Tested Features - Technical Features

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CMS / Blog software Integration

This information lists all blog and CMS softwares that can fully integrate a specified forum.

By integration, we mean that there is only one user base, the log in process must be the same (when a user is connected to the forum, it is automatically logged on the blog or CMS, and respectively)

You will generally find more information about forum integration by looking for a plugin of your CMS or blog solution. Some plugins contains a full installation of a forum software, but some others allow you to bind two existing installation. This solution is recommended, because you can update separately your softwares if one of them contains security issues.

  • Drupal
  • Joomla
  • Mambo
  • Plone
  • Dotclear
  • WordPress
  • eGroupWare
  • e107
  • XOOPs
  • iGaming CMS

User base integration

Here is a list of existing integrations :

  • ldap|LDAP
  • active-directory|Active Directory
  • facebook-connect|Facebook Connect
  • google-accounts|Google Accounts
  • open-id|OpenId
  • windows-live-id|Windows Live ID
  • other-database|Other Databases
  • google-apps|Google Apps
  • yahoo|Yahoo

Template Engine

This information is just for advanced webmasters who would like to know the inner technology used by a forum software. A template engine is in charge of rendering the website and merge the datas with the current theme (in fact the layout of the forum).

The template engines use a logical language to format and display datas, and this language is different in these engines. This information can determine the forum software choice if the webmaster has a preference for a template engine if it is known that a template engine is more powerful or faster than others.

Here is a list of existing template engines :

  • PHPTemplate
  • Smarty
  • xTemplate
  • Velocity
  • Freemarker
  • Custom Template Engine

Web Services Supporting

Here is a list of existing remote access :

  • XML/RPC
  • Web Services
  • REST Interface