b2evolution

Allow users to register on your website and provide them with a place to discuss topics that matter to them Forums can be public or private, accessible only with an invitation

b2evolution will beautifully showcase your photos with skins specifically designed to put images first Add text only if you need it If you have many photos, you can group them into albums

b2evolution takes care of adapting the photo size to the viewing device and generating a thumbnail index

In addition to publicly commenting on posts/pages and participating in discussions on the forums, your users can also send private message to each other

Users can also start private group conversations

Multiple sites / multiple domains

All contents in b2evolution are grouped into collections A collection can ba a blog, a forum, a gallery, etc

Each collection can live on its own page, in its own folder, or on its own domain

You could also choose to display several collections on a single page

Install b2evolution once at the root of you web hosting plan, set up as many "alias domains" as your web host allows you to, and let b2evolution take care of running a different blog/site on every domain

Multiple users and authors

Any user can be given permissions to read, write, moderate or fully customize any number of blogs Complete and detailed permission management is included

b2evo will show you activity graphs for each blog, including robots, RSS readers and browser hits broken down by referrers, searches, direct accesses, self-referred, etc Also includes search keywords, user logins and more

Effective combination of active and passive antispam measures -- including a community shared blacklist -- to block comment and referrer spam

In the occasional case wher b2evolution doesn't already include a feature you need, its advanced plugin framework allows you to extend the application with virtually any feature you may need

or simply install prebuilt plugins provided by the community

Localized in several languages

Many languages packs are available for download If you can't find your language, use the localization toolkit to easily localize b2evo to your language

For example: submitters can post drafts, then assign them to an editor who in turn may assign them to reviewers for final approval and publication on the site Actual workflow, permissions and statuses are all up to you

Multiple post types support

With b2evolution you're not limited to writing in-flow blog posts, you can also write random pages that you can link in the menus (thanks to widgets) and access randomly

You can also write intro posts for each blog or even for each category

b2evolution also has a post type for podcasts which will automatically produce correctly formatted RSS feeds for podcasts

b2evolution lets you attach files not onloy to posts, but also to comments This way your users can easily post comments on blogs or in forums with pictures attached (can be configured)

Easy install & upgrade

b2evolution's installer will take care of almost everything Basically, you only need to give it the name of a MySQL database and you're set Upgrading is equally simple Only heavy customizations may require special care when upgrading

Users can create a profile with profile pictures as well as a number of custom fields that can be configured by administrators

Each URL type can be configured Each link type can be configured follow/no-follow Each page can be configured index/no-index

Posts/articles can have a <title> different from their <h1> and additional meta tag info can be configured

WYSIWYG Editor or not

With b2evolution, authors have a choice or using a WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE is included) or not In that case other types of fast markup can be used: GM Code, BB Code, Markdown as well as WiKi-style markup, including quick WikiLinks