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Features
The Pubb
Message Board Software for Webcatalog
Sat 07-31-2010Current Version: v1.40

Main Features Currently In Development Future Plans and Requests
The Pubb is a constantly evolving product. As new updates are released, you will see this feature list grow, both in quality and quantity of features. Beginning with v1.40, all features will be denoted with the version in which they were introduced. To get the entire version history of The Pubb, visit http://thepubb.com/versionhistory.tpl.

Global Features

  • Full-HTML based administration
  • Clean URL's. The URL's for The Pubb carry the minimal amount of information possible. This makes The Pubb much hardable to hack, and makes the site look cleaner and less confusing.
  • Ability to ban a user by his username and e-mail
  • Dates and Times are stored in GMT format. Users can set their time zone and have all dates and times reflect their time zone. (v1.40)
  • With the flick of a switch, a user's [cart] value is carried throughout the site
  • Set the format for dates and times to be presented. Display "Today" and "Yesterday" instead of dates, if you so desire (v1.40)
  • Option to require e-mail validation of all registering users (v1.40)
  • Set a list of usernames that you want to disallow users from registering
  • Set a list of reserved words and the method that posts will be searched for those words.
  • Skins allow the administrator to easily customize the way The Pubb looks and feels
  • All e-mails are modifiable.
  • Log the IP's of all posts if you wish (only administrators and moderators can view logged IP's) (v1.40)
  • Optionally show a users's image, level, # of posts, join date, and/or location below their name for each post (v1.40)

Forum Features

  • Infinite number of forums is supported
  • Forums can be sub-organized by category
  • Anonymous posting is set on a per-forum level, as is the name for Anonymous posters (v1.40)
  • Set how many replies make a topic a "hot topic", per forum (v1.40)
  • Set each of the levels required to read, post, and reply in a forum, on a per forum basis
  • Integrity - choose how many days are allowed before editing of a message is restricted.
  • Multiple - levels of forum moderation. Support for infinite moderators per forum. Moderators can delete, open and close threads. (v1.40) (updated)
  • Each forum can set whether it will be a flat-view message board, or a threaded-view

User Features

  • Any browser that supports tables can use The Pubb. Javascript is not used at all in the codebase, and cookies are only required for advanced user preferences.
  • Registered users can set their preferences via cookies, including their time zone, default number of days worth of posts to view, number of topics/messages to view per page, and their sorting preferences (v1.40)
  • Users can login via browser authentication or cookie authentication (v1.40)
  • Selectable author image to suit your personal character (v1.40)
  • Stores date and time of last visit and all newly posted or replied-to topics get a different image icon next to them. (v1.40)
  • Ability to edit your message an infinite number of times
  • Choose whether you want your e-mail address viewable by others
  • Printable version link - Provides a text-only version of the topic page that is printer-friendly (v1.40)
  • Mail-friend - this allows you to send an e-mail to a friend telling them to check out the current topic. (v1.40)
  • Full search options. Users can only search forums that they have the required real level access for.
  • Choose an icon that represents what the post is about
  • Can modify their personal information at will. If e-mail validation is required, then they will have to re-validate themselves if they change their e-mail address. (v1.40)
  • Define a signature that will automatically be appended to all of your past and present posts. (v1.40)

Plus more!