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Security
Multiple Role Security
Multiple Levels of Security
User Experience
User Ranks
Avatars
Unread List of topics you have not read.
Active Topics List of topics with activity since your last visit
My Posts List of topics you have posted in or created.
Attachments
Emoticons
Member List
Topic Ratings Ability to rate topics.
Custom Ranks Ability to choose how many ranks and the image related to each rank.
Unanswered List of all topics that have not had a reply.
Quick Jump Drop down list of forum list for quick navigation
Announcements Schedule topics to appear by date range.
Post Preview Active Forums uses AJAX to allow for Preview and post in less than two clicks.
Enhanced Searching All versions of Active Forums give you the ability to search by forum, user and time span. Active Forums Enterprise offers full-text search for more accurate results.
Polls
Topic Status An option to allow you to a topic as Not Resolved, In Progress or Resolved.
Jump to Last Post
Topic Sorting Active Forums gives your users the ability to sort by Subject, Views, Replies, Date Created and Date Last Post.
Quick Reply
Configuration Options
Filters
Sub Forums
HTML Posting
Regular Expressions Create your own regular expressions for transforming text within topics.
Banner Ads Use the built-in DotNetNuke Banner system to display ads within topics. Available with Active Forums Professional and Enterprise.
Moderate
Email
Email Subscriptions
Post Alerts
Moderator Alerts
Email Templates Templates allow you to customize emails sent by the forum.
Forum Email Emails are sent from the address spcified in each forum.
Text/HTML Email notifications are sent out in text and HTML
List Server Ability to post to the forums through email. Available with Active Forums Enterprise Edition
Digest Notifications Available with Active Forums Enterprise Edition
Attachment Options
Allows Attachments
Multiple Attachments
Restrict by Role
Storage Options File System or Database
Image Resizing
Image Size Limits
Create Unique Filenames
File Size Limits
Input Options
Plain Text Box
DNN Default Editor
Active Editor
Plain Text Box w/ HTML
Custom Toolbar Options
Enable/Disable Scripts
Post Via Email
Code Formatting
Design & Layout
Forum Templates
Topic Templates
Topics Templates
Themes
Multiple Themes Included
Support
Community
Knowledgebase
Email
Web
Phone Available with Active Forums Enterprise.
Moderator Options
Move Topic
Split Topic
Edit Topic
Delete Topic
Lock Topic
Approve
Reject
Edit Post Count
Edit User Caption
Disable User Signature
Disable Avatar
Make User Trusted
Monitor User
Disable Attachments
Who's Read
Who's Subscribed

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