Forum v5.1.0
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