Four blocks are available for display, usually in the front page: Most viewed topics, Most active topics, Recent topics, and Recent private topics.
Some of the features of the module are:
| · You can set private forums, available only to members
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| · Each message shows the user's avatar
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| · You can preview your message before actually posting it
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| · Moderators can be defined per category
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| · Users can be notified about most events in the forums
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| · You can optionally allow the use XoopsCode and HTML in posts
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| · It's possible to link to images
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| · It's possible to add clickable URLs and email addresses
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Figure 16. XOOPS uses the newBB forum module to hold its discussions.
Figure 17. A category forum showing the most recent discussion threads.
Figure 18. A discussion thread, which the reader can follow in a nested or flat style.
Figure 19. The most recent threads can be shown in the home page as an invitation to enter the forums.