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A fully robust and powerful CakePHP forum plugin. Integrates with an external user system, support for topic and forum subscriptions, and many more features listed below.

Requirements

PHP 5.3.0
- Multibyte
- Decoda - https://github.com/milesj/decoda
- TypeConverter - https://github.com/milesj/type-converter
CakePHP 2
- Admin Plugin - https://github.com/milesj/admin
- Utility Plugin - https://github.com/milesj/utility
Composer

Compatibility

v3.3 - CakePHP 2.x, PHP 5.3, Composer
v3.x - CakePHP 2.x, PHP 5.2
v2.x - CakePHP 1.3, PHP 5.2

Contributors

Jose Antonio Sanchez - Spanish Locale
Kristoffer Darj - Swedish Locale

Documentation

Thorough documentation can be found here: http://milesj.me/code/cakephp/forum

Features

Forums

Unlimited Parent and child forums
Activity and latest post tracking
Auto-locking of old topics
Individual settings for reading, posting, replying, etc
Access/private specific forums through ACL
Create topics or polls
Reply to topics, or quote previous posts
Topic and forum subscription with email notifications
Post up and down ratings

Moderation

Moderators, Super Moderators and Admin levels
Restrict moderators to specific forums
Inline moderation and management
Mass processing (Move, Delete, Close, etc)
Ability to edit and manage users content

Administration

Full admin panel using CakePHP Admin plugin
Utilizes ACL for permissions
Can add, edit, order, delete all data
Manage all reported content
Promote, demote, create access levels, staff and moderators
Manage all aspects and content

Security

Utilizes CakePHPs Auth and Security Components
Advanced flood protection (Posts and Topics)
Hourly post limitations
Registration security wall
Form protection against bots and hackers

Miscellaneous

BBCode support using Decoda
Mark topics as read (Session)
Log created topics and posts (Session)
Report system for topics, posts and users
Search through topics (Title and Post)
RSS feeds for each forum

mjohnson / forum

Maintainers

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