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Feature Comparison
| General | bttlxeForum  | SMF | XMB |
|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 2.0 |
2.0.1 |
1.9.11 |
| Release Date |
August 2004 |
September 18th, 2011 |
Febuary 28, 2009 |
| Author |
Battleaxe Software |
SMF Development Team |
The XMB Group |
| URL |
www.codeproject.com |
www.simplemachines.org |
www.xmbforum2.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
Free |
BSD |
General Public License |
| License cost |
Free |
0 |
0.00 |
| Programming Language |
ASP |
PHP |
php |
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Type |
Threaded or Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
| Installation method |
|
wizard |
wizard |
| Upgrade method |
|
wizard |
wizard |
| Data Storage | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Postgres |
 No |
Yes |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Textfiles |
No |
No |
No |
| other |
MS SQL 7/2000, MS Access |
|
|
| Hosting available |
|
No |
No |
| Posts | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| BBCode |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML |
Yes |
Yes |
 Optional |
| Emoticons |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Quoting |
Nested |
Nested |
Nested |
| Syntax Highlighting |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Attachments |
No |
Multiple files |
Multiple files |
| Forums | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Subforums |
No |
unlimited |
one level |
| Last Post |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Redirect Forums |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Trashcan Forum |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Anti-Spam and Security | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| CAPTCHA |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
Multiple groups |
| Flood Control |
 Patch |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACLs |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Warnings |
No |
Yes |
 Plugin |
| Suspension |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Bans |
Patch |
Yes |
Yes |
| IP-Block |
Patch |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audit Logging |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| User Reports |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| Other |
|
An Akismet mod is available |
|
| Notification | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| RSS/ATOM |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| E-Mail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instant Messaging |
None |
|
|
| Bookmarks |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Community | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| Avatars |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User Ranks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rating/Karma System |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Signatures |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Users Online List |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Private Messaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom profile fields |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Moderation | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| Moderators |
global and forums |
global, forums and threads |
global and forums |
| Move Threads |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Split Threads |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Close Threads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shadow Topics |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sticky Threads |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Important Threads |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Search | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| Full-text search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Author search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced search |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Unread Topics |
|
Database tracked |
Session tracked |
| Customization | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| Languages |
English, with limited third party translations |
47 |
English, Spanish, Dutch, German, 19 more so far. |
| Templates |
CSS only |
global and forum specific |
global and forum specific |
| Custom BBCodes |
No |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Skin-Editor |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Smiley Packs |
No |
Yes |
Optional |
| Plugins |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Special Features | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| Statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Polls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Calendar |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Friendly URLs |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Data Management | bttlxeForum | SMF | XMB |
| Pruning |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Archiving |
No |
Plugin |
No |
| Export Formats |
None |
WAP(2), IMode |
|
| Export private messages |
No |
Plugin |
No |
| Lo-Fi View |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Last updated | 2008-01-21 | 2011-09-19 | 2012-03-02 |
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