| PHPBB Community Vs. Other Forum Hosting Providers / Forums by yourself |
- No hasle for web server setup, software installation and database setup
- No need to keep track of security patches, new versions. We'll apply for the security patches and latest version quickly
- No need for you to backup/restore. We backup your data on daily basis and keep your backup for 15 days, we'll restore the data for free upon your request
- Fast/friendly support, we'll respond your questions within 24 hours.
- Customized for overseas Chinese student and scholarship Association, many categories have been pre-created to cover the life/study/entertainment/share in your local chinese community
- No need to obtain/customize some MUST-HAVE features by yourself, such as Photo Album, Live Chat, WebLog, Attachment, Calendar etc which are not included in standard PHPBB
- No Hassle to download/install popular language packages and templates. We have over 10 languages and 30 templates installed for you to give your community most freedom to personalize your forum.
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| PHPBB Community Vs. Yahoo/MSN/Google Groups |
- No more annoying spamming message in your inbox. Nobody wants to get spamming email, Mailing lists/email-based Groups are very vulnerable to spamming
- Unlimited/multiple-level forums can be organized into as many categories as you like, you can set any permission (private/no-read, read, post, edit/delete) on any forum
- Announcement and sticky messages will always stay at top of the page instead of burying in other messages
- Advanced thread (topic) display. The messages for the same topic will always be on the same page instead of every seperate pages
- Powerful search functions. All the messages are indexed (including subject and message body) in the database to make quick and accurate search
- Easy poll setup/management/report
- No annoying popup ads, flash ads and animated ads
- Easy management delegation. For each category/forum, you can assign one or a group of moderators to manage that particular forum so you needn't administer everything.
- Friendly and easy to remember URL. You can access your forum via http://www.phpbbcommunity.com/your_forum_name
- Support public and personal Photo Album with auto thumbnail and complete permission system (view, upload, edit, delete, moderators, etc)
- Fully functioning add-on calendar with complete permission management (view, suggest, edit, delete and administer the forum calendar
- Fully featured weblog system to allow your members to create a weblog and share their thoughts to the rest of the forum/world.
- Live chat to allow members to share their ideas/thoughts in real time
- Support message attachment with variouis format for community member and quota/extensions/permission control for administrators and moderators
- Versatile skins (templates) and avatars (icons) for member to personalize
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| PHPBB Community Vs. Mailing List |
- Easy to personalize. We have various skins (templates) and avatars (icon) for comminity member to choose.
- Easy/Efficient file sharing. The shared file was stored in our web server instead of EVERYONE's inbox!
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