javabb

JavaBB Review Available

By lastnico, August 3, 2006 - 23:08 |

A forum software based on J2EE/Hibernate for small business has just been tested by Forum-Software.org. Its name is JavaBB.

Please note that the server which hosts the demonstration is not really fast and can be down sometimes.

Direct links to JavaBB :

Have a good read !

4 comments

JavaBB Review

Install: Negative

(Very Hard) — Admin: Negative

(Hard)

Use:

(Hard) — Themes: Yes

Yes

Our Opinion :

— Users :

(Rate it)

By lastnico, August 3, 2006 - 22:50 |

Brief Description of JavaBB

Released under :	GPL License.
Current version :	0.8.0 (April 8, 2006).
Live Demonstration :	JavaBB Demo.
Web Site :	http://javabb.org
Download here :	JavaBB.

Installation :	(Very Hard)
Administration :	(Hard)
Forum Using :	(Hard)
Our Opinion :
Users :	(Rate it)

More details about rating...

From JavaBB website :

What is JavaBB ?

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.

Supported features

Flood Control
Watch Topic
Config file for custom changes
Complete layout changes thru css-theme files
Languages files and buttons file, based on phpBB
Forum category
Links to other urls
Sticky posts and announcements
BBcode
Locked threads
IP logging system
Paginsystem
Memberregistration and editing
MemberList
Private message system
Adminsystem
Badwordfilter

Server Architecture

Features	Details
Operating Systems Systems supporting this software.	Linux Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Solaris
Web Server Web servers provide the forum software to the users.	Apache Tomcat JBoss JoNas
Languages Main development language.	J2EE (Java 1.4)
Databases Systems storing forum datas.	MySQL Postgresql JDBC Generic driver Oracle Microsoft SQL Server HSQLDB Firebird

JavaBB uses the famous Hibernate framework to create an object mapping of database entities. This will probably help JavaBB developers to improve easily the current model and add new features.

W3C Norms and Accessibility

Type	Norms
Compatible Browsers List of compatible browsers.	All
Technologies or plugins required The information helps you to know what the user needs exactly to use this forum correctly.	Plain HTML
HTML / XHTML Click on the image link to test that the forum respect those HTML norms.	Based on HTML 4.0.
Stylesheets (CSS) Click on the image link to test that the forum respect those CSS norms.	Based on CSS 1.
Accessibility (WAI)	No accessibility.
This software respects W3C Norms Does this software correctly follows (X)HTML and CSS norms.	No.
Localization The forum software exists in several languages.	Yes.

Technical Features

Technical Features	Details
UTF-8 Support Default encoding that could be used for all locales and countries.	Unknown
Installation Method How this forum software could be installed
Upgrade Method How this forum software could be upgraded
CMS / Blog integration Web publishing tools which can be integrated with this software.	None
Users Database integration This feature is useful when you would like to integrate your forum with an existing solution.	None
Template Engine It is generally easier to theme a forum using a famous template engine (more docs, more examples,...)	None
Web Services / XML-RPC Remote control from external softwares or websites.	No