UBB.threads Review - General Features & Requirements

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Web Site: http://www.ubbcentral.com/
Download here: Download UBB.threads
Community Forum: Support
Released under: Proprietary License.
Current version: 7.5.5 (February 11, 2010).
Sponsored By: Mindraven.
Price: Standard $139 / Silver $499 / Gold $725.

From UBB.threads website:

Community with Ease

Since 1997, thousands of websites have chosen UBB.threads for their community solution. Whether you need a community solution to integrate with your website or you want your community to be your website, UBB.threads is your answer. No matter if you have a small, medium or large site, our software can scale to your needs.

With the integrated Portal and Photo Gallery (UBB.Gallery) you can create your entire website using UBB.threads without the need to buy anything else, and without the need to try and integrate various products for a seemless user experience.

Tons of Features!

  • Unlimited Forums
  • Integrated Portal
  • Integrated Photo Gallery (UBB.Gallery)
  • Database Backend
  • Fully Templated
  • RSS Syndication of content
  • Unlimited Subforums
  • CAPTCHA*
  • many more!

Prices:

  • UBB.threads™ Standard License $139
    1 year free access to upgrades / No advanced support included
  • UBB.threads™ Silver License $499
    5 year free access to upgrades / 3 hours of advanced support included (via online support ticket system)
  • UBB.threads™ Gold License $725
    Lifetime free access to upgrades / 5 hours of advanced support included (via online support ticket system)

Review Updates

  • January 1st, 2010: Update the review since UBB.threads has been acquired by Mindraven.

Server & Clients Requirements

Server Requirements
Operating Systems
Systems supporting this software.
  • Linux
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP
  • Solaris
  • FreeBSD
  • OpenBSD
  • NetBSD
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Mac OS
Web Server Details
Web servers host the forum software.
  • Apache 1.3
  • Apache 2.0/2.2
  • Microsoft IIS
  • Lighttpd
  • Nginx
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
  • HTML and AJAX
Localization Details
Languages supported by UBB.threads.
Yes Yes.
  • French
  • German
  • Dutch
  • Danish
  • English

All Language Packs are available on the UBB.threads forum.

UBB.threads uses a standard LAMP architecture, which has more than 10 years, as UBB.threads.

Forum Threads & Posts

Forum Threads
Forum Style
General appearance of the topics.
Flat/Threaded
Social Networks
Users can share information from their social network account...
No.
Thread Icons
An icon that identifies the type of a topic.
Yes Yes
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.
Yes Yes
Posts
Post Editing Form Details
Details about the manner to post messages.
  • Plain Text
  • Rich Text Editor
  • Formatting Buttons
 Emoticons Details Yes Yes
Post Editing Format Details
Markup Language (HTML, Wiki, BBCode,...).
  • Plain
  • HTML
  • 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.
Unknown Unknown
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.
  • Portal
  • Pictures Album Manager
 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 Yes Yes 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).
Yes Yes
RSS/Atom Syndication Details
New posts and threads available using aggregators Syndicate
No.

This forum has plenty of features, but an RSS syndication link would be great.

The Gallery and the Portal features are however really useful for community managers that are looking for an all-in-one solution.

 
 
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