ZetaBoards features
Popular Features
- Joinable Groups
- Join special groups within the community
- Custom Profile Fields
- Create profiles relevant to your community
- Full Customization via CSS
- Every single part of your free forum can be customized.
- Free Support for Custom Domains
- Many services charge to use your own domain. ZetaBoards lets you use your own custom domain for free
- Integrated Automatic Spam Prevention
- ZetaBoards Free Forums automatically prevent spam without bothering your members. More Info
- Pinned (Sticky) Topics
- Website Maker
- ZetaBoards is more than a free forum. Create your own webpages within the forum.
Member Interaction
- ZetaBoards Integrated Shoutbox
- Chat with members without guessing who is actually posting.
- Advanced Private Messaging System
- Send direct messages to other forum members quickly and privately
- Integrated Blogs
- ZetaBoards lets you offer your members their very own built in blog
- Member's Online Status in Profile
- See who is online and who isn't
- Member Username History
- Find all the previous names used by a member
Member Options & Security
- SmartTopic Viewing Option
- View topics where you left off or from the beginning
- Avatar Gallery
- Members select from a gallery of pre-selected avatars or they can upload their own
- Email Privacy Preferences
- Anonymous Login Option
- Ignore Member's Posts (Optional)
- Keep conversations civil by letting a user ignore posts by a specific member
Forum Appearance
- Theme Selector
- Let your members pick between multiple forum themes
- Collapsible Forums and Forum Statistics
- Reduce scrolling time on your forum
- Online User Legend
- An automatic color key for each member group on your forum
- Adjustable View for Images/Avatars/Signatures
- Customizable Topic and Post Viewing
Searching
- Topic and Post search
- Search can be forum-wide or limited to specific sections and time ranges.
- Sortable Search Results
- Sort by relevance or when the content was posted
- Find All Posts by Member
- Find All Topics by Member
- Find Active Topics
Member Usage
- Extensive BBCode Options
- We make it simple to post photos, videos, spoilers, links, and much more. See the full list of tags here
- Create Multiple Types of Polls
- Multiple Choice, Single Choice or even Multi-response Polls
- Topic and Forum Tracking
- Member Birthdays
- Active User List
- Calendar Events
- Markers for Topics You've Posted in
- Clickable Emoticons (Smilies)
- Upload File Attachments to posts
Administration
- Full Customization via CSS
- Every single part of your free forum can be customized.
- Free Support for Custom Domains
- Many services charge to use your own domain. ZetaBoards lets you use your own custom domain for free
- Custom Avatar Galleries
- Your community is unique, so customize the pre-loaded avatars your members cans select
- Admin Assistants (Managers)
- Give a user limited access to your Admin Control Panel to help you with a specific task
- Advanced COPPA System
- Easily comply with the law regarding members under the age of 13. We even handle the paperwork for you.
- Admin Task Summaries
- The Admin Control Panel summarizes tasks that need your attention so when you log in you know what needs your attention
- Admin Digest
- Get messages with a snapshot of forum activity since your last visit
- Free Forum Directory
- Our advanced ranking system lets future members find your forum, whether it's big or small
- Website Maker
- ZetaBoards is more than a free forum. Create your own webpages within the forum.
Security & Moderation
- Integrated Automatic Spam Prevention
- ZetaBoards Free Forums automatically prevent spam without bothering your members. More Info
- Advanced Account Security System
- Help protect your account and provide your members with the most secure forum possible
- Customizable AutoTools
- Makes moderation easy by allowing you to perform multiple moderation actions in one click
- Report Control Panel
- Let your members help you with moderation by reporting problem content
- Moderator Sets (Individual Forum Moderators)
- Let trusted members help you run your forum by assigning individual moderation powers
- Inline Topic Moderation
- Perform moderation actions without leaving the topic
- Inline Moderation Queue
- Posts & Topics awaiting moderator approval are shown to moderators with regular content
- Trash Can
- File away topics instead of deleting them permanently
- Hide Topics/Posts
- Hide a topic or post instead of deleting it
- Optional Double Post Merging
- Automatically combines two posts in a row by any members
- Pinned (Sticky) Topics
- Request Name Change Process
- Make username change requests easy with one-click approval or denial of a name change request
Support & Help Options
- Free Support Tickets in Admin Control Panel
- Free Support Forum
- Public Support Forum
- Extensive Documentation
- http://docs.zetaboards.com
- Dedicated Resource forum for Customization Help
- http://resources.zetaboards.com
Forum Customization
- Custom Profile Fields
- Create profiles relevant to your community
- Joinable Groups
- Join special groups within the community
- Multiple Custom Themes
- You can install multiple themes and switch between them effortlessly
- Enable/Disable Specific BBCode Tags
- Choose which BBCode tags you want to allow on your forum
- Unlimited Levels of Sub-forums
- Organize your free forum as it suits you
- Customize Forum Front page
- Pick between a customized portal of forum content or the traditional list of forum index as your front page
- Dedicated Resource forum for Customization Help
- http://resources.zetaboards.com
