JavaBB Review - Forum Features & Requirements

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Current version 0.9 (April 10, 2009).
Released under GPL License.
Price Free.

From JavaBB website:

JavaBB is a software based on Java, developed specifically with intention to join communities.
Based in PhpBB, we are working pledged by the success of phpBB, to become javaBB so efficient as it.

JavaBB is used on the 7th biggest world wide web forum:
Universo Online (UOL) and its Games Forum.

Supported features

Most important features are:

  • Watch Topic
  • Languages files and buttons file, based on phpBB
  • Sticky posts and announcements
  • BBcode
  • Locked threads
  • Member List
  • Private message system

Review Updates

  • January 17, 2010: Update the review with the 0.9 version.
  • April 1, 2008: Apply 0.86 version modifications.

Recommended Average Size of a Community

This chart represents the recommendation of an average community size hosted with JavaBB.

JavaBB
Community Size Average

Server & Clients Requirements

Server Requirements
Server Technology
The technology on which this forum software is based on.
Java / JEE
Operating Systems
Systems supporting this software.
LinuxWindows Server 2003
Windows XPSolaris
Web Servers
Web servers host the forum software.
  • Apache Tomcat
  • JBoss
  • JoNas
Languages
Development language.
  • Java 1.4 - J2EE
  • Java 6 - JEE
Databases
Systems that store forum datas.
  • MySQL
  • Postgresql
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle
Browsers & Clients Requirements
Compatible Browsers
List of compatible browsers.
Mozilla FirefoxInternet Explorer
Google ChromeOpera
Apple SafariKonqueror
Mozilla SeaMonkey
Required Plugins/Technologies
What the user needs exactly to use this forum correctly.
HTML.
Languages supported by JavaBB.
Yes Yes.
Supported Languages:
Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Traditional)
English (American) English (American) English (British) English (British)
German German Portuguese (Brazilian) Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish Spanish

JavaBB could be translated into other languages by translating the ActionSuper.properties file. Please do not forget to send your work to the main JavaBB developer, to share it with the whole community!

JavaBB uses the famous Hibernate framework to create an object mapping of database entities. This is a good start helping JavaBB developers to improve easily the current model and add new features. It is also based on Velocity, Spring and the Lucene content indexer, that are all one of the most powerful technologies in the Java world.

Forum Threads & Posts

Forum Threads
Forum Style
General appearance of the topics.
Flat
Thread Icons
An icon that identifies the type of a topic.
No No
Forum Organization
Organize your forum with categories, sections,...
  • Forum Categories
  • Sub Sections
Topic Tags
Could topics be organized by tags?
- -
Sticky Threads
Sticky threads stay at top of a section or a forum.
Yes Yes
Spell Checking
Posts and topics are spelled checked with a dictionary.
- -
Related Threads
List additional topics that may be related to the current one.
- -
Detect Duplicate Threads
Duplicate Threads are detected before creation.
No No
Hidden Topics
Some topics are only accessible to a limited list of users.
No No
Posts
Message Editing Form
Details about the manner to post messages.
  • Plain Text
  • Rich Text Editor
  • Preview Button
Emoticons Yes Yes
Attachments
Attach files (screenshot, archive,...) with a post.
Yes Yes Syntax Highlighting
Posted Source Code is formatted using colors.
Yes Yes
Image Attachment
How images can be attached and displayed in message posts.
No.
Post Editing Format
Markup Language (HTML, Wiki, BBCode,...).
  • Plain
  • BBCode
Post by Email
Post to a topic directly from your email box.
- -
Message Rating
Users can rate the quality of other users posts.
No No Message Quoting
Quoting a post helps readers understand who answers who.
Yes Yes
Announcements
Administrators can post announcements that are displayed everywhere in the forum. It is even more powerful than a pinned topic.
- -

Key Features & Additional Tools

Key Features
Bundled Softwares
Softwares that are also available with the forum.
No. Users List
List of all user accounts, to helps users searching their friends.
Yes Yes
Private Messages
Users can communicate using an internal messaging system.
Yes Yes Online Users List
List of actually connected users, in the forum home page, a dedicated topic,...
Yes Yes
Instant Messaging
Communicate in the forum like in other IM (Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, Google Talk,...)
No No RSS/Atom Syndication
New posts and threads available using aggregators Syndicate
RSS 2.0
Calendar No No Remote Control
Remote control from external softwares or websites.
No.
Poll Creation No No Friendly URLs
URLs are explicit and contains information about the topic (title, message,...). This is highly recommended for SEO purposes.
Yes Yes

The Related Topics is really helpful to discover topics that could be related to the current one, and could, of course, help users that navigate into the forum to find what they look for.

 
 
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