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SteveX:Brian said "Are there specific features missing from JR's forum that make it unusable for you? "If you could accurately describe the features from IPB which you think to be essential and which would improve jrForum - I'd be very interested in that too.
I wouldn't use the word unusable. It appears that the JR forum is a fully functional forum.
I really have to setup a JR instance or site and compare the two. I don't really think there's a ton of stuff to add... but I can't say that for sure because I don't have a JR site setup to make a comparison.
One of the things I use the most are usergroups on my site. I guess those could be comparable to JRs quotas. But let's say I have a sponsor quota on my JR and that same person was a specific forum mod. Would I be able to give him specific mod right to a specific forum on my JR site?
Some of the things I use a lot. Maybe some of the features already exist. I just typed up the list of features I could think of.
1. Re-direct forums.
2. Sub-forums.
3. Categories which include forums, but aren't postable.
4. User warnings and punishments based on those warning.
5. Moderators of specific forums.
6. Usergroups. I have a couple of usergroups which have different access to the forums.
7. RSS feeds which populate a forum with threads. I have an RSS feed from a news site which creates a new thread in a specific forum for each new article.
8. Bad words filters, which can replace a word with another word or prohibit a certain word.
9. Flag as spammer. When a member gets flagged they are restricted from posting AND OR all their post / threads are deleted. Maybe some sort of control if the person is posting in the main site forum or a profile forum. If a user gets out of control on a JR site and starts posting in multiple profile forums there should be some kind of control to limit / delete the persons post on the site level and the profile level.
10. Option to be anonymous on the forum when logged in.
11. Promotions based on how many posts they make. Not sure this would work with the quota system, but many members of a forum like experience levels. Newb, New Member, Members, Vet, etc. Maybe another rank outside of the quotas.
12. Restriction whether they can post HTML code or not. Some users are trusted with posting HTML and some are not. The option is there in IPB.
13. Tagging for each thread they start.
14. Option to delete or hide their topic / posts and the ability for the admin to allow or dis-allow that option based on the usergroup, not the user.
15. Option to close the topic and the ability for the admin to allow or dis-allow that option based on the usergroup, not the user.
16. Ability to create a poll inside a topic.
17. Ability to post playable media content (youtube videos, etc) not just the link.
18. Post flood control. Can only make a post every X number of seconds.
19. Ability for admin to mass move topics, mass delete topics, etc.
20. Signatures in each forum post with the option to add links, text, and banners at a specific size I set in the admin.
21. Ability to use the shared links for every post. For each post on my forum I can click a button to tweet that post if I want.
22. A link in each post when clicked links directly to that post. So, if I put a post online for this post I'm typing now it would be jamroom dot net/forum/suggestions/9763/forum(post number) and that link would take me directly to that post.
23. Ability to add an icon before each forum or category.
24. In the main forum view, total topics (JR already has), total posts, total views, etc.
25. Ability to archive threads.
26. Ability to export RSS feed for every forum.
27. Ability to link to a topic even if the name has changed. I use this a lot. Often times my site is indexed by a search engine and the link is in the search engine. Than the user changes the title of the post, but the old link still works along with the new link.
updated by @jimmy: 04/09/14 02:48:17PM