XennoBB Review - Forum Features & Requirements

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Web Site No.
No.
Sponsored by Xenno Group.
Current version 2.3.3 (September 9, 2006).
Released under GPL License.
Price Free.

XennoBB is no longer maintained.

XennoBB no longer exists since 2007, due to non-respect of the GPL License
It is therefore not adviced to use it, as no new security issues will be fixed.

From XennoBB website:

Welcome to the webpage of the world's most revolutionary and easy to use bulletin board.

Revolutionary because it redefines the boundaries of usability and power; from the first version it's a real alternative to the commercial forums out there.

How can XennoBB be described in few words? Lightning-speed, stable, secured and modern.

Who's the team behind this project? A young but experimented team who wanted to create a forum that will be different from the ones available today.

Review Updates

  • September 2007: Please note that XennoBB no longer exists. In 2007, XennoBB did not respect the GPL License (XennoBB was based on PunBB and Puntal), and after many complaints from original software developers, this project was finally cancelled. Some rumors inform us that the Smurof project could be based on the original XennoBB source.

Recommended Average Size of a Community

This chart represents the recommendation of an average community size hosted with XennoBB.

XennoBB
Community Size Average

Server & Clients Requirements

Server Requirements
Server Technology
The technology on which this forum software is based on.
PHP
Operating Systems
Systems supporting this software.
LinuxWindows XP
Web Servers
Web servers host the forum software.
  • Apache 1.3
  • Apache 2.0/2.2
Languages
Development language.
  • PHP 4
  • PHP 5
Databases
Systems that store forum datas.
  • MySQL
Browsers & Clients Requirements
Compatible Browsers
List of compatible browsers.
Mozilla FirefoxInternet Explorer
Google ChromeOpera
Apple SafariKonqueror
Mozilla SeaMonkey
Required Plugins/Technologies
What the user needs exactly to use this forum correctly.
Javascript.
Languages supported by XennoBB.
No No.
No.

Forum Threads & Posts

Forum Threads
Forum Style
General appearance of the topics.
Flat
Thread Icons
An icon that identifies the type of a topic.
Yes Yes
Forum Organization
Organize your forum with categories, sections,...
No.
Topic Tags
Could topics be organized by tags?
- -
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.
- -
Related Threads
List additional topics that may be related to the current one.
- -
Detect Duplicate Threads
Duplicate Threads are detected before creation.
Yes Yes
Hidden Topics
Some topics are only accessible to a limited list of users.
Yes Yes
Posts
Message Editing Form
Details about the manner to post messages.
  • Rich Text Editor
Emoticons No No
Attachments
Attach files (screenshot, archive,...) with a post.
No No Syntax Highlighting
Posted Source Code is formatted using colors.
- -
Image Attachment
How images can be attached and displayed in message posts.
No.
Post Editing Format
Markup Language (HTML, Wiki, BBCode,...).
  • Plain
  • BBCode
Post by Email
Post to a topic directly from your email box.
- -
Message Rating
Users can rate the quality of other users posts.
Yes Yes Message Quoting
Quoting a post helps readers understand who answers who.
Yes Yes
Announcements
Administrators can post announcements that are displayed everywhere in the forum. It is even more powerful than a pinned topic.
- -

Key Features & Additional Tools

Key Features
Bundled Softwares
Softwares that are also available with the forum.
No. Users List
List of all user accounts, to helps users searching their friends.
No No
Private Messages
Users can communicate using an internal messaging system.
No No Online Users List
List of actually connected users, in the forum home page, a dedicated topic,...
Yes Yes
Instant Messaging
Communicate in the forum like in other IM (Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, Google Talk,...)
Plugin Plugin RSS/Atom Syndication
New posts and threads available using aggregators Syndicate
RSS 2.0
Calendar Plugin Plugin Remote Control
Remote control from external softwares or websites.
No.
Poll Creation No No Friendly URLs
URLs are explicit and contains information about the topic (title, message,...). This is highly recommended for SEO purposes.
Yes Yes
The redirect page can quickly begin boring when you're doing administration tasks. Indeed, each request to the forum causes an HTML redirect (using a <meta> tag). This would be more interesting to directly make a HTTP redirect, which is hidden to the user.
 
 
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