XennoBB

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Default installation of XennoBB 2
Author:	Xenno Group
Developer:	Xenno Group
Platform:	PHP / MySQL
Use:	Forum software
License:	GPL
Website:	www.xennobb.com

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XennoBB is a free Internet bulletin board written in the PHP scripting language and based on PunBB. To store its data, XennoBB relies on MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite, and it is licensed under the GNU General Public License.

XennoBB's main goal is to be faster, safer, user-friendly, and not bloated by a large number of rarely-used features as in a number of Bulletin Boards.

1 History
2 XennoBB latest releases
3 XennoBB SE latest releases
4 Features
5 XennoBB Special Edition
6 See also

[edit] History

The name XennoBB comes from xenobiology, which is the SF term for the science who studies extra-terrestrial life. The idea is that XennoBB is an extra-terrestrial (out-of-the-ordinary) bulletin board.

[edit] XennoBB latest releases

2.3.4 (stable) - October 21, 2006
1.0 - 2.3.3 (obsolete)

[edit] XennoBB SE latest releases

1.2.1 (stable) - October 21, 2006
1.2.0 (obsolete) - October 20, 2006

[edit] Features

Here is a list of some of the features in XennoBB:

[edit] General features

Syndication with RSS 1.0 and 2.0, ATOM 0.3 and 1.0 and OPML
Unlimited number of forums, posts, and members
Administrator/Moderator Control Panel
User Map and Module System
Built in Google sitemap generator

[edit] Posting features

Quick reply box
Uses the BBCode markup language
Media embedding (video and audio)
Formatting Toolbar to easily format posts
Emoticons

[edit] Member features

Private messaging system
Built-in referral system
Area of expertise feature
User invitation system

[edit] Administration features

Database backup and restore (via plugin)
Advertising module, with support for Google Adsense, Yahoo Ads, Clicksor, Neogen, and more
Automatic update checker
User groups with specific permissions

[edit] Localization

XennoBB is available in different languages which include:

English
German
Finnish
French
Romanian
Postuguese
Turkish
Russian

[edit] XennoBB Special Edition

XennoBB Special Edition is a special version of XennoBB that includes XennoBB and a Content management system.

[edit] See also

Comparison of Internet forum software

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