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Extended administration tools |
Formerly known as DataMaster, WebBoard's
extended administration tools let you quickly and easily deal with
boards, topics and users -- from creating new to moving and removing
old, even auto-expire users.
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HTML Archiving |
With WebBoard you can create a portable
archive of threaded WebBoard forums with built-in search or export
forums as a static HTML website.
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Adding multiple administrators |
Full administrator privileges can be
assigned to individual users for installations requiring multiple
administrators.
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Administrative privileges |
WebBoard supports three levels of users
with varying administrative privileges. Each level performs different
tasks and is essential in delegating the upkeep of WebBoard.
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Administrator email support |
Administrators can now send direct
email to board managers, conference moderators, users on all discussion
boards, users on a specific discussion board, and users of private
conferences.
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Moderation |
Set up your boards so that all new
posts and replies have to be approved by a moderator before being
posted for public viewing.
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Enhanced statistical reporting |
Increased statistical data such as
mailing list and newsgroup activity are now available for managers
and administrators, on a per board basis. New statistics include stats
on mailing list messages and mailing list subscribers, current board
users, and current board messages and activity. A new security feature
will limit who sees this information.
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Flexibility |
Administrators can move conferences
between boards or move messages among conferences on the same board.
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Logging |
Logs provide important information
on activity and are helpful in troubleshooting problems. On a site-wide
basis WebBoard logs SMTP activity, JavaScript chat, uploads, errors,
and site activity. It also produces an installation log. On an individual
board basis, WebBoard logs all HTTP requests to the board. Managers
and administrators can download a zipped copy of the HTTP log, making
it possible to analyze the current board traffic remotely. The Log
cycling button makes it easy to cycle old logs and create new ones
automatically.
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Mailing list management |
WebBoard’s mailing list management
tools lets administrators see who’s signed up for each mailing
list on the site. They can subscribe users to mailing lists, remove
users from mailing lists, see which mailing lists a given user is
subscribed to, and make changes to the user’s subscriptions.
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Per-board authentication and email verification |
Authentication is set on a per board
basis rather than for the entire WebBoard site. WebBoard has built-in
support for three types of authentication: cookie authentication,
basic authentication, or no authentication. Using email address verification
with cookie authentication ensures that users provide a legitimate
email address. Sample scripts demonstrate how to bypass WebBoard’s
built-in authentication and use the object-based scripting feature
to authenticate from a text file or ODBC data source or with an NT
user database.
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Robot.txt support |
Internet search robots can be excluded
from WebBoard sites with robots.txt support.
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Online help |
Online help for administrators, managers,
and moderators provides step-by- step procedures for most administrative
tasks.
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