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Intuitive Layout
Encourage users to participate with an interface optimized for user participation. Users can easily find topics of interest and post their replies.
User Profile Tools
Let users register for accounts and choose favorite topics, profile preferences, additional personal information, and e-mail notification.
Searching and Navigation
Find content of interest through keyword and by-date searches covering message text, author name, and thread title. Users can limit searches to their "favorite" topics.
Formatting and Upload Tools
Upload images (GIF, JPEG, PNG) and attachments (e.g. Word documents or PDFs) to supplement a post. Posts can be formatted using HTML or formatting tags.
Member Directory and Messaging
List and search user profiles through the user interface. Members can send private messages to each other via e-mail without revealing their e-mail address to each other.
E-mail Notification and Post
Actively involve your users by letting them sign up for e-mail notification. Messages can be posted to the discussion board by replying to those notifications by e-mail.
Forgotten Password Recovery
Make your discussion system more inviting by allowing users who have forgotten their login details to reset their password automatically.
Translations
Present Discus Professional in your native language. The user interface is available in English and 15 non-English languages.
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Comprehensive Web-based Administration
Perform all of your discussion board administration through an easy-to-use web interface. No FTP or shell access to the server is needed to administer the discussion board once it's been installed.
Content Management Tools
Keep complete control with the ability to delete, edit, move, or reorder any message or thread. Subtopics and threads can be created to unlimited depth to apply granular organization as desired.
Moderators
Assign editing privileges to moderators for topics and groups of users. Moderators can make changes only to those items they are authorized to edit.
User Administration
Add, remove, and modify user accounts through the web-based administration interface. Approve or reject user applications.
Message Queue
Protect some or all topics by requiring moderator approval of messages before they are posted into public view.
Archiving and Pruning
Configure Discus to automatically archive or delete messages or threads based on the amount of content posted. Or, with one click remove or archive old content.
Profanity Filtering
Prevent abusive language on your discussion board by enabling the profanity filter (with a customizable word list).
Online Update
Upgrade your discussion software to the latest version without even leaving your browser through the redesigned Version Manager interface.
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DiscusWare's Security Record
Keep your discussion board safe from hackers. In the 8+ years that DiscusWare has been developing discussion software, there has not been a single confirmed security hole in Discus that allowed someone to "hack" in and gain unauthorized access to a server.
Per-Topic Privileges
Specify who can post and who can read for each discussion topic. You can open these privileges for everyone or restrict them just to certain groups of users. You can use different settings for each topic on your discussion board.
Login and Forgotten Password
Optionally configure your discussion board to require a login before any reading or posting is permitted. A "forgotten password" link helps users regain access even if they have lost their login details.
Backup and Restore
Create backups and restore them if necessary through the administration interface. Backups are written in the standard "tar" format, and can optionally be compressed.
MySQL Database
Store user data, posting logs, and search data in a MySQL database for greater performance of your discussion board and superior reliability in data storage.
Customizable
Integrate the discussion board into your site by customizing the "skin" file. This one customizable "skin" file controls the look and feel of all screens produced in the user interface.
Spam Blocking
Protect your discussion board from the proliferation of annoying "spam bots" with multiple approaches to prevent these systems from posting messages onto your forum.
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