Simple Forum released!

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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/

Cheers,
Damon Edis - interactivetools.com

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