Simple Machines Forum

It includes many custom templates for a personal and professional design of the message boards.SMF is written in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to provide all the features needed from a bulletin board while having an absolute Minimal Impact on the resources of the server. SMF is the next generation of forum software - and best of all it is and will always remain completely free. Here are some key features of "Simple Machines Forum": General Features:PHP and MySQL.Comprehensive template system.Advanced permission and user management.Supports multiple languages at once.Open and well-documented source code.Tracking of new and old unread topics, not just from the last visit.Designed for optimal performance and scalability.Multi-media output. (XHTML, XML, RSS, WAP)Multi-language support from a large community.Package manager that automatically installs or uninstalls mods (also known as hacks.) Security:All actions seamlessly require a session based authorization code.Administrative actions require the user`s password (and do not rely solely on cookies.)Major actions are time and IP locked, preventing `hammering`.The number of login attempts from a certain IP can be limited and time locked. Forum Settings:Ability to display PaGE creation time and query count per page.Put a board into maintenance mode, allowing only admins to login.Word censoring, either full word or partial.Ability to break up long words.Boards and CategoriesGroup boards into collapsible categories.Set categories as non-collapsible.Reorder boards within categories, or reorder categories. Create child boards under other boards. (sub boards)Assign moderators to boards.Allow certain membergroups to access a board, including guests only.Configure permission