Community Features

Comprehensive list of Community features ***

Architecture

ezboard is web based and fully hosted -- no hardware and no downloading required
Our simple registration process will have you up and running in minutes
Our service is reliable, with a history of over 99% uptime
Our highly scalable technology allows your community to grow without fear of system limitations
All releases and updates are automatic
New features are released regularly
Our Control Center allows for easy and powerful community management
Boards are HTML, Javascript and CSS compatible

Membership by Approval gives Administrators complete control over who is allowed to read and post in their community
Weekly backups and free restores protect your board
Administrators can create Invisible Forums - viewable only to allowed members
Communities can be made public (searchable) or private
Administrators can require different levels of registration as a condition of community participation - from no registration to posting for registered users only.
Communities as well as individual forums can be password protected to keep prying eyes out
Post Flood Safety Check and Spam Blocker protect your board from destructive excessive posting
Administrators can view poster IP addresses for security purposes

Administrators can Screen all posts before they are made public on the board
Make multiple copies of a topic with Copy Topic
Leave a Shadow (or placeholder) of any moved topic in its original forum
Sticky Topic keeps important information at the top of the board
Hot Topic identifies and emphasizes topics that users have found interesting
Administrators can enable an optional profanity filter with the ability to add additional words
Administrators can use Pruning to mass delete topics older than a specified date
Administrators and Moderators can delete, move, and close multiple topics with Bulk Topic Commands
Board creators can assign an unlimited number of administrators and moderators per community
Forum-specific moderators can be assigned
Page number links are provided in topic listings for easy access to large multi-page threads
Administrators can change posting and editing levels on a forum-specific basis
Categorization of forums allows for clean and clear look

User Management interface allows administrators to assign user levels, individual custom titles, and user rankings based on the number of posts.
Administrators can ban users based on user name, email address and IP address
Administrators can allow or restrict use of custom signatures, personal icons, personal photos, HTML, emoticons and posticons in posts

Make your community public and searchable by category and keyword with Forum Find
Publicize your community by sending promotional emails
Stay in contact with your users by using the Email Users utility
Users can invite friends by sending emails that direct them to the community
Cross-promote with other communities by creating an ezboard ring

Community Profile & Active Members List
Statistics on page views and posts are available for the most recent 90 days in the Control Center
Administrator log records all board level actions performed, including the time/date, user name and IP address

Forum Styles (ezSkins), including the ezboard classic view
Unlimited customizable emoticons-- let your creativity shine
Trade Theme Definition Files to easily change the entire look and feel of your board
Create a customized logout page
Choose between English, Spanish, German or French as the base language for your board
Community Chest allows administrators to promote and to accept donations for a Gold Community
Customizable Posticons
Who's Online allows you to view all users visiting your board
Each forum can be customized to have its own look and feel
Advanced customization options allow you to tailor your board using HTML, Javascript and CSS
Choose from various forum "format" styles (different ways of viewing messages)
Mimic feature allows administrators to mimic colors, images and security from one forum to another
Alternate background color/image in your forums listing area
Sort Topics chronologically or by the last topic touched
Post a Poll and let your users vote on issues

Choose your own user name, password and secret question/answer when you register
Master Account allows you to share your ezSupporter benefits with up to 4 other accounts
Send and receive messages to and from fellow ezboard users with your web-based ezInbox
Anonymous on Who's Online enables you to visit boards without displaying your user name
High Security option for user accounts helps prevent hacking
You can modify your Public Profile at any time
You can include a custom signature with graphics, various font styles, etc., at the bottom of every post
You can include a personal photo and icon with every post
You can customize your own board viewing by:

-Set post area width and number of posts per page
-Mark topics and messages as read or unread
-Option to view only new messages
-Option to receive private emails from other users
You can receive email notification for replies to topics
Spell Check your messages before posting them on the board

***Highlight in this color indicates Gold Community only features.

***Highlight in this color indicates ezSupporter only features.