Yazd Review - Forum Features & Requirements

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Sponsored by Yasna Inc..
Current version 3.0 (January 24, 2007).
Released under Apache License License.
Price Free.

From Yazd website:

Yazd is an open-source (Apache License) discussion forum software that you can download customize and use. Yazd is a Java based forum software that can easily be configured through an admin interface. This discussion forum software is highly flexible and uses JDBC to connect to a backend database.

Yazd discussion forum software is absolutely free and open-source. We are working on the new version Yazd discussion forum software. We have integerated some nice features into the new forum software to ensure easy integeration and higher security. We have also translated the vodka skin to French, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, German, Italian, Norwegian and Danish. With minimal changes you can implement a discussion forum in those languages.

Recommended Average Size of a Community

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

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Community Size Average

Server & Clients Requirements

Server Requirements
Server Technology
The technology on which this forum software is based on.
Java / JEE
Operating Systems
Systems supporting this software.
LinuxWindows Server 2003
Windows XPSolaris
FreeBSDOpenBSD
NetBSD
Web Servers
Web servers host the forum software.
  • Apache Tomcat
  • JBoss
  • JoNas
  • Geronimo
Languages
Development language.
  • Java 1.4 - J2EE
  • Java 6 - JEE
Databases
Systems that store forum datas.
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
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 Yazd.
Yes Yes.
Supported Languages:
Arabic Arabic Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)
Danish Danish French French
German German Italian Italian
Norwegian Norwegian Spanish Spanish

Yazd is working on two major databases systems: Oracle and MySQL, and is compatible with main JEE Application Servers.

Forum Threads & Posts

Forum Threads
Forum Style
General appearance of the topics.
Flat
Thread Icons
An icon that identifies the type of a topic.
No No
Forum Organization
Organize your forum with categories, sections,...
  • Forum Categories
  • Sub Sections
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.
No No
Hidden Topics
Some topics are only accessible to a limited list of users.
No No
Posts
Message Editing Form
Details about the manner to post messages.
  • Plain Text
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
Post by Email
Post to a topic directly from your email box.
- -
Message Rating
Users can rate the quality of other users posts.
No No 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,...)
No No RSS/Atom Syndication
New posts and threads available using aggregators Syndicate
    Calendar No No 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.
    No No
     
     
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