What is SMF?
Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is a free forum board platform, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.
Its powerful custom made template engine puts you in full control of the lay-out of your message board and with our unique SSI - or Server Side Includes - function you can let your forum and your website interact with each other.
SMF is written in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to provide you with all the features you need from a bulletin board while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. SMF is the next generation of forum software.
Features:
General
* Uses PHP and MySQL.
* Comprehensive template system.
* Advanced permission and user management.
* Supports multiple languages at once.
* Open and well-documented source code.
* Tracking of new and old unread topics, not just from your last visit.
* Designed for optimal performance and scalability.
* Multi-media output. (XHTML, XML, RSS, WAP)
* Multi-language support from a large community.
* Package manager that automatically installs or uninstalls mods (also known as hacks.)
Security
* All actions seamlessly require a session based authorization code.
* Administrative actions require the user's password (and do not rely solely on cookies.)
* Major actions are time and IP locked, preventing 'hammering'.
* The number of login attempts from a certain IP can be limited and time locked.
Forum Settings
* Ability to display page creation time and query count per page.
* Put a board into maintenance mode, allowing only admins to login.
* Word censoring, either full word or partial.
* Ability to break up long words.
Boards and Categories
* Group boards into collapsible categories.
* Set categories as non-collapsible.
* Reorder boards within categories, or reorder categories.
* Create child boards under other boards. (sub boards)
* Assign moderators to boards.
* Allow certain membergroups to access a board, including guests only.
* Configure permissions for each membergroup on the board level.
* Ability to indicate new posts to child boards but nothing new in parent.
Member Navigation and Authentication
* Several security checks during navigation.
* Password reminder option, by email with confirmation. (doesn't automatically reset your password.)
* Both cookie and session based authentication (works without cookies.)
* Cookies can be set local to a path, global to all subdomains, or normally.
* Adjustable expiration time for authentication cookies.
Member Tracking and Tracing
* Sortable and searchable public memberlist (accessible by a permission.)
* Powerful sortable and searchable admin memberlist.
* Show all (error) messages and IPs made by a member. (track user)
* Show all (error) messages from an IP address or range. (track IP)
* See who's doing what (accessible by permission.)
Statistics
* Several board statistics (accessible by permission.)
* Tracking of member's online time in seconds.
* Tracking of topics, messages, new members, and hits per day.
* Individual member statistics accessible from their profile.
News and Announcements
* Ability to create announcement boards (members receive a notification of topics automatically.)
* Member option to disable receiving announcements.
* Email or private message your members by membergroup.
* Show a news ticker or news fader.
Communication
* Ability to choose sendmail or SMTP (with or without authentication.)
* Ability to send a topic to a friend.
* Ability to view a "printer friendly" version of topics.
External integration
* Integrate parts of forum software into existing website using SSI or PHP.
o Recent topics or posts.
o Recent news posts in a board.
o Recent polls.
o Several forum statistics.
o List of users online.
o The menu bar.
o News.
o Search.
o Login/logout.
o Today's events/birthdays/holidays.
* Export forum data using XML/RSS
o Latest members.
o News.
o Recent posts.
Wireless access
* Support for WAP, WAP2 and I-mode protocols.
* Browse through boards/topics/messages with reduced page size.
* Ability to login and logout (not with WAP 1.)
* Ability to see new topics/boards with new replies.
* Ability to jump to first unread reply.
* Ability to post new messages (not with WAP 1.)
Theming and Templating
* Ability to allow or disallow your users to select their own theme.
* Ability to reset all of your members to a certain theme.
* Ability to install a new theme via your administration center.
* Default templates are XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS 2.0 compliant.
* Admin can add smileys and smiley sets.
* Members can choose which smiley set they wish to use (or none.)
* Themes can be installed by way of the "latest and greatest themes" panel.
* SSI can have and show layers and the like from the template system.
Posting Features
* Spell Check.
* Quick Reply
o Members can disable it or collapse it.
o Can be used with "Quote".
o Also contains "Spell Check".
* Vast number of "bulletin board codes" to use (including rtl, acronym, and others.)
* Optional editing grace period before a post is shown as modified.
* 'Insert Quote' feature on posting screen to quickly quote previous replies.
Attachments
* Allowed on a per member group or board basis.
* The filename can be encrypted to increase the security (so you can upload .php files, etc.)
* Optional restriction on what filetypes may be uploaded.
* Ability to restrict such that only registered members can view them (disables hotlinking, mostly.)
* Images can be embedded into posts.
Calendar Support
* Shows Birthdays, Events and Holidays.
* Display calendar information on board index.
* Link an existing topic to the calendar.
* Allow only certain members/groups post events.
* Event poster can edit event.
* Events can span multiple days.
SMF Demo and fetures
How about short description above?now lets into main purpose of this post to get SMF premium member template, of course to make your forum site look different other that standard version.
These premium templates by dzinerstudio, and shared here for you...
download file contains seven premium templates,here are some short descrptions:
Noize
Noize is our new premium theme release. It's slick and bright look is created by using a subtle transparency effect throughout the theme combined with vibrant contrasting colors. Noize comes in 4 modern color variations (orange, blue, green and pink) which can be changed in your admin cpanel.
As always the theme can be easily customized as it comes with fully sliced Fireworks Png files.
- Full Fireworks Png files
- Compatible with: SMF 1.1
- Browser tested: IE 7, FireFox, Opera, Safari
DSV4
DSv4 is our latest premium theme release, which is our present default theme. The use of contrasting colors gives this theme its slick & trendy look, perfect for any type of website. DSv4 also has a few custom features included (all settable in current theme settings) like: show or hide date/searchbox, quickly add up to three toplinks and an option to switch the main menu style.
To guarantee the full customisation of DSv4, we provide fully sliced photoshop PSD files of this theme, logo and on/off buttons.
Full Photoshop Psd files
- Compatible with: SMF 1.1, SMF 2.0, TP 1.0
- Browser tested: IE 7, FireFox, Opera, Safari
And these templates inside a files :
SMF CARGO
SMF INDIGO 1
SMF INDIGO 2
SMF NEW BALANCE 1
SMF NEW BALANCE 2
DEMO Simplemachines premium forum board template
Please Report ASAP if there some dead links with reply or post comment here...thanx... a download link button bottom under of this image....
Download Simplemachines premium forum board template
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