (allowing only administrators, or moderators with the necessary permissions, to register people).
*Require email authentication by sending an authentication link.
*Require email authentication by sending an authentication link.
*Require a moderator to approve registration.
*Require an administrator, or moderator(s) with the necessary permissions, to approve registration.
*Register new members from the admin center.
*Register new members from the admin center.


===Member Navigation and Authentication===
===Member Navigation and Authentication===
*Several security checks during navigation.
*Password reminder option, by email with confirmation (doesn't automatically reset your password).
*Password reminder option, by email with confirmation. (doesn't automatically reset your password.)
*Both cookie and session based authentication (works without cookies).
*'''Both cookie and session based authentication (works without cookies.)'''
*Cookies can be set local to a path, global to all subdomains, or normally.
*Cookies can be set local to a path, global to all subdomains, or normally.
*Adjustable expiration time for authentication cookies.
*Adjustable expiration time for authentication cookies.


===Member Tracking and Tracing===
===Member Tracking and Tracing===
*Sortable and searchable public memberlist (accessible by a permission.)
*Sortable and searchable public memberlist (accessible by a permission).
*Powerful sortable and searchable admin memberlist.
*Powerful sortable and searchable admin memberlist.
*Show all (error) messages and IPs made by a member. (track user)
*Show all (error) messages and IPs made by a member (track user).
*Show all (error) messages from an IP address or range. (track IP)
*Show all (error) messages from an IP address or range (track IP).
*See who's doing what (accessible by permission.)
*See who's doing what (accessible by permission).


===Statistics===
===Statistics===
*Several board statistics (accessible by permission.)
*Several board statistics (accessible by permission).
*Tracking of member's online time in seconds.
*Tracking of member's online time in seconds.
*Tracking of topics, messages, new members, and hits per day.
*Tracking of topics, messages, new members, and hits per day.
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===News and Announcements===
===News and Announcements===
*Send a Newsletter from the admin center, or post any topic as an Announcement, using "Attachments and other options"
*Send a Newsletter from the admin center, or post any topic as an Announcement.
*Member option to disable receiving announcements (and Admin override of this option).
*Member option to disable receiving announcements (and Admin override of this option).
*Email or private message your members by membergroup.
*Email or private message your members by membergroup.
*Show a news ticker or news fader.
*Show a news fader.


===Communication===
===Communication===
*'''Ability to choose sendmail or SMTP (with or without authentication.)'''
*Ability to choose sendmail or SMTP (with or without authentication).
*Ability to send a topic to a friend.
*Ability to send a topic to a friend.
*Ability to view a "printer friendly" version of topics.
*Ability to view a "printer friendly" version of topics.
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===Membergroups===
===Membergroups===
*Create membergroups to group members on permissions, access rights, and/or appearance.
*Create membergroups to group members on permissions, access rights, and/or appearance.
*'''Assign several membergroups to a single member, with one membergroup as the primary group.'''
*Assign several membergroups to a single member, with one membergroup as the primary group.
*Define membergroups that are auto-assigned based on the amount of posts a user has.
*Define membergroups that are auto-assigned based on the amount of posts a user has.
*Determine the maximum number of personal messages a membergroup is allowed to have by group.
*Determine the maximum number of personal messages a membergroup is allowed to have by group.
*Assign graphical symbol(s) to a membergroup - by primary group.
*Assign badge or star to a membergroup - by primary group.
*Determine which membergroups are allowed to access a board.
*Determine which membergroups are allowed to access a board.


===Banning===
===Banning===
*Ban members based on their username, email address, IP address or hostname.
*Ban members based on their username, email address, IP address or hostname.
*'''Support of wildcards for email address, IP address, and hostname.'''
*Support of wildcards for email address, IP address, and hostname.
*Include a ban reason (viewable for the banned user).
*Include a ban reason (viewable for the banned user).
*Include a ban note (only viewable by the admins).
*Include a ban note (only viewable by the administrators).
*Chose between full ban, 'no post' ban, or registration ban.
*Choose between full ban, 'no post' ban, or registration ban.
*'''Include an expiration time for bans.'''
*Include an expiration time for bans.


===External integration===
===External integration===
*Integrate parts of forum software into existing website using SSI or PHP.
*Integrate parts of the forum software into an existing website using SSI or PHP.
*Recent topics or posts.
*Recent topics or posts.
*Recent news posts in a board.
*Recent news posts in a board.
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===Wireless access===
===Wireless access===
*'''Support for WAP, WAP2 and I-mode protocols.'''
*Support for WAP, WAP2 and I-mode protocols.
*Browse through boards/topics/messages with reduced page size.
*Browse through boards/topics/messages with reduced page size.
*Ability to login and logout (not with WAP 1.)
*Ability to login and logout.
*Ability to see new topics/boards with new replies.
*Ability to see new topics/boards with new replies.
*Ability to jump to first unread reply.
*Ability to jump to first unread reply.
*Ability to post new messages (not with WAP 1.)
*Ability to post new messages.


===Theming and Templating===
===Theming and Templating===
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*Ability to reset all of your members to a certain theme.
*Ability to reset all of your members to a certain theme.
*Ability to install a new theme via your administration center.
*Ability to install a new theme via your administration center.
*Default templates are XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS 2.0 compliant.
*Admin can add smileys and smiley sets.
*Admin can add smileys and smiley sets.
*'''Members can choose which smiley set they wish to use (or none.)'''
*Members can choose which smiley set they wish to use (or none).
*Themes can be installed by way of the "latest and greatest themes" panel.
*SSI can have and show layers and the like from the template system.
*SSI can have and show layers and the like from the template system.


===Posting Features===
===Posting Features===
*'''Spell Check.'''
*Spell Check.
*Quick Reply
*Quick Reply
**Members can disable it or collapse it.
**Members can disable it or collapse it.
**Can be used with "Quote".
**Can be used with "Quote".
**Also contains "Spell Check".
**Also contains "Spell Check".
*Vast number of "bulletin board codes" to use (including rtl, acronym, and others.)
*Vast number of Bulletin Board Codes to use (including rtl, acronym, and others).
*Optional editing grace period before a post is shown as modified.
*Optional editing grace period before a post is shown as modified.
*'''Insert Quote feature on posting screen to quickly quote previous replies.'''
*Insert Quote feature on posting screen to quickly quote previous replies.


===Polls===
===Polls===
*'''Can be added or removed to existing topics.'''
*Can be added or removed to existing topics.
*Ability to set expiration date.
*Ability to set expiration date.
*Ability to hide results till expiration of poll.
*Ability to hide results till expiration of poll.
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===Attachments===
===Attachments===
*Allowed on a per member group or board basis.
*Allowed on a per member group or board basis.
*'''The filename is hashed to increase the security (so you can upload .php files, etc.)'''
*The filename is hashed to increase the security (so you can upload .php files).
*Optional restriction on what filetypes may be uploaded.
*Optional restriction on what filetypes may be uploaded.
*Ability to restrict such that only registered members can view them (disables hotlinking, mostly.)
*Ability to restrict such that only registered members can view them (disables hotlinking, mostly).
*Images can be embedded into posts.
*Images can be embedded into posts.


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*Display calendar information on board index.
*Display calendar information on board index.
*Link an existing topic to the calendar.
*Link an existing topic to the calendar.
*Allow only certain members/groups post events.
*Allow only certain members/groups to post events.
*Event poster can edit event.
*Event poster can edit event.
*Events can span multiple days.
*Events can span multiple days.
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*Ability to lock and unlock a topic.
*Ability to lock and unlock a topic.
*Topics which are locked by an administrator can not unlocked by anyone else.
*Topics which are locked by an administrator can not unlocked by anyone else.
*'''Ability to allow members to use moderation on just topics they posted.'''
*Ability to allow members to use moderation on just topics they posted.
*''Report to moderator" link.
*Report to moderator link.
*Delete or modify posts.
*Delete or modify posts.
*'''Ability to Merge/Split topics.'''
*Ability to merge/split topics.
*Move or delete topics.
*Move or delete topics.
*Sticky or unsticky topics.
*Sticky or unsticky topics.
*'''Recycle bin/board for all deleted topics and posts.'''
*Recycle bin/board for all deleted topics and posts.
*Moderation log which shows moderation activity and disallows log removal outside of 1 day.
*Moderation log which shows moderation activity and dissallows the removal of log entries until they are at least 24-hours old.
*AJAX editing:
*AJAX editing:
**Edit a post without page reloads.
**Edit a post without page reloads.
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===User Profiles and User Options===
===User Profiles and User Options===
*Ability to hide your email address from the public.
*Ability to hide your email address from the public.
*Select their favorite theme among the activated forum themes.
*Select favorite theme among the activated forum themes.
*Select their smiley set from the ones available.
*Select smiley set from the ones available.
*Email notification
*Email notification
** New topics per board.
** New topics per board.
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** Private messages.
** Private messages.
*Login with 'invisible' mode.
*Login with 'invisible' mode.
*'''Options to hide other members' avatars and signatures.'''
*Options to hide other members' avatars and signatures.
*Ability to download and resize uploaded avatars.
*Ability to download and resize uploaded avatars.
*Personal text, avatar, signature, and all the niceties of forums can be used and are kept up to date in all your posts.
*Personal text, avatar, signature, and all the niceties of forums can be used and are kept up to date in all your posts.
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===User Resources===
===User Resources===
*Icons for topics you've posted to.
*Icons for topics you've posted to.
*'''Show new replies to your posts.'''
*Show new replies to your posts.
*Collapsible 'Additional Options' on post screen.
*Collapsible 'Additional Options' on post screen.
*Ability to view most recent messages.
*Ability to view most recent messages.
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===Other features===
===Other features===
*Several forum statistics
*Several forum statistics.
*List of users online.
*List of users online.
*The menu bar.
*The menu bar.
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*Today's events/birthdays/holidays.
*Today's events/birthdays/holidays.


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SMF 2.0.x is a very versatile forum software. It has many features, including the following:

General

  • Uses PHP, and a database system: MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite.
  • Comprehensive template system.
  • Advanced permission and user management.
  • Supports multiple languages at once.
  • Open and well-documented source code.
  • Tracking of new and old unread topics, not just from your last visit.
  • Designed for optimal performance and scalability.
  • Multi-media output: XHTML, XML, RSS, WAP.
  • Multi-language support from a large community.
  • Package manager that automatically installs or uninstalls mods (also known as packages).
  • Search:
    • Search the entire forum, a category/board or within a topic.
    • Search within your personal messages.

Security

  • All actions seamlessly require a session based authorization code.
  • Administrative actions require the user's password (and do not rely solely on cookies).
  • Major actions are time and IP locked, preventing 'hammering'.
  • The number of login attempts from a certain IP can be limited and time locked.

Forum Settings

  • Ability to display page creation time and query count per page.
  • Put a board into maintenance mode, allowing only administrators to log in.
  • Word censoring, either full word or partial.
  • Ability to break up long words.

Boards and Categories

  • Group boards into collapsible categories.
  • Set categories as non-collapsible.
  • Reorder boards within categories, or reorder categories.
  • Create child boards under other boards (sub boards).
  • Assign moderators to boards.
  • Allow certain membergroups to access a board, including guests only.
  • Configure permissions for each membergroup on the board level.
  • Ability to indicate new posts to child boards but nothing new in parent.

Member Registration

  • Require registration before forum entrance.
  • Require a user to agree to terms before they register.
  • Disable member registration completely (allowing only administrators, or moderators with the necessary permissions, to register people).
  • Require email authentication by sending an authentication link.
  • Require an administrator, or moderator(s) with the necessary permissions, to approve registration.
  • Register new members from the admin center.

Member Navigation and Authentication

  • Password reminder option, by email with confirmation (doesn't automatically reset your password).
  • Both cookie and session based authentication (works without cookies).
  • Cookies can be set local to a path, global to all subdomains, or normally.
  • Adjustable expiration time for authentication cookies.

Member Tracking and Tracing

  • Sortable and searchable public memberlist (accessible by a permission).
  • Powerful sortable and searchable admin memberlist.
  • Show all (error) messages and IPs made by a member (track user).
  • Show all (error) messages from an IP address or range (track IP).
  • See who's doing what (accessible by permission).

Statistics

  • Several board statistics (accessible by permission).
  • Tracking of member's online time in seconds.
  • Tracking of topics, messages, new members, and hits per day.
  • Individual member statistics accessible from their profile.

News and Announcements

  • Send a Newsletter from the admin center, or post any topic as an Announcement.
  • Member option to disable receiving announcements (and Admin override of this option).
  • Email or private message your members by membergroup.
  • Show a news fader.

Communication

  • Ability to choose sendmail or SMTP (with or without authentication).
  • Ability to send a topic to a friend.
  • Ability to view a "printer friendly" version of topics.

Membergroups

  • Create membergroups to group members on permissions, access rights, and/or appearance.
  • Assign several membergroups to a single member, with one membergroup as the primary group.
  • Define membergroups that are auto-assigned based on the amount of posts a user has.
  • Determine the maximum number of personal messages a membergroup is allowed to have by group.
  • Assign badge or star to a membergroup - by primary group.
  • Determine which membergroups are allowed to access a board.

Banning

  • Ban members based on their username, email address, IP address or hostname.
  • Support of wildcards for email address, IP address, and hostname.
  • Include a ban reason (viewable for the banned user).
  • Include a ban note (only viewable by the administrators).
  • Choose between full ban, 'no post' ban, or registration ban.
  • Include an expiration time for bans.

External integration

  • Integrate parts of the forum software into an existing website using SSI or PHP.
  • Recent topics or posts.
  • Recent news posts in a board.
  • Recent polls.

Export forum data using XML/RSS

  • Latest members.
  • News.
  • Recent posts.

Wireless access

  • Support for WAP, WAP2 and I-mode protocols.
  • Browse through boards/topics/messages with reduced page size.
  • Ability to login and logout.
  • Ability to see new topics/boards with new replies.
  • Ability to jump to first unread reply.
  • Ability to post new messages.

Theming and Templating

  • Ability to allow or disallow your users to select their own theme.
  • Ability to reset all of your members to a certain theme.
  • Ability to install a new theme via your administration center.
  • Admin can add smileys and smiley sets.
  • Members can choose which smiley set they wish to use (or none).
  • SSI can have and show layers and the like from the template system.

Posting Features

  • Spell Check.
  • Quick Reply
    • Members can disable it or collapse it.
    • Can be used with "Quote".
    • Also contains "Spell Check".
  • Vast number of Bulletin Board Codes to use (including rtl, acronym, and others).
  • Optional editing grace period before a post is shown as modified.
  • Insert Quote feature on posting screen to quickly quote previous replies.

Polls

  • Can be added or removed to existing topics.
  • Ability to set expiration date.
  • Ability to hide results till expiration of poll.
  • Ability to hide results until after people have voted.
  • Ability to determine how many votes a user may cast.
  • Polls can have up to 256 options.

Attachments

  • Allowed on a per member group or board basis.
  • The filename is hashed to increase the security (so you can upload .php files).
  • Optional restriction on what filetypes may be uploaded.
  • Ability to restrict such that only registered members can view them (disables hotlinking, mostly).
  • Images can be embedded into posts.

Calendar Support

  • Shows Birthdays, Events and Holidays.
  • Display calendar information on board index.
  • Link an existing topic to the calendar.
  • Allow only certain members/groups to post events.
  • Event poster can edit event.
  • Events can span multiple days.

Moderation Tools

  • Ability to lock and unlock a topic.
  • Topics which are locked by an administrator can not unlocked by anyone else.
  • Ability to allow members to use moderation on just topics they posted.
  • Report to moderator link.
  • Delete or modify posts.
  • Ability to merge/split topics.
  • Move or delete topics.
  • Sticky or unsticky topics.
  • Recycle bin/board for all deleted topics and posts.
  • Moderation log which shows moderation activity and dissallows the removal of log entries until they are at least 24-hours old.
  • AJAX editing:
    • Edit a post without page reloads.
    • Double click to edit topic subjects on message index.

User Profiles and User Options

  • Ability to hide your email address from the public.
  • Select favorite theme among the activated forum themes.
  • Select smiley set from the ones available.
  • Email notification
    • New topics per board.
    • Single topics.
    • Private messages.
  • Login with 'invisible' mode.
  • Options to hide other members' avatars and signatures.
  • Ability to download and resize uploaded avatars.
  • Personal text, avatar, signature, and all the niceties of forums can be used and are kept up to date in all your posts.

User Resources

  • Icons for topics you've posted to.
  • Show new replies to your posts.
  • Collapsible 'Additional Options' on post screen.
  • Ability to view most recent messages.
  • List all topics that have new replies since your last visit.
  • See who is browsing the same boards or topics as you.
  • Topics that span multiple pages have the page numbers listed as well as an "all" link.

Other features

  • Several forum statistics.
  • List of users online.
  • The menu bar.
  • News.
  • Search.
  • Login/logout.
  • Today's events/birthdays/holidays.


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