Simple Forum released!
2 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder: Plugins & Add-ons
Last Post: April 3, 2016 (RSS)
By Damon - March 25, 2016
Hi,
The Simple Forum plugin has been released. See the feature list and screenshots here:
http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/simple-forum/
This is the same forum plugin we use for our site but with responsive Bootstrap templates.
Lots of behind the scene feature including:
SETTING UP THE SIMPLE FORUM:
- Upload Simple Forum plugin and activate from Admin > Plugins
- Includes Bootrap responsive templates. Edit the CSS to customize.
- Works with Membership add on manager user registration, login, reset password, customizable forum signature line.
- Set forum signatures to be updated via textbox or WYSIWYG editor.
- Signed in users can create new posts, reply to posts, edit previous posts and delete their own posts.
- Posts are Previewed before Postings or Updating.
- Editing posts includes an Edit History.
- Admin can Lock posts to prevent any further replies.
- Admin can make posts Stick to have them stay at the top of a forum.
TEMPLATES:
- Customizable responsive templates included based on Bootstrap.
- Built in Forum search engine. Search by keyword or search for posts by user.
- Forum automatically adds rel="nofollow" to all links added in posts to reduce spam and reduce user linking to sites that could negatively effect SEO.
- RSS feed for all forum content as well as separate RSS feeds for both forum sections and post threads.
- RSS feed for search results. Search in the forum, then click the RSS link to get the RSS feed for that search query.
SETTINGS:
- Setting to require users must login to view forum (login is always required to post).
- Setting to allow users to add polls to posts which users can vote on and display results.
- Setting to allow users to attach uploads to their posts.
- Setting to Auto-archive topics after set number of days. Archived topics can not be replied to.
- Setting to emails to admins when posts are created.
- Checkbox in CMS Builder to hide a forum and all posts within it.
- Users in CMS Builder can be assigned to Admin to any forum created. Admin for Forums checkbox appears in the User Accounts.
- Admin only visible link to view a list of any unchecked topics. Then mark topics as checked when replied to or resolved.
EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS:
- Email notification options: email replies to users, email all posts to admins, subscribe to topics and/or forums.
- Users can unsubscribe from email notification.
- Email templates can be customized from within CMS Builder.
See more here:
http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/simple-forum/
Damon Edis - interactivetools.com
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By Toledoh - April 3, 2016
Plugged it in and it did everything just as it says on the box.
I then edited the templates to suit my existing site - took about 30 minutes.
Thanks Guys!
Tim (toledoh.com.au)