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General NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Version
18
0.16a
4.1.5
3.0 Stable-Beta
2.2.6
Release Date
2012-03-04 (12 years ago)
2007-04-05 (16 years ago)
2011-07-26 (12 years ago)
2006-01-05 (18 years ago)
2009-06-05 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-03-05 (12 years ago)
2008-01-21 (16 years ago)
2011-08-25 (12 years ago)
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2009-06-09 (14 years ago)
Author
Kroc Camen
Jonathon Freeman & Brian Otto
vBulletin Solutions
Group Effort
PHP Outburst
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
License
CC-BY 3
MIT
commercial / visible source
Apache
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
License cost
0
0
$285 Suite or $195 Forum
Free
free
Main View
Thread-Type
Flat
Flat
Threaded or Flat
Threaded or Flat
Flat
Setup NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Installation method
manual
wizard
wizard
manual
Upgrade method
manual
wizard
wizard with manual interactions
manual
Hosting available
No
No
No
No
No
Technology NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Java
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Storage
0
2
MySQL Database, PostgreSQL Database
1
MySQL Database
6
DB2 Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database
0
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
BBCode
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticons
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
No
Yes
Optional
No
Quoting
Nested
Nested
Nested
Single
Single
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Attachments
No
Multiple files
Multiple files
Multiple files
One file
Tags
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
No
unlimited
one level
No
Last Post
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redirect Forums
No
No
Yes
No
No
Trashcan Forum
No
No
Yes
No
No
Anti-Spam and Security NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Groups
No
One group only
Multiple groups
Multiple groups
No
Flood Control
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACLs
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Warnings
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Suspension
No
No
Yes
No
No
Bans
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP-Block
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Logging
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
User Reports
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Other
Akismet
IP address log
Notification NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
RSS/ATOM
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
E-Mail
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant Messaging
No
0
No
Bookmarks
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Community NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Avatars
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Ranks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rating/Karma System
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Signatures
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Users Online List
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Private Messaging
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom profile fields
No
No
Yes
No
No
Moderation NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Moderators
global and forums
global
global and forums
global and forums
global
Move Threads
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Threads
No
No
Yes
No
No
Close Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shadow Topics
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Important Threads
No
No
Yes
No
No
Search NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Full-text search
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Author search
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Advanced search
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unread Topics
No
Session tracked
Database tracked
Session tracked
Database tracked
Customization NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Languages
0
0
0
0
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Templates
global
global
global and forum specific
global and forum specific
global
Custom BBCodes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Skin-Editor
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Smiley Packs
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Statistics
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Calendar
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data Management NoNonsense Forum OvBB vBulletin Yazd myUPB
Available Importers
Pruning
No
No
Yes
No
No
Archiving
No
No
Yes
No
No
Export Formats
RSS
No
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
none
full textdb export
Export private messages
No
No
Yes
No
No
Lo-Fi View
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
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