w-agora : Detailed features

Requirements

  

• a WEB server (Apache, IIS, PWS and others)
• PHP 3.0.8 or greater, PHP4
• a database installed (mysql, postgres, oracle, or MSSQL...)

Administrator / Webmaster features

  

Multi database support:

w-agora uses a database to store the messages.
Several database backends are supported such as mSQL, mySQL, postgreSQL, Oracle or Microsoft SQL server several rDBMS backends are supported : mSQL, mySQL, postgreSQL, Oracle as well as flat files ([*]DBM) access to store notes

Multiple forums:

You can install several forums (all forums can be managed via your web browser)

Localization:

w-agora speak several languages (english, french, portuguese, japanese, german, dutch, spanish, ...)

Web-based administration:

(to create/ configure sites, forums, customize look-and-feel, delete notes, ...)

Customization:

all messages (including buttons, texts, titles), frames, forms are customizable by the use of templates, for example :
• Frames or no frames option
• Post/reply in a new window (optional)
• Threaded mode or flat mode
• layout of lists, threads
• header, footer,
• ...

Publishing option:

Allow/disallow HTML, file upload, convert smileys, etc...

Static/dynamic mode:

Notes (posted messages) can be stored either in a HTML file or generated on-the-fly. In both cases, the notes are generated from a customizable template

Message highlighting:

The messages can be displayed in different colours depending on their date (this option is available for each forum)

Email notification:

Message can be sent to the administrator when a user post or modify a document.

3 levels of administration:

• root (system administrator) who have all rights on anything
• administrator: can administrate sites and manage (create, edit, delete) forums and users into a site
• moderator : are responsible of some forums into a site, can moderate, edit, remove messages

4 forum access types:

• private : can be accessed only by users created throw the administration interface
• restricted : can be read by everyone but only validated users (eg. accepted by the moderator) can post on it.
• registered : can be read by everyone but only registered users can write
• public : free for read & post

Moderation option:

Each forum (regardless of his type) can be moderated: ie: messages posted by end users are hidden until the moderator decide to validate them.

Online User registration:

Users can register online in a site. They can choose a userid then a password is generated and sent to they email address. The user can later change his password at any time

Forum activation/deactivation:

For maintenance purpose, a forum can be :
• locked: Users can still access information but can not write to it
• offline: The forum is not accessible

Extensibility:

Capability to execute a PHP script (plugin) in each sections/pages of the forums

End User side

  

Threaded messages:

Users can reply to messages and reply to replies.
Message can be nested without any limit
This feature can be turned off for some particular forums types (such as download areas, guestbooks, ...)

File upload support:

Optional
Users can attach documents to their notes. Attachments can be displayed "inline" (text files, images) or as links depending on the publisher's choice

Browse the file system:

Browse the file system on which the HTTP server runs to publish on the WEB (optional)

Email:

• replies sent to users by email
• thread subscription
• forum subscritption

URL auto:

Auto conversion to links of embedded URLs

Search:

Search in forum (via swish, Namazu search engines or search into database)

Forum download:

A user can download a complete forum in one big HTML file, This can be useful to read the messages off-line

and more...