ProBoards Forum Features

Full Feature List

The features listed below provide a more complete inventory of ProBoards many user and administrative tools.

Posting

• Attachments — ProBoards forums come with 200MB of free attachment space!
• Flood Control — Our system automatically detects excessive quick posting and throttles the rate at which posts can be made.
• Vote Changing — Our poll system allows you to specify if votes can be retracted.
• BBCode — The BBCode system allows you to stylize your posts adding color, images, and more.
• Polls — You can add a poll to topics you post that registered members can vote on.
• Posting Preview — Before posting your message you can click "Preview" to see how your message will look before it is posted.
• Quick Reply — At the bottom of each topic you will find a Quick Reply box that allows you to reply to the topic without needing to navigate to a new page first.
• Message Icons — When creating a topic you can pick from a variety of icons to display next to your topic.
• Multiple Poll Votes — Optionally you can allow members to vote for multiple choices in a poll.
• Automatic Image Thumbnails — When posting an image attachment, a preview thumbnail is automatically added to your post.
• Quoting — When replying to a posted message, you can click "quote" to quote the message you are replying to.
• YouTube™ Embedding — Insert videos from YouTube into your posts using our [youtube]Video URL[/youtube] BBCode tag.
• Formatting Toolbar — We provide an easy to use toolbar for inserting BBCode tags into your posts.
• Smilies — We offer a variety of image smileys that convert text such as :) into an image version of the smile.

Moderation

• Moderators — Moderators are members of your forum that you assign special powers to, such as the ability to lock or delete topics.
• Per-Board Moderation — We offer a fully functional "Report to Moderator" system for posts.
• Move Topics — Our Move Topics feature allows you to move a topic from one board to another quickly and easily.
• Merge Topics — Using our Move Posts feature you can take all the posts from one topic and merge them into another existing topic.
• Post Editing — After making a post you can edit it to make any necessary changes.
• User Notes — Moderators can store notes about users in the user's profile.
• Split Topics — Using our Move Posts feature you can split a topic from a particular point onwards and move it into a new topic.
• Sticky Topics — Sticky Topics are topics that stay at the top of a board, usually used for posting rules or important announcements related to a particular board.
• Lock Topics — Locking a topic prevents further posting in it.
• Moderator Toolbar — At the bottom of each topic, moderators will see a toolbar of various moderating options they have access to.
• Announcement Topics — Announcements are topics that are displayed at the top of every board in your forum.
• Remove Topics — Removing a topic deletes it from your forum.
• Move Posts — You can take one (or more) posts from a topic and move them to a new topic or an existing topic.

Forum

• Advanced Forum Search — Search all posts on your forum with advanced options from your forum's search page.
• Post Linking — Each post has a "Link to Post" link at the bottom. When clicked, will take the visitor directly to the post.
• Past 24 Hours Users — The Info Center displays the list of users who were active in the last 24 hours on your forum.
• Recent Post Viewing — You can easily view the most recent posts on your forum by clicking the Recent Posts link in the Info Center.
• Social Sharing — You can easily share a topic with your friends using the "share" button at the top of each topic.
• Personal Messaging — Registered members can send direct messages to other users on your forum.
• Info Center — Your forum's homepage comes with an Info Center at the bottom displaying important information about your forum.
• Active Topic Indication — Topics with a large number of replies gain a special icon indicating an active discussion.
• PM Multiple Recipients — You can send a personal message to multiple recipients by separating their names with a comma. e.g.: sally,tom
• News Fader — You can optionally display your forum's news on your homepage through the News Fader feature.
• Forum Statistics — In your Info Center you can view information about the total number of topics, posts, and members.
• Topic Participation Listing — By clicking on the number of replies to a topic you can see who has participated in the topic.
• Boards — Each board is a place where you can start discussions with other members.
• New Topic Indication — Topics with postings you have not read will have a "new" icon next to them.
• New Topics Viewing — At the top of each page there is a "New Topics" button which will take you to a listing of all the newest topics on your forum.
• Bookmark Topics — You can bookmark topics for easy viewing later.
• Live Chat — We offer the option to add a live java chatroom to your forum, provided by addonChat.
• Sub-boards — A sub-board is a board inside of another board. Usually you create sub-boards to better organize discussions about a topic.
• Birthday Notification — The bottom of your forum's homepage displays the birthdays for your forum.
• Personal Message Notification — You can opt to receive an email or alert when a new message arrives for you.
• Print Topics — Each topic has a "print" button at the top that takes you to a printer friendly version of the topic.
• Users Online — In the Info Center you will find a list of the users who are currently online at your forum.
• Report Posts — Members of your forum can report posts to moderators using the "Report to Mod" link at the bottom of each post.
• Calendar — You can optionally enable a calendar on your forum where you can add events.
• Forum Jump — At the bottom of your forum you will find a drop down that can help you quickly navigate to other boards on your forum.
• Password Protected Boards — Optionally each board can be password protected. Only visitors who know the password will be granted access to the board.
• Categories — Organize your forum's boards into different categories to make it easy to navigate.

Administration

• Temporary Bans — Ban a member for a set amount of time by specifying a time length for a ban.
• Custom Group Colors — Each user group can be set to a particular color.
• Security Log — Our security log shows you a listing of important actions performed by your moderators and users.
• IP Banning — Ban visitors to your forum based on their IP address.
• User Group Management — Create and customize different user groups.
• Custom HTML/JavaScript/CSS — Our "Headers and Footers" section allows you to enter custom HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Custom Images — Customize all of the images on your forum in one place.
• Warning System — To easily keep track of problem members you can increase their warning level.
• Username Banning — Ban a single user from your forum based on their username.
• Category Management — Easily create, modify, or delete categories.
• Reserved Names — Prevent users from using certain names in their username or display name on your forum.
• Ranks — Specify different ranks for members based on their post count. Ranks are displayed underneath the user's name.
• Permanent Bans — You can ban members from your forum to prevent them from coming back.
• Censored Words — Using our censored words system you can change one word into another on your forum.
• Email Banning — Ban registered members with a particular email address from accessing your forum.
• Board Management — Create, modify, or delete boards from your forum's Administration Panel.
• Mass E-Mail — Send an email to all members of your forum.
• Mass Personal Messaging — Quickly send a message to all the members of your forum.
• Maintenance Mode — Your forum can be placed into Maintenance Mode which prevents non-staff from accessing it. This is useful if you want to make many changes or restrict access to your forum.
• Forum Pruning — Remove old posts from your forum through our easy interface.
• User IP Logging — When posts are made by a user, their IP address is logged in the post.
• Member Search — Search members of your forum based on a variety of options including IP and email.
• Attachment Management — View and remove attachments from all posts in one place.
• Forum Color Management — Easily change your forum colors.
• Skins — Create different skins to give your forum different unique looks.
• Custom Powers for Groups — Allocate different moderator powers to different user groups.

Paid Features

• Ad-Free — We offer a monthly ad-free service that removes all advertisements from your forum. Full details can be found in your forum's admin panel under Paid Features.
• iPhone Application — Download the ProBoards application on the App Store to visit and post on your forum using your mobile device.
• Forum URL Change — For a one time fee you can change your forum URL. Full details can be found in your forum's admin panel under Paid Features.
• Android Application — You can download the ProBoards App from the Android Marketplace. Great for browsing your forum on the go!
• Domain Names — You can link your own domain name (such as your-name.com) to your forum for a yearly fee. Full details can be found in your forum's admin panel under Paid Features.

Members

• Bookmark Management — View and remove your bookmarks from an easy to manage screen.
• Forum Avatars — Select from a pre-made avatar if you don't have your own.
• Mini Profiles — Next to each post we display the poster's mini profile. This includes information such as their member group, rank, avatar, personal text and other information.
• Most Recent Posts — On each user's profile you can easily view their most recent posts.
• User Signatures — You can create your own custom signature that is displayed at the bottom of each post.
• User Preferences — We offer you the ability to to customize your experience on our forums with various settings.
• Bookmark Notification — Optionally receive a personal message or email when one of your bookmarks has been updated.
• Member Listing — Registered users can view a list of all registered members on a forum.
• User Avatars — You can choose to display an image with your postings.
• Display Names — Your display name is the name displayed next to your posts. You can customize this from the Modify Profile page on your forum.
• Ranks — As you post on a forum your rank will increase. This gives you different titles and stars under your name.
• User Groups — Users can be placed into different User Groups. User Groups are normally used for moderation purposes, as each group can be customized to allow for certain forum powers.
• Selectable Skins — If a forum offers multiple skins, you can switch between them to have a different look and feel to the forum.
• Personal Text — Beneath your avatar you can display a short message.

Registration

• Optional Staff Verification — Allows for manual review of new accounts before they are granted full registration status on your forum.
• Age Confirmation — ProBoards users must be at least 13 years old.
• Email Verification — We verify that the email address a user registers with is valid by sending a confirmation code.
• CAPTCHA Visual Confirmation — All registrations require validation via CAPTCHA to ensure that bots are not creating accounts on your forum.