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    Lightbulb "MUST HAVES" for forum software

    Long story short - I've lost my mind and decided I need to program my own PHP forum software. :nuts:

    What features would you want to see in it? Anything goes! Something you've seen before, or just thought of, or is completely impossible, let me know! ;)
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    Re: "MUST HAVES" for forum software

    good luck on your project

    features I think should be in a forum:

    PM system

    member groups (so you can limit access for parts of the forum, or entire forum, for non registered users, as well as grant moderation capabilities to selected members)

    easy way to find new posts since last visit, as well as be able to go to first unread post of a thread

    I'm sure there are more, but these three are the ones that pop to me as base functions

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    Re: "MUST HAVES" for forum software

    Thanks for the suggestions

    To make things more interesting, I'll create a poll for the best original ideas or improvements on other "standard" forum features. Features don't have to be just for users, they can be backend tasks too. I'll pay out for the best 5:

    5th: 100 credits
    4th: 200 credits
    3rd: 300 credits
    2nd: 500 credits
    1st: 1000 credits

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    Re: "MUST HAVES" for forum software

    openID support
    Credit system
    Arcade
    better spam protection
    Advanced stats
    ad management
    easy theme system
    social bookmarks
    most popular topic/tags
    most used words
    most common links
    quick reply
    polls
    thread rating
    age restrictive forums
    age restrictive topics

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    Re: "MUST HAVES" for forum software

    Quote Originally Posted by vigge_sWe View Post
    openID support
    Credit system
    Arcade
    better spam protection
    Advanced stats
    ad management
    easy theme system
    social bookmarks
    most popular topic/tags
    most used words
    most common links
    quick reply
    polls
    thread rating
    age restrictive forums
    age restrictive topics
    And 1st through 5th place goes to....Vigge_swe!

    Just kidding But thanks. Every one of those is a great suggestion!
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    Re: "MUST HAVES" for forum software

    Quick reply with AJAX support.
    Shout box
    Link posting restricted to USERCLASS (for better spam protection)
    PM Spam Protection
    Referral System(may integrate it with credit system)
    Some social Networking Features just like Profile,Albums,Add friends,Scrap book etc
    Recyclebin (When a mod deletes a thread or post it should go to recyclebin so that admins can have a look at it)
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    Re: "MUST HAVES" for forum software

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    Re: "MUST HAVES" for forum software

    Thanks, these are all very good ideas!
    Edit:
    So far:

    PM system
    Member groups
    Unread posts since last visit
    Link to first unread post in threads
    openID support
    Credit system
    Arcade
    better spam protection
    Advanced stats
    ad management
    easy theme system
    social bookmarks
    most popular topic/tags
    most used words
    most common links
    quick reply
    polls
    thread rating
    age restrictive forums
    age restrictive topics
    Quick reply with AJAX support.
    Shout box
    Link posting restricted to USERCLASS (for better spam protection)
    PM Spam Protection
    Referral System(may integrate it with credit system)
    Some social Networking Features just like Profile,Albums,Add friends,Scrap book etc
    Recyclebin (When a mod deletes a thread or post it should go to recyclebin so that admins can have a look at it)
    Ad links for referral system

    I know where I'll be for the next year ;)
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    Re: "MUST HAVES" for forum software

    i dont know that someone thinks about that or not but i want a mass registration system for the admin.admin just have to copy a list of email in given section then it assign username with 4 or 5 starting latters of email id and give s a default password to all member and then usually a email send them to require them to activate their account i only want this in my dream forum other features discussed before are available with every forum software

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    Re: "MUST HAVES" for forum software

    So you'd want a "convert a list of emails to registered users" tool? It would create a temp name and temp password using the email address, email the notification to each address, and then the user would click the link to fully register?
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