The Cupcake Forum is a slimmed down version of the popular bulletin board system, packaged into a plugin. The plugin can be dropped into any CakePHP application and will run smoothly with a bit of configuration. The plugin comes bundled with all the basic features of a stand-alone system, some of which include topics, posts, users, polls, moderators, staff and more. For a full list, view the chapter regarding Features.
Features
Below you can find a detailed list containing most of the features within the plugin. To better understand each feature, you should download and install the plugin!
Forums
- Forum wrappers and forum categories
- First tier sub-forums
- Activity and latest post tracking
- Auto-Lock old topics
- Enable/Disable post count increments
- Individual settings for reading, posting, replying, etc
- Access/Private specific forums
- Create topics or polls
- Reply to topics, or quote previous posts
Moderation
- Moderators, Super Moderators and Admin levels
- Restrict moderators to specific forums
- Inline moderation and management
- Mass processing (Move, Delete, Close, etc)
- Ability to edit and manage users content
Administration
- Full admin panel using CakePHP admin routes
- Requires the administration access level
- Can add, edit, order, delete forums and categories
- Manage all reported content
- Promote, demote, create access levels, staff and moderators
- Edit forum settings through the panel
- Manage all aspects and content
Security
- Utilizes CakePHPs Auth and Security Components
- Advanced flood protection (Posts and Topics)
- Hourly post limitations
- Registration security wall
- Form protection against bots and hackers
Miscellaneous
- BBCode support using the Decoda Helper
- Mark topics as read (Session)
- Log created topics and posts (Session)
- Access level verification
- Report system for topics, posts and users
- Search through topics (Title and Post)
- RSS feeds for each forum
Demo : http://www.milesj.me/forum
License : Free