Quicksilver Forums Review - General Features & Requirements

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Web Site: http://www.quicksilverforums.com/
Download here: Download Quicksilver Forums
Community Forum: Support
Released under: GPL License.
Current version: 1.4.2 (August 12, 2008).
Price: Free.

From Quicksilver Forums website:

Quicksilver provdes the following key features:

  • Fast and light
  • Rich in features
  • 3D permissions system
  • Powerful admin controls
  • Complete skinning
  • Translated into 18 languages
  • Optimised MySQL interaction
  • Easy to customise
  • Released under the GPL license
  • Free for commercial or personal use

Server & Clients Requirements

Server Requirements
Operating Systems
Systems supporting this software.
  • Linux
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP
Web Server Details
Web servers host the forum software.
  • Apache 1.3
  • Apache 2.0/2.2
  • Microsoft IIS
Languages Details
Development language.
  • PHP 4
  • PHP 5
Databases Details
Systems that store forum datas.
  • MySQL
Browsers & Clients Requirements
Compatible Browsers Details
List of compatible browsers.
  • Mozilla Firefox 3
  • Mozilla Firefox 2
  • Mozilla Firefox 1
  • Opera
  • Safari
  • Konqueror
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Internet Explorer 6
  • Chrome
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey
Required Plugins/Technologies Details
What the user needs exactly to use this forum correctly.
  • HTML and Javascript
Localization Details
Languages supported by Quicksilver Forums.
Yes Yes.

Forum Threads & Posts

Forum Threads
Forum Style
General appearance of the topics.
Social Networks
Users can share information from their social network account...
No.
Thread Icons
An icon that identifies the type of a topic.
Unknown Unknown
Forum Organization
Organize your forum with categories, sections,...
No.
Sticky Threads
Sticky threads stay at top of a section or a forum.
Unknown Unknown
Spell Checking
Posts and topics are spelled checked with a dictionary.
Unknown Unknown
Detect Duplicate Threads
Duplicate Threads are detected before creation.
Unknown Unknown
Shadow Topics
Some topics are only accessible to a limited list of users.
Unknown Unknown
Posts
Post Editing Form Details
Details about the manner to post messages.
No. Emoticons Details Yes Yes
Post Editing Format Details
Markup Language (HTML, Wiki, BBCode,...).
No. Attachments Details
Attach files (screenshot, archive,...) with a post.
Yes Yes
Post Quoting
Quoting a post helps readers understand who answers who.
Unknown Unknown Syntax Highlighting
Posted Source Code is formatted using colors.
Unknown Unknown
Post Rating
Users can rate the quality of other users posts.
Unknown Unknown

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,...
Unknown Unknown
Instant Messaging Details
Users can communicate in the forum like in other IM softwares (Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM,...)
No No Quick Reply Box
Write a post directly from the topic page.
Unknown Unknown
Calendar Details No No Remote Control Details
Remote control from external softwares or websites.
No.
Poll Creation Details Yes Yes Friendly URLs
URLs are as short and simple as possible (for better copy/paste and share).
Unknown Unknown
RSS/Atom Syndication Details
New posts and threads available using aggregators (represented by the Syndicate icon)
No.
 
 
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