Vanilla is a forum software that meets W3C standards by utilizing valid XHTML and CSS protocols.
Vanilla is an exceptional forum software that complies with W3C standards, ensuring XHTML and CSS validity. It comes equipped with a templating system that makes Vanilla a breeze to integrate into an existing site layout. The standout feature of Vanilla is undoubtedly the Lussumo Framework, which allows developers to create and add new extensions to the core software. The following are some of the most popular extensions for Vanilla: RSS and Atom feeds, Whispers (for private conversations), intelligent search and search bookmarking system, search-engine friendly URLs, forum announcements, and animations using JavaScript.
Vanilla provides a rich user experience as it allows you to quickly and easily see which discussions you haven't read and how many new comments are in each discussion. You can run advanced searches through discussion topics, comments, and users. Vanilla is easily customizable as you can change the way it operates with per-user preferences. It also provides a customizable account profile that allows you to provide pictures of yourself and add as much information about yourself as you like.
Vanilla's administration capabilities are slick, with built-in spam control, an autonomous user and role management system, and user-friendly functions. As an administrator, you can completely change the layout, style, language, and all application settings through an intuitive and easy-to-navigate settings tab. Adding and organizing roles, categories, languages, and add-ons is a breeze, and simple or advanced searches that yield useful results are invaluable in day-to-day administration.
Vanilla is all about add-ons. The software allows developers to create add-ons for Vanilla that let you do just about anything with your forum. Whether you want to turn your Vanilla into a bug tracking system, tag discussions instead of categorizing them, or add a fancy highlighting effect when new messages are posted, your imagination is the limit.
To install Vanilla, upload all the Vanilla files to your server for brand new installations, then browse to the web-accessible folder where Vanilla is installed, and you will be presented with the installer. Vanilla requires PHP 4.1 or greater, as well as MySQL 3.23 or greater.
Vanilla provides a rich user experience as it allows you to quickly and easily see which discussions you haven't read and how many new comments are in each discussion. You can run advanced searches through discussion topics, comments, and users. Vanilla is easily customizable as you can change the way it operates with per-user preferences. It also provides a customizable account profile that allows you to provide pictures of yourself and add as much information about yourself as you like.
Vanilla's administration capabilities are slick, with built-in spam control, an autonomous user and role management system, and user-friendly functions. As an administrator, you can completely change the layout, style, language, and all application settings through an intuitive and easy-to-navigate settings tab. Adding and organizing roles, categories, languages, and add-ons is a breeze, and simple or advanced searches that yield useful results are invaluable in day-to-day administration.
Vanilla is all about add-ons. The software allows developers to create add-ons for Vanilla that let you do just about anything with your forum. Whether you want to turn your Vanilla into a bug tracking system, tag discussions instead of categorizing them, or add a fancy highlighting effect when new messages are posted, your imagination is the limit.
To install Vanilla, upload all the Vanilla files to your server for brand new installations, then browse to the web-accessible folder where Vanilla is installed, and you will be presented with the installer. Vanilla requires PHP 4.1 or greater, as well as MySQL 3.23 or greater.
What's New
Version 1.1.4: N/A