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Simple Machines - Layout Configuration Guide

— Mon, 2007-06-25 15:14 — lastnico

This tutorial is initially provided by Webzo. You need Flash to consult this tutorial.

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Simple Machines - Configuration Guide (Part 2)

— Mon, 2007-06-25 15:08 — lastnico

This tutorial is initially provided by Webzo. You need Flash to consult this tutorial.

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Simple Machines - Configuration Guide (Part 1)

— Mon, 2007-06-25 15:03 — lastnico

This tutorial is initially provided by Webzo. You need Flash to consult this tutorial.

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Simple Machines - Installation Guide

— Mon, 2007-06-25 14:53 — lastnico

This tutorial is initially provided by Webzo. You need Flash to consult this tutorial.

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Simple Machines 1.0.7 vulnerability

— Tue, 2006-05-16 19:28 — lastnico

Simple Machines Forum has released a new version of its software. This version is the 1.1 RC2 and can be downloaded here :

Download new version

You can also update your forum software directly from your Administration pages.

This version is a security update, and has been released with a 1.0.7 patch for older versions.

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Simple Machines Forum Demo

— Sat, 2006-05-13 10:31 — lastnico
Demonstration

Demonstration

 http://demo.forum-software.org/smf/

Please click on the banner to navigate into the demonstration site.

Do not hesitate to modify, delete, customize and add anything to correctly test this software.

Administration Panel

Use this link to connect to Administration Panel.

Accounts and passwords

Administrator login / password
admin / demo
Moderator login / password
modo / demo
Global Moderator login / password
globalmodo / demo
User login / password
user / demo

Additional Notes

  • You cannot modify stylesheets and PHP files of themes for security reasons.
  • The packages updating and themes or plugins installing has also been disabled.
  • Database maintenance and SQL dumps are disabled too.
  • Mass emailing and newsletters are also disabled, to avoid Forum-Software.org be a spam relaying host.
  • Database settings and forum URL and paths are also of course hidden and not configurable.
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Your opinion on Simple Machine Forum

— Wed, 2006-05-10 11:28 — lastnico
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Simple Machines Forum Review

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Install: PositivePositive (Easy) — Admin: PositivePositive (Easy)
Use: PositivePositive (Easy) — Themes: Yes Yes
Our Opinion : FullFullFullFullNone — Users : FullFullFullFullNone (Rate it)
— Thu, 2006-05-04 11:21 — lastnico

Quick Guide Help

Installation : PositivePositive (Easy)
Administration : PositivePositive (Easy)
Forum Use : PositivePositive (Easy)
Themes : Yes Yes
Our Opinion : FullFullFullFullNone
Users : FullFullFullFullNone (Rate it)
Released under : Custom License
Current version : 1.1.rc3 (August 19, 2006).
Demonstration : Simple Machines Forum Demo
Sponsored By : Lewis Media.
From Simple Machines web site : Simple Machines Forum - SMF in short - is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes. Its powerful custom made template engine puts you in full control of the lay-out of your forum and with our unique SSI - or Server Side Includes - function you can let your forum and your website interact with each other. SMF is written in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to provide you with all the features you need while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. SMF is the next generation of forum software, and best of all it is and will always remain completely free! Please note that Simple Machines Forum was also known as YaBB SE which was initially a PHP port of YaBB Forum (originally in Perl).
Official web site : http://simplemachines.org/
Download Link : Download this forum software here : Simple Machines Forum.

Server Architecture

Features Details
Operating Systems Details
Systems supporting this software.
  • Linux
  • Windows Server 2003
Web Server Details
Web Servers control the communication between the forum and the users.
  • Apache 1.3
  • Apache 2.0/2.2
  • Microsoft IIS
Languages Details
Main development language.
  • PHP 4
  • PHP 5
Databases Details
Applications which store forum datas.
  • MySQL
This software is a classical PHP/MySQL Bulletin Board. It will be installed easily in most dedicated servers and website hosting solutions, Linux distributions and even EasyPHP installation.

Technical Features

Technical Features Details
CMS / Blog softwares integration Details
Web publishing tools which can be integrated with this software.
Joomla / Mambo
User base integration Details
This feature is useful when you would like to integrate your forum with an existing solution.
None
Template Engine Details
With known template engines, it is generally easier to customize forum and create new themes.
None
Webservices / XML-RPC management Details
Generally allow remote control from other softwares than browsers (program, etc...)
No
Simple Machines has been developed to one goal : provide a forum with PHP/MySQL technologies. Some Joomla plugins have integrate it directly to this famous CMS. For existing SMF installation, a bridge can be also installed between the forum and the CMS. Unfortunately, it is not possible to integrate userbase to another existing system without big hack directly in the source code, this feature is unfortunately really uncommon in such software.

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