General | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
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Version |
18
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3.0.8
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4.1.5
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3.2.3
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3.0.9
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Release Date |
2012-03-04 (12 years ago)
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2010-11-19 (13 years ago)
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2011-07-26 (12 years ago)
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2011-10-17 (12 years ago)
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2018-05-17 (5 years ago)
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Last Update here |
2012-03-05 (12 years ago)
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2011-06-22 (12 years ago)
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2011-08-25 (12 years ago)
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2012-02-07 (12 years ago)
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2018-11-01 (5 years ago)
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Author |
Kroc Camen
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The phpBB Group
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vBulletin Solutions
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Invision Power Services
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The FUDForum development team and user community.
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URL | |||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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License |
CC-BY 3
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General Public License
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commercial / visible source
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Commercial
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GNU General Public License
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License cost |
0
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0.00
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$285 Suite or $195 Forum
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License from $175 / Hosted from $5 per month
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Free
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Main View |
Classic forum list
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Thread-Type |
Flat
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Flat
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Threaded or Flat
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Flat
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Threaded or Flat
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Setup | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
Installation method |
manual
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wizard
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wizard
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wizard
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wizard
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Upgrade method |
manual
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wizard with manual interactions
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wizard with manual interactions
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wizard
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wizard
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Hosting available |
No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Technology | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
Programming Language |
PHP
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PHP
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PHP
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PHP 5.2+
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PHP
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UTF-8 Support |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Data Storage |
0
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6
Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
1
MySQL Database |
1
MySQL Database |
7
DB2 Database, Firebird Database, Microsoft SQL Database, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL Database, SQLite File Database |
Other Storage | |||||
Source Code Repo | |||||
Issue Tracker | |||||
Posts | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
BBCode |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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HTML |
No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Emoticons |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Formatting Toolbar |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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WYSIWYG Editor |
No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Plugin
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Quoting |
Nested
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Nested
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Nested
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Nested
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Nested
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Syntax Highlighting |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Attachments |
No
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Multiple files
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Multiple files
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Multiple files
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Multiple files
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Tags |
Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Mark as solved |
No
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Forums | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
Categories |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Subforums |
unlimited
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unlimited
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unlimited
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unlimited
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unlimited
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Last Post |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Redirect Forums |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Trashcan Forum |
No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Anti-Spam and Security | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
CAPTCHA |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Groups |
No
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Multiple groups
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Multiple groups
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Multiple groups
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Multiple groups
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Flood Control |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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ACLs |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Blacklist |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Warnings |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Suspension |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Bans |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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IP-Block |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Audit Logging |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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User Reports |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Other |
Plugin-based CAPTCHA system, Newly Registered Users permissions
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Akismet
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Spam Monitoring Service, Flag As Spammer, Question & Answer System
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Several others like SpamBot detection, prevent new users from posting links, etc.
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Notification | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
RSS/ATOM |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Instant Messaging |
Jabber
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No
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Yes - via ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Chat or Skype.
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Bookmarks |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Community | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
Avatars |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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User Ranks |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Rating/Karma System |
No
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Patch
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Signatures |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Users Online List |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Private Messaging |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Custom profile fields |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Moderation | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
Moderators |
global and forums
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global and forums
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global and forums
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global and forums
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global and forums
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Move Threads |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Split Threads |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Close Threads |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Shadow Topics |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Sticky Threads |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Important Threads |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Search | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
Full-text search |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Author search |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Advanced search |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Unread Topics |
No
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Database tracked
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Database tracked
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Database tracked
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Database tracked
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Customization | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
Languages |
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Mobile View |
Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Yes
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Templates |
global
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global and forum specific
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global and forum specific
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global and forum specific
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global
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Custom BBCodes |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Plugin
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Skin-Editor |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Smiley Packs |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Patch
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Plugins |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Special Features | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
Statistics |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Polls |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Calendar |
No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Friendly URLs |
Yes
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Plugin
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Data Management | NoNonsense Forum | phpBB | vBulletin | Invision Power Board | FUDforum |
Available Importers | |||||
Pruning |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Archiving |
No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Optional
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Export Formats |
RSS
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SQL Dumps in .sql, sql.gz, and .sql.bz2
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Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
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SQL
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PDF (Adobe), ATOM, RSS, RDF, HTML
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Export private messages |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Lo-Fi View |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Optional
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