Forums Software and Message Boards Software

For commercial portals, message boards are proven 'community builders'. Since threaded discussions do not require real-time communication and save the postings, they have evolved to become critical operations knowledge base centers.

Boards can be public or private, requiring users to login for viewing and/or posting messages. Administrators can designate moderators to manage a forum. Users can subscribe to a forum to receive email alerts of all postings.

Users can browse the organized postings or quickly search for information. Links to the forums can also be featured in appropriate areas throughout the site.

Professionally manages multiple forums and boards quickly and easily
Full-featured and ready to go today - right 'off-the-shelf'
Low Total Cost of Ownership - Low start up & training costs with continuing low operating costs
Distributed management minimizes administrative costs
Users can easily self-publish, increasing site participation, content, and value to users
Convenient way to promote collaboration without the time constraints of chat software
A versatile collaborative management tool that can be used to manage a wide variety of information

Multiple levels of administrative controls, including delegating management to moderators
Public and private boards
Automatic archiving of messages
Ability to customize individual boards' operation and presentation
Users can customize both presentation and postings with screen names protecting their identity
Users can quickly email authors as well as posting a reply
Users can subscribe and receive email alerts of new postings
Links to forums can be featured in appropriate areas throughout the site
Integrated with the User/Membership Management portlet for a single site log-in