Message Board Features
Appearance Features
Domains
Use your own domain name for your message board. - Learn how.
Clean Layout
Our non-threaded message boards are clean and easy-to-use.
Headers and Footers
Specify your own headers and footers for every page.
Colors
Completely customize all colors and options used. (table width, border color, font, cell padding, etc.)
Custom Images
Use the default image set or choose your own buttons and icons to use on your message board.
Skins
Skins allow you to easily change the look and feel of your message board to a professionally designed layout.
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General Features
Unlimited
Your message board can hold an unlimited number of forums, categories, threads, replies, and members.
Live Chat Room
Your message board will come with a free limited chat room. The chat room will be limited to 3 simultaneous users and no transcript recording capabilities. You can also choose to upgrade to an unlimited chat room. More info.
File Uploading
The file uploading feature allows your message board users to attach files to their posts and upload their own avatar image from their computer.
Content Syndication
Your RSS feed will allow you to view the newest threads posted in your message board using an RSS reader. Plus, the JavaScript and XML feeds will allow you to integrate the newest posted threads directly into your website.
WYSIWYG
The advanced WYSIWYG editor allows your messages board users to design and post advanced messages without knowing HTML.
EasyCode
EasyCode allows your messages board users to post advanced messages without knowing HTML.
Member Titles
The Member Titles feature allows you to assign titles to your members manually or automatically depending on the number of posts they have made.
Custom Profile
This feature allows you to edit and add your own fields to member profiles.
Private Messaging
Private messaging is a convenient way for your members to contact one another privately without disclosing their email address. It's like an email system built right into your message board!
Member Registration
You can either require your visitors to register before they can post or you can allow anyone to post with a name and/or email address.
Lock Threads/Forums
Lock threads or forums so that new posts cannot be made in them.
Pin Threads
Pin threads so they stay at the top of a forum. This is ideal for posting announcements.
Mailing Lists
Easily email all of your message board users.
Email Notifications
Administrators can choose to receive an email notification when a new thread, reply, or registration occurs. Your message board users can subscribe to any thread or forum, allowing them to receive email notifications of replies or new threads.
Smile!
Bring your message board to life with graphical smilies. Twenty-six smilies are included by default, plus, you can add an unlimited number of your own smilies.
Statistics
View detailed graphs and statistics about your message board posts, members, and pageviews.
Search Engines
Our message boards are equipped with three search engines:
1. Keyword Search - find posts that contain specific keywords
2. Member Post Search - find posts created by a specific member
3. Member Search - find registered members
Spell Checker
The built-in spell checker is great for business message boards, where mispellings can ruin a company image.
Thread Review
Enabling this option will allow your users to view the last few posts in a thread when posting a reply.
Manageable
Delete/Edit/Move posts and Delete/Edit/Ban members easily right through your message board.
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Security Features
Moderators
Assign multiple moderators with many different detailed access rights.
Approval
Approve posts, replies, and registrations before they go live.
Password Protection
Password protect your entire message board or even a separate forum.
Access Rights
Set access rights, allowing only moderators or approved members to view and/or post to a forum.
HTML and Profanity Filters
Block HTML and profanity from being posted. You can even add extra words to the profanity filter.
Banning
Use IP and email address banning to stop unwanted visitors from accessing your message board.
Post Flood Prevention
Activate this feature to stop people from flooding your message board with posts.
Image Verification
This feature, also known as CAPTCHAs, is used to verify that a human is posting the message rather than a spam robot. It automatically activates when a message that looks like spam is posted. It can also be permanently turned on for maximum spam protection.
Email Spam Prevention
Robots on the Internet can scan web pages for email addresses, collect them, and then send hundreds of junk emails to them. Our message board system has been built to automatically hide all email addresses from the public, stopping SPAM robots completely.
Post Spam Prevention
Advanced spam robots on the Internet can now automatically submit forms on a website to make garbage posts that would increase the spam company's position in search engines. Our system has advanced filters built in that automatically detect and refuse those unwanted posts.
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