Lefora Review - Users, Security & Customization

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User Profiles & Options

Some details about what users can do and are able to use in Lefora.
User Profiles & Options
User Profile Details
User Information and Configuration.
Yes Yes
Avatars
Pictures of users, useful to easier identify their posts.
Yes Yes
Signature
Signatures added in the bottom of each message.
Yes Yes
Ranks
Tags and labels identifying users, depending on different criteria (posts count, credits, moderation levels...)
Yes Yes
Unread Topics
Once connected, a user could know which are the topics he has never read.
Yes Yes
Bookmark Threads
List of interesting topics and posts in user profiles.
Yes Yes
Email Notifications Details
Receive an email when messages are posted in followed threads.
Yes Yes
Export private messages
All private messages could be downloaded by users.
No No
Payment Subscriptions
Paying Membership Subscription.
Yes Yes

Please note that the Anonymous posting is not enabled by default, and you just need to activate it through the Administration panel.

The Captcha security is considered as true, but spam bots fighting is done by a Bayesian filter (like in any modern mail client), on server side. It uses more server power, but it is easier and more comfortable for users.

Leaderboards and support for video inside topics have been added to the base of the forum software.

Security & Spam Protection

Security & Spam Protection
CAPTCHA Details
Captcha protects your forum against spam bots.
e.g., Syndicate
Yes Yes
Abnormal Behavior Detection
Detect users or request strange behaviors, and try to process proactive actions.
- -
Words Filtering Details
Offensing Words are automatically replaced.
No No
User Blacklist
Prevent specific user accounts to register (based on email address, name,...) and disable potentially harmful members.
No No
IP Blocking
Prevent access to spam robots and other scripts that could attempt DDOS or Brute Force attacks on your forum.
Yes Yes

Latest Vulnerabilities Reports

There is no known Secunia Advisories.

This could be explained by two reasons. The first one is that Lefora is not enough known and used to have a dedicated product page in Secunia website. The second reason could be that this product has never been affected by a vulnerability problem. However, this second reason is rarely true.

This page will be updated as soon as new vulnerabilities will be reported for Lefora.

Customization

Customization
Plugins Details
Add new features to your forum installation.
Yes Yes.
Themes Details
Modify the style of your forum easily.
Yes Yes.
Custom BBCodes
New custom BBCode keywords
No No Custom Emoticons
Additional Custom Emoticons (through packs, web interface,...)
No No
Custom Thread Icons
New custom Thread Icons (through packs, web interface,...)
No No Custom User Profile Fields
Add new fields to user profile, to know more about them, and specialize your forum.
No No
Integration with Third Applications and Websites
Social Networks
Users can share information from their social network account...
CMS / Blog Bridges Details
Integration with existing Web publishing tools.
No.
User Accounts Integration Details
Do users be able to log in with their corporate, Google, Facebook,... accounts?
No.

The free service provides a 2GB upload limits, which is quite huge to start a forum.

Web crawler will navigate to your forum software easily (url rewriting, good HTML semantics).

Of course, integration with Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter is also available for each users.

Badges, which could be compared to user ranks, can be embedded on other sites or forums to show your status and ranking within your forum.

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