Yazd Review - General Features & Requirements

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Web Site: http://www.forumsoftware.ca/
Download here: Download Yazd
Community Forum: Support
Released under: Apache License License.
Current version: 3.0 (January 24, 2007).
Sponsored By: Yasna Inc..
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.

Server & Clients Requirements

Server Requirements
Operating Systems
Systems supporting this software.
  • Linux
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP
  • Solaris
  • FreeBSD
  • OpenBSD
  • NetBSD
Web Server Details
Web servers host the forum software.
  • Apache Tomcat
  • JBoss
  • JoNas
  • Geronimo
Languages Details
Development language.
  • Java 1.4 - J2EE
  • Java 6 - JEE
Databases Details
Systems that store forum datas.
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
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
Localization Details
Languages supported by Yazd.
Yes Yes.
  • French
  • Chinese
  • Arabic
  • Spanish
  • German
  • Italian
  • Norwegian
  • Danish

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
Social Networks
Users can share information from their social network account...
No.
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
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.
No No
Posts
Post Editing Form Details
Details about the manner to post messages.
  • Plain Text
 Emoticons Details No No
Post Editing Format Details
Markup Language (HTML, Wiki, BBCode,...).
  • Plain
 Attachments Details
Attach files (screenshot, archive,...) with a post.
No No
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.
No. Users List Details
List of all user accounts, to helps users searching their friends.
No No
Private Messages Details
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 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 No No Remote Control Details
Remote control from external softwares or websites.
No.
Poll Creation Details No No Friendly URLs
URLs are as short and simple as possible (for better copy/paste and share).
No No
RSS/Atom Syndication Details
New posts and threads available using aggregators Syndicate
No.
 
 
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