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Yet another Bulletin Board


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YaBB (Yet another Bulletin Board)) is an open-source forum software developed in Perl. It has a chat feature that allows visitors to post any time and reply to anyone. YaBB doesn't use any database system, just its own flat file storage system.

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Contents
  1. Description
  2. System requirements
  3. Features
  4. Communities
  5. See also

Description

YaBB is a free discussion board designed to offer a real-time chat and support system for its users. It is developed in Perl programming language and aims to be an user friendly and efficient product.

System requirements

  • Web Server: Apache, IIS, PWS and others
  • PHP 3.0.8 or greater, PHP4
  • Database type: MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, or MSSQL

Features

  • Instant messaging
  • Text/images or combination format between them in the navigation bar
  • The forum displays the user status
  • In every board there is a graphic alert when new messages are displayed
  • There is "as read" option for every post in the forum
  • An user post can be made "hidden" for guests

  • 'Jump to' is available for quick access to a specific category
  • The forum displays the number of replies in a certain post
  • author information is displayed, like email,posts and membergroup
  • Authors profile can be seen
  • A user can quote messages or replies
  • Each post is dated
  • post can be deleted or modified by an user or moderator
  • "printer-friendly" option for displayed pages

  • A certain topic can be sent to a friend
  • Disabling emoticons option is available
  • There is available a full 'editor' bar so that smileys and YaBBC tags can be inserted
  • Recent posts can be viewed
  • Powerful forum search
  • Full members list

  • Quick change of settings and templates
  • The posts contain full YaBBC code
  • Colors and CSS are customizable via one template
  • Private Boards can be created
  • The forum has complete profile options such as signature, personal information and settings
  • Major board administration has the 'Maintenance Mode'option
  • Users and admins can receive online help
  • “move topic” option is available for moderators and administrators
  • Random password can be generated
  • Only the administrators of YaBBC can disable its code

Communities

See also

Resources:  Vendor/Foundation |  Licenses |  Linux Distributions |  Programming Languages |  Programming Interfaces (API) |  Graphical Interfaces (GUI) |  Available Languages