FUDforum is a free, open source online forum developed by Advanced Internet Designs Inc. The name “FUDforum” is an abbreviation of the “Fast Uncompromising Discussion forum” [3] . FUDforum is a forum with extensive customization capabilities and a rich set of features that make it stand out compared to other forums [4] .
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FUDforum can run on many operating systems that support PHP , including Unix , Linux, and versions of Windows . FUDforum can use MySQL , PostgreSQL , MS SQL , IBM DB2 , PostgreSQL , Firebird or SQLite to store data. The forum interface is based on XHTML with CSS , jQuery and AJAX , which provides a flexible user interface [5] .
The source code is released under the GNU General Public License (version 2) and any Internet sites can use it for free. It has localization for more than 50 languages.
History
The development of FUDforum was started by Ilia Alshanetsky , a security expert and one of the leading developers of the PHP language. In recent years, several stable versions have been released, including:
- 2001 : Several versions of the preliminary releases and the first release starting in October.
- 2002 : v1.1.0 (28.01), v1.1.1 (1.02), v1.1.2 (19.02), v1.2.1 (23.02), v1.2.2 (6.03), v1.2.3 (18.03), v1.2.4 (28.03) , v1.2.7 (18.04), v1.2.8 (3.05), v2.0.0 (7.05), v2.0.1 (7.06), v2.0.2 (13.06), v2.1.0 (18.06), v2.1.1 (21.06), v2.1.2 (27.06), v2.1.3 (1.07), v2.2.0 (4.07), v2.2.1 (8.07), v2.2.2 (12.07), v2.2.3 (13.07), v2.2.5 (6.08), v2 .3.0 (25.08), v2.3.1 (10.10), v2.3.2 (30.09), v2.3.4 (27.10), v2.3.5 (11.01).
- 2003 : v2.3.6 (6.01), v2.3.7 (23.01), v2.3.8 (6.03), v2.5.0 (26.06), v2.5.1 (30.07), v2.5.2 (31.07).
- 2004 : v2.6.0 (4.01), v2.6.1 (17.03), v2.6.2 (14.04), v2.6.3 (17.05), v2.6.4 (8.06), v2.6.5 (30.08), v2.6.6 (31.08) , v2.6.7 (18.10), v2.6.8 (15.11), v2.6.9 (14.12).
- 2005 : v2.6.10 (16.02), v2.6.11 (18.02), v2.6.12 (23.03), v2.6.13 (24.05), v2.6.14 (11.07), v2.6.15 (11.07), v2.7.0 (23.08) , v2.7.1 (23.08), v2.7.2 (29.08), v2.7.3 (27.10).
- 2006 : v2.7.4 (1.02), v2.7.5 (9.06), v2.7.6 (19.09).
- 2007 : v2.7.7 (1.10).
- 2009 : v2.8.0 (22.02), v2.8.1 (21.05), v3.0.0 (1.11).
- 2010 : v3.0.1 (13.04), v3.0.2 (20.11).
- 2011 : v3.0.3 (09.09).
Requirements
For FUDforum to work, the following software must be installed:
- PHP- enabled web server such as Apache or Microsoft Internet Information Services
- PHP version 4 (4.3.0 and higher) or 5;
- Database management system , with support for MySQL 4 or 5, MS SQL , IBM DB2 , PostgreSQL , Firebird and SQLite . SQLite is supported through the PHP PDO extension driver.
Features
The most important features of FUDforum are:
- Software support for an unlimited number of participants, forums, posts, topics and attachments.
- The ability to download messages from USENET groups and E-mail newsletter lists with reverse synchronization of responses in the forum with these groups and mailing lists.
- Customizable design system based on templates.
- Translated into many languages, including Russian.
- Generating URL messages in a friendly form for Internet search engines .
- Flood and spam protection with Captcha .
- User blacklist support and IP blocking.
- Messages can be stored in a database or as files to increase performance.
- Themes can be displayed as a list or as a tree.
- Support for custom avatars .
- Personal messaging system.
- Create polls.
- Built-in search engine .
- Creating RSS feeds.
- Message and quick response editors that support BBCode , HTML , plain text and emoticons .
- Control panels for user, moderator and administrator.
- The system for managing the rights of users and user groups.
- A plug-in support system that can be used to expand the capabilities of the forum.
- To familiarize yourself with the capabilities of the forum, there is a local compact version of FUDForum2GO for Microsoft Windows, which can work from a USB drive or any partition on your hard drive without Internet access.
Integration
The integration of FUDforum with Mediawiki is provided by a special extension. There is a module for integrating Drupal . FUDforum can also integrate with DokuWiki and eGroupWare (except for eGroupware version 1.6).
Integration with third-party software can be implemented through a special application programming interface called FUDAPI.
Conversion
The developers provide a number of scripts that provide the conversion of other forums and WebBBS to FUDforum:
- IkonBoard ;
- Invision Power Board 1.1.X / 1.3.X;
- OpenBB
- Phorum ;
- phpBB2 ;
- punBB ;
- Sporum ;
- UBB threads 6.1;
- VBulletin 2;
- WoltLab Bulletin Board;
- WWWBoard ;
- XMB 1.8+;
- Yabb and Yabb DC [6] .
Security and Vulnerability
There are no known vulnerabilities in the current version of FUDforum.
See also
- Content Management Systems : Drupal , MediaWiki and eGroupWare .
Notes
- ↑ FUDforum 3.0.5 released
- ↑ http://sourceforge.net/p/fudforum/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/COPYING
- ↑ Support Forum at fudforum.org
- ↑ Forum-software.org's review
- ↑ AJAX Magazine, May 8, 2006 Archived February 23, 2009. (eng.)
- ↑ FUDforum Wiki Archived on March 6, 2009. (eng.)