JavaBB Review - General Features & Requirements

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Web Site: http://javabb.org
Download here: Download JavaBB
Community Forum: Support
Released under: GPL License.
Current version: 0.9 (April 10, 2009).
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.

Server & Clients Requirements

Server Requirements
Operating Systems
Systems supporting this software.
  • Linux
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP
  • Solaris
Web Server Details
Web servers host the forum software.
  • Apache Tomcat
  • JBoss
  • JoNas
Languages Details
Development language.
  • Java 1.4 - J2EE
  • Java 6 - JEE
Databases Details
Systems that store forum datas.
  • MySQL
  • Postgresql
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle
Browsers & Clients Requirements
Compatible Browsers Details
List of compatible browsers.
  • All
Required Plugins/Technologies Details
What the user needs exactly to use this forum correctly.
  • Plain HTML
Localization Details
Languages supported by JavaBB.
Yes Yes.
  • Brazilian
  • German
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Chinese

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
Social Networks
Users can share information from their social network account...
No.
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
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.
Unknown Unknown
Detect Duplicate Threads
Duplicate Threads are detected before creation.
No No
Shadow Topics
Some topics are only accessible to a limited list of users.
No No
Posts
Post Editing Form Details
Details about the manner to post messages.
  • Plain Text
  • Rich Text Editor
  • Preview Button
 Emoticons Details Yes Yes
Post Editing Format Details
Markup Language (HTML, Wiki, BBCode,...).
  • Plain
  • BBCode
 Attachments Details
Attach files (screenshot, archive,...) with a post.
Yes Yes
Post Quoting
Quoting a post helps readers understand who answers who.
Yes Yes Syntax Highlighting
Posted Source Code is formatted using colors.
Yes Yes
Post Rating
Users can rate the quality of other users posts.
No No

Key Features & Additional Tools

Key Features
Bundled Softwares
Softwares that are also available with the forum.
No. Users List Details
List of all user accounts, to helps users searching their friends.
Yes Yes
Private Messages Details
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 Details
Communicate in the forum like in other IM (Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, Google Talk,...)
No No Quick Reply Box
Write a post directly from the topic page.
Yes Yes
Calendar Details No No Remote Control Details
Remote control from external softwares or websites.
No.
Poll Creation Details No No Friendly URLs
URLs are as short and simple as possible (for better copy/paste and share).
Yes Yes
RSS/Atom Syndication Details
New posts and threads available using aggregators Syndicate
RSS 2.0

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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