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| General | Vikingboard  |
|---|---|
 Version |
 0.2 Beta |
| Release Date |
3. December 2007 |
| Author |
Vikingboard Development Team |
| URL |
vikingboard.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
| License |
GPL |
| License cost |
Free |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes |
| Type |
Flat |
| Installation method |
wizard |
| Upgrade method |
manual |
| Data Storage | Vikingboard |
| MySQL |
Yes |
| Postgres |
 No |
| Oracle |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
| Textfiles |
No |
| other |
Frontend is database independent, database backend can easily be replaced. |
| Hosting available |
No |
| Posts | Vikingboard |
| BBCode |
Yes |
| HTML |
No |
| Emoticons |
Yes |
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No |
| Quoting |
Nested |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
| Attachments |
No |
| Forums | Vikingboard |
| Categories |
Yes |
| Subforums |
No |
| Last Post |
Yes |
| Redirect Forums |
No |
| Trashcan Forum |
No |
| Anti-Spam and Security | Vikingboard |
| CAPTCHA |
No |
| Groups |
One group only |
| Flood Control |
No |
| ACLs |
No |
| Blacklist |
Yes |
| Warnings |
No |
| Suspension |
No |
| Bans |
Yes |
| IP-Block |
No |
| Audit Logging |
Yes |
| User Reports |
Yes |
| Other |
Custom error handler warns admins about malicious attack attempts. |
| Notification | Vikingboard |
| RSS/ATOM |
No |
| E-Mail |
Yes |
| Instant Messaging |
Not yet |
| Bookmarks |
No |
| Community | Vikingboard |
| Avatars |
Yes |
| User Ranks |
No |
| Rating/Karma System |
No |
| Signatures |
Yes |
| Users Online List |
Yes |
| Private Messaging |
Yes |
| Custom profile fields |
No |
| Moderation | Vikingboard |
| Moderators |
global |
| Move Threads |
No |
| Split Threads |
No |
| Close Threads |
Yes |
| Shadow Topics |
No |
| Sticky Threads |
Yes |
| Important Threads |
No |
| Search | Vikingboard |
| Full-text search |
Yes |
| Author search |
Yes |
| Advanced search |
Yes |
| Unread Topics |
No |
| Customization | Vikingboard |
| Languages |
English, Norwegian, Integrated language editor |
| Templates |
global |
| Custom BBCodes |
Yes |
| Skin-Editor |
Yes |
| Smiley Packs |
Yes |
| Plugins |
Yes |
| Special Features | Vikingboard |
| Statistics |
Yes |
| Polls |
Yes |
| Calendar |
No |
| Friendly URLs |
No |
| Data Management | Vikingboard |
| Pruning |
No |
| Archiving |
No |
| Export Formats |
sql dump |
| Export private messages |
No |
| Lo-Fi View |
Yes |
Vikingboard
Vikingboard is a PHP-based discussion forum software designed by the principle of "less is more", and features a powerful web-based extension-system, a lighting-fast cache system and dynamic web update. Small, but incredibly fast and powerful.
Statistics
- Record maintainer:
- Vikingboard
- Detail views:
- 267
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- Most compared with:
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- Record added:
- 2006-06-22
- Last updated:
- 2007-12-17
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Screenshots
These screenshots should give you a first impression how Vikingboard looks like. Remember: The look of many forums can be changed by stylesheets or templates so these are only examples.
Vikingboard
This is the current frontpage of Vikingboard 0.1.2, with the default theme.
Vikingboard 0.2 Beta
The frontpage of Vikingboard 0.2 Beta, showing the more effective, more user friendly and overall more visually appealing theme introduced in the 0.2 series.
Security Advisories
The following security advisories for Vikingboard are listed at Secunia.
You should always make sure to run an up-to-date version of the software and
apply security related patches as soon as possible.
- 2007-07-25 Vikingboard Two Vulnerabilities
- 2006-11-20 Vikingboard Script Insertion and Local File Inclusion