PowerTools - phpBB
 
Easy to Use Administration Centre
  • General configuration
  • Forum & category setup
  • Easy database backup and restore
  • Disallowed usernames
  • User authorisation
  • Word censoring
  • Total member management
  • Emoticon setup
  • Optional new post verification
  • Extensive ban management, ban by address, username or  IP address/hostname
  • IP tracking of posts and posters
  • Mass emailing of groups and users by the administrator
Support
  • All this is supported by an increasingly large, thriving and friendly community of members from all over the world ready to help with any problems, suggestions or just for general discussion!
Style and Customisation
  • Multiple styles available for the user to choose from
  • Templates separated from the PHP code so that new layouts can easily be created or integrated with your current site design
  • Complete control of fonts and colours with cascading style sheets (CSS)
  • Active community creating addons and specialised modifications
Moderation Features
  • Topic editing
  • Mass delete/move/ lock/unlock of posts
  • Topic splitting
  • Option of auto-pruning of old or unanswered messages
Security
  • Designed with security as a priority
  • Powerful and extensive authorisation system
  • Strong encryption to keep passwords safe in the database
  • Support for cookie and URI-based sessions
Member Features
  • Unlimited members
  • Personal profile creation
  • Post counting and administrator-definable ranks for users
  • Email-like private messaging system
  • Supports local, remote and uploadable avatars