Publisher review:UseBB is a light and Open Source PHP and MySQL based forum package. UseBB, a light and Open Source PHP and MySQL based forum package, distributed freely under the GPL license. Developed with simplicity and usability in mind, UseBB is ideal for small to medium sized websites which need a clear and efficient forum package.
Features:
Categories and Forums
- Board can be divided into an unlimited number of categories and forums
- Per-forum configuration options and permissions
Posting
- Level-based permissions for posting, moderating, ...
- An unlimited or maximum number of replies can be set per forum
- Supports the use of BBCode and smilies in posts
- Full HTML posting possibilities
- Posting flood protection
Member Features
- Unlimited number of members possible
- Each member has his/her own personal profile page
- Many profile fields possible
- Set up your displayed name in your own language
- Supports off-site avatars
Moderation Features
- Moderators can be set per forum
- Can move/close/reopen/delete topics
- Can edit/delete posts
- Can post/edit/delete/... sticky topics
- Supports the staff hierarchy
Administration Interface
- Set various configuration options
- Create/edit/delete categories and forums
- Prune forums (topics) and members
- Send mass emails
- Set up bad word censors
- Edit/delete members
- Ban by member name, e-mail address or IP address
- ACP modules provide easy extension of the ACP
- and much, much more...
Access Control
- Four levels: guests, members, moderators and administrators
- Level based access to individual forums
- Level based access to active topics, member/staff/online list, search engine, etc.
- Disable guest access to entire forum, member profiles and/or contact information
- E-mail or admin based user activation
- Disable user registrations
rProtect Security Features
- Protect your forum from human and bot attacks with UseBB's unique set of protection features:
- Random math or custom anti-spam questions for unregistered post or registration attempts
- Automatic DNSBL powered banning of IP addresses used for malicious activities
- DNS based e-mail address verification, by looking for MX records on the domain
- Registration logging, logs detailed user info in a log file upon registering
- Hide never activated accounts from the member list, statistics, etc.
Various Features
- Powerful cross-forum search engine
- Topic subscriptions via e-mail and on-line overview
- Built-in frequently asked questions
- Active topics listing, including forum filter
- Single forum modus for boards with only 1 forum
- Global RSS 2.0 feed
- Search engine friendly .html URL's
Coding & Technical
- Seperated HTML templates from PHP code
- Default template uses standards compliant XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS
- Supports application/xhtml xml content-type for XHTML aware browsers
- Supports user interface translations (Dutch available by default)
- Support for most ISO and other character sets (no Unicode)
- Supports Gzip output compression
- Implementation of Google's rel="nofollow" for BBCode
- Support for httpOnly cookies
- Developed with PHP's E_ALL error reporting level
- Works within PHP's default memory_limit (8 MB)
- Limited size on server (< 800 KB)
UseBB 1.0.9 is a PHP script for Discussion Boards scripts design by Dietrich Moerman.
It runs on following operating system: Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris.
UseBB is a light and Open Source PHP and MySQL based forum package.
Operating system:Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris
UseBB 1.0.9 script details 
