NuclearBB
NuclearBB is a free, open-source forum system offering many features
Features
NuclearBB contains the majority of standard features found in bulletin board software today.
Key features include ease of installation, customisability, and an extensive control panel for both users, moderators and administrators. As this software is developed in PHP and MySQL, which are freely available, the forum software can work on most servers that support PHP and MySQL.
The following is a condensed list of features for NuclearBB:
General Features
- Unlimited amount of forums, members, threads, and posts
- Full Text Search Engine
- Intuitive and comprehensive Administration Control Panel
- Coded in PHP
- Powerful permissions system
Member Features
- Custom profiles and settings for each user
- User Control Panel to manage user's profile, options, and private messages
- Private Messaging system
Posting Features
- Smilies
- BBCodes: Bolding, Italicising, Underlining, Colouring, etc
- More Options
Thread Features
- Reporting Posts
- Thread Subscribing
Moderator Features
- Deleting Topics/Posts
- Warning Users
- Hiding Topics/Posts
- Approving Posts/Topics
Administration Features
- Adding Categories, Forums and Subforums
- Adding and Editing User Ranks
- Adding and Managing Groups
- Inflicting Infractions Upon Rule-Breaking Users
- Managing Automatic Task Execution
- Managing and Banning User Accounts
- Managing Censors
- Managing Forum Permissions
- Managing Global Permissions
- Managing Smilies
A full feature listing can be found here.
Customisability
NuclearBB is easily customised, using HTML and CSS files in the styles directory.
The software allows the webmaster to modify the default theme through the flat files in the software. Alternatively, the webmaster can apply their own theme.