NEW AB Forum add-on

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A new forum application for concrete5 has finally arrived.

- Intuitive setup
- Extensive options to add posts, topics, users
- Dashboard pages with lots of features and fine tune settings and options for each post and global forum settings
- Comes with blocks: forum post lists (normal, recent), forum post, forum post topics (with sidebar templates)
- Advanced detail filter, search and sort
- Search by topics, users, content, dates, between or in last periods
- Inline or popup forum post form with secure validation
- Forum user pages with extra options for moderators
- Add/edit/delete/activate/deactivate users, assign moderator rights
- Add/edit/delete/approve/refuse forum posts and messages, make posts sticky (for period or untimed) and/or locked
- Turn on/off info to display in blocks
- Responsive design
- English and Russian language
- Verified to work with C5 8.4.2 - 8.5.0
- Option to install sample content

https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/ab-forum/...

linuxoid
 
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linuxoid
NEW FUNCTIONALITY in v1.5.0

Massive update of the Forum application in features and functionality based on user support requests:

- User editing of own forum posts and replies in Account > My Forum
- Full forum moderation in front end and Account
- Moderator can edit all posts and replies in Account
- Option to allow application for Forum User account in Settings
- Reference to reply added and shown in new replies
- New block Forum Post Topic Discussion with minimalistic and full controls options
- Thread(s) subscriptions functionality
- New forum post and reply notifications functionality added
- Email notifications reworked (sends emails to Admin and subscribers)
- Improvements in security, functionality, usability, layouts
- Attachments folder selection in Settings, extra action buttons in Dashboard, extra tooltips
- File deletion events remove database reference and vise versa removing files from forum deletes them on server

More info here:
https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/ab-forum/...
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linuxoid
I've also added:

- status light for new activity (new post or reply) in All Topics table (main Forum page)
- topic sorting in Settings to sort Forum Post List block by topic order or alphabetically

Upgrade to v1.5.2

https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/ab-forum/...
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linuxoid
Categories added for visual topic separation. Same as Topics, Categories can be clicked and dragged to change their display order.

Upgrade to v1.6.0

https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/ab-forum/...