mjohnson/forum

A CakePHP forum plugin.

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., _(*1)

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, _(*2)

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, _(*3)

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, _(*4)

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, _(*5)

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, _(*6)

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, _(*7)