SimplePress is faster and better now with the 3.1.1 build. This release was mostly about optimization, and the crew at Yellow Swordfish did a great job with the back end. Still there are a few new features that make SP even better than before!
I’ll be shutting down during the upgrade. I’ve finished upgrading my other WordPress sites, and ran into minor problems with my server config that might mean display oddities in the forum, but stay tuned, we shall be beautiful again soon!
Here’s the feature list for SimplePress at Yellow Swordfish:
- Supports WordPress version 2.04 to the latest 2.5.1
- Fully integrated with WordPress user registrations and logins
- Installs on WordPress MU
- Creates ‘pretty/seo friendly’ permalinks
- Underpinned by a powerful user and permission system
- Can create private forums
- Forums can be ‘Members Only’ or can allow for Guests
- Private Messaging system
- Admins can allow for post moderation (approval)
- Build in Search tool
- Fully customisable skins and icons
- Most rendering functions are ‘pluggable’
- Member Profile updating and can change own passwords
- Supports Page Password
- Choice of Editors (TinyMCE or QuickTag)
- Options Signatures, Signature Image, Avatars, and Rankings
- A variery of Template Tags - recent posts etc
- Progammable Hooks for user extension
- Optional Spam Prevention tools
- Optional Cookies to track Guests and Members
- Fully Localised for language support
- Optional and various RSS feeds and email subscription to topics
- Various display options to suit your needs and theme
- An Admin toolset to perform many tasks from within the forum itself
- Blog Posts and Forum Topics can be linked
- Support for the Democracy Polls plugin
- Support for the Gravatars 2 plugin
- Forum Statistics - incuding who is online
- Complete uninstall/removal option
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