WebX message board software in our opinion is the most powerful, scalable, and feature rich software available. Its performance has demonstrated its ability to meet the demand. Based on WCTL - Web Crossing Template Language, It is extremely flexible and customizable. Below are listed the standard features and our Community designed custom features:
Power and Scalability
- Integration with legacy, enterprise-class databases
- Unlimited simultaneous users (limited only by platform capabilities)
- Distributed and mirrored server capability
- Many Web Crossing clients serving over 100,000 page views per day
- Community.cnn.com has served up to 1.2 Million page views in a day
Features
- Choose threaded and/or linear discussions
- HTML in messages
- Search engine: high performance, indexed, full-text search
- Automatic archiving of messages
- Newsreader access to messages (NNTP service)
- Display user pictures
- Edit format easily without learning HTML
- Attach files to discussions within a conference
- Track and view messages posted by each user
- Profanity and keyword filter
- Serve mailing lists
- SMTP server
- POP3, IMAP and web-based email for users
- Mirror external email list server
- Supports all web browsers
- Online help through Web Crossing Conference and Non-Programmers' Guide
- Bookmark favorite topics utilizing Subscriptions feature
- Email notification of new posts
- Setup Wizard facilitates installation in less than 5 minutes
- XML-RPC support
- Access via WAP
Administration
- Remote administration utilizing any browser
- Track user conferences in real-time (messages, users, posters, hits, etc.)
- User login authentication with basic HTTP, cookie, or no user login required
- Public, private, read-only, and moderated conferences
- Validation of user email upon registration
- Monitor server status with configuration utility
- Analyze and create reports utilizing Web Crossing server logs and external software
- Display advertisements, announcements, banners
Customization
- Comprehensive customization of entire user interface
- Two server-side scripting languages - Web Crossing JavaScript and WCTL
- Addition of new fields to member directory, folders, discussions, messages
- Multiple templates - customize color, graphics, text, frames, buttons, banners, etc.
Chat
- Integrated, real-time chat
- Display advertisements, announcements, banners
- Web Tours - Effective for focus groups, product demos
- Integration of member directory discussions
- Accessible via Java-enabled browsers
- Profanity and keyword filter
Community Customized features
- Multiple Login Macro
- Bozo Macro
- Hide Message Macro
- Read to Link
- Boilerplates
- Custom Folder Templates
- Custom Usage Stats Reporting
- Cleanup Posts Macro
- Quote sender Macro
- Board builder Macro
- GoTo Macro
- User Info Macro
- Stale User Macro
- Password Hint
In addition to the custom macros listed above, all webx macros are completly customizable to give you the look, feel, and functionality you need.