WowBB Review

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Install: PositivePositive (Easy) — Admin: PositivePositive (Easy)
Use: PositivePositive (Easy) — Themes: Yes Yes
Our Opinion : FullFullFullHalfNone — Users : FullFullNoneNoneNone (Rate it)
— Wed, 2007-03-07 14:12 — lastnico

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Installation : PositivePositive (Easy)
Administration : PositivePositive (Easy)
Forum Use : PositivePositive (Easy)
Themes : Yes Yes
Our Opinion : FullFullFullHalfNone
Users : FullFullNoneNoneNone (Rate it)
Released under : Proprietary License
Current version : 1.7 (2006).
Demonstration : WowBB Demo
Sponsored By : WowBB.
From WowBB website : What is WowBB? It's an easy to use forum software that helps you create a community around the things you care about. How to run WowBB?
  • Remotely host on our servers
  • - or -
  • Host on your server if your web host supports PHP & MySQL.
Here are some key features of WowBB :
  • unlimited forums and posts,
  • unlimited users and user groups,
  • unlimited polls and file uploads,
  • powerful moderation tools,
  • multiple languages and time zones,
  • rich text editing and spell checking,
  • easy customizations and themes,
You will find all WowBB features on this page : http://www.wowbb.com/features.php
Official web site : http://www.wowbb.com
Download Link : Download this forum software here : WowBB.

Server Architecture

Features Details
Operating Systems Details
Systems supporting this software.
  • Linux
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP
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
Another LAMP based forum software, like many others. A default Ubuntu server installation and some clicks and your WowBB forum software will be ready in 5 minutes or less.

Technical Features

Technical Features Details
CMS / Blog softwares integration Details
Web publishing tools which can be integrated with this software.
None
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.
Custom
Webservices / XML-RPC management Details
Generally allow remote control from other softwares than browsers (program, etc...)
No
Even if WowBB has many features, most of integration (to a blog, a CMS, or inter-application APIs, like XML-RPC or Web-Services...) features are not present, due to its proprietary license.