FUDForum Review - General Features & Requirements
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| Web Site: | http://www.fudforum.org |
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| Download here: | Download FUDForum |
| Community Forum: | Support |
| Released under: | GPL License. |
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| Current version: | 2.8.0 (February 22, 2009). |
| Sponsored By: | Advanced Internet Designs Inc.. |
| Price: | Free. |
From FUDForum website :
FUDforum is a highly customizable forum package, with a large feature set. The easy to use administration control panel allows the administrator to easily configure and control the many features available. The forum also includes an interactive help package, which helps to familiarize users with the full potential of FUDforum.
More details on FUDForum website.
Review Updates
- March 10, 2009: This review has been updated for the 2.8.0 release of FUDForum.
Server & Clients Requirements
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Operating Systems 
Systems supporting this software.
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Web Server 
Web servers host the forum software.
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Languages
Development language.
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Databases
Systems that store forum datas.
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Compatible Browsers
List of compatible browsers.
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Required Plugins/Technologies
What the user needs exactly to use this forum correctly.
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Localization
Languages supported by FUDForum.
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 Yes.
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FUDForum is a classical forum software, and can be installed on LAMP server or Microsoft IIS, with a MySQL backend and a PHP extension.
Forum Threads & Posts
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Forum Style
General appearance of the topics.
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Flat/Threaded |
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Social Networks
Users can share information from their social network account...
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No. |
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Thread Icons
An icon that identifies the type of a topic.
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Yes |
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Forum Organization
Organize your forum with categories, sections,...
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Sticky Threads
Sticky threads stay at top of a section or a forum.
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Yes |
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Detect Duplicate Threads
Duplicate Threads are detected before creation.
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 No |
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Shadow Topics
Some topics are only accessible to a limited list of users.
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No |
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Emoticons
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Yes |
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Attachments
Attach files (screenshot, archive,...) with a post.
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Yes |
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Post Editing Form
Details about the manner to post messages.
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Post Editing Format
Markup Language (HTML, Wiki, BBCode,...).
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Post Quoting
Quoting a post helps readers understand who answers who.
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Yes |
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Post Rating
Users can rate the quality of other users posts.
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Yes |
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Syntax Highlighting
Posted Source Code is formatted using colors.
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 Unknown |
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Key Features & Additional Tools
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Bundled Softwares
Softwares that are also available with the forum.
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No. |
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Private Messages
Users can communicate using an internal messaging system.
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Yes |
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Instant Messaging
Users can communicate in the forum like in other IM softwares (Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM,...)
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No |
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Calendar
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No |
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Poll Creation
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Yes |
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Users List
List of all user accounts, to helps users searching their friends.
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Yes |
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Online Users List
List of actually connected users, in the forum home page, a dedicated topic,...
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Yes |
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RSS/Atom Syndication
New posts and threads available using aggregators (represented by the
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Quick Reply Box
Write a post directly from the topic page.
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No |
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Remote Control
Remote control from external softwares or websites.
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No. |
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Friendly URLs
URLs are as short and simple as possible (for better copy/paste and share).
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Yes |
To enable Friendly URLs, simply set the PATH_INFO setting to true (Global Configuration / General Settings) and use a template based on the path_info feature.
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