PHPBB
" Creating Communties Worldwide. An open source forum solution. "
phpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP programming language. The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board. It is free to use.
Features:- User preferences support.
- Unread message tracking and private message system
- Search engine spider handling and statistics support
- Security - permanent and temporary bans,pemissions, form handling, password hashing supported.
- Anti Spam - Captcha visual confirmation, flood control, groups, blacklists,banning, user logging,warning, report posts,post moderation
- Data Managements - mysql,mysql server ,odbc, postgresql,oracle ,SQLite supported.Database backups,restore and post/topic pruning facilities avialable.
- Registration - COPPA registration,registran attempts limit,set the limit for usrname and password fields.
- Posting - BBcode, buttons, smilies/emotions, quoting,formating toolbar,word censors,Polls , posting preview
- Profiles - User posting stats, user instant messengers, user profile details.
- Search System - Customized forum search, author search,advanced search, unread topics
- Forums - Catagories,last post, forum pruning, display active topics, subscribe to topics
- User control panel - User signature, avatars ,ranks, online lists,preferences, profile settings
- User Groups - group types,UCP group managements and memberships.
- Moderation control panel - forum moderators, post editing and details, Moving topics, split and lock topics,delete topics
- Administration control panel - Load settings ,manage ranks ,manage groups and group memberships ,user editing, mass email, manage bans,banning by username,banning by email address and ip address.
- Styles - User selected styles, install /manage custom styles
- Permissions - Group based global ,moderator ,administrator, forum permissions. User based global ,moderator ,administrator, forum permissions.
- Notifications - Email notificatoins
- Localisation - Multiple languages supported