| Attribute | Average |
|---|---|
| Features | 4.63 / 5 |
| Reliability | 4.5 / 5 |
| Ease Of Use | 4.5 / 5 |
| Documentation | 4 / 5 |
| Vote Count | 8 |
Advanced Forum builds on and enhances Drupal's core forum module. When used in combination with other Drupal contributed modules, many of which are automatically used by Advanced Forum, you can achieve much of what stand alone software provides. Because it uses the core forum module, it uses the node... [More...]
| Maintainer: | Michelle |
| Links: |
| Version | Date | Files | Release notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.x-2.0 | 2012-Mar-19 | Download | Recommended |
| 6.x-1.2 | 2011-Mar-29 | Download | Recommended |
| 7.x-2.x-dev | 2012-Mar-31 | Download | Development |
| 6.x-2.x-dev | 2012-Mar-29 | Download | Development |
| 6.x-1.x-dev | 2011-Jun-18 | Download | Development |
| 6.x-2.0-alpha4 | 2011-Mar-29 | Download | Other |
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If you want to add forum feature to your Drupal website, this module gives you great features and adds many features to the default forum of Drupal. I suggest using it for any webmaster who wants to have a integrated forum on his Drupal site.
This is great if you want to use it out of the box. It has lots of configuration options and integrates with other modules.
The reason why we decided to go back to normal forums is that the code is done in a way that makes it challenging to override and custom theme.
Try it. Maybe it will work for you if you don't want need to customize anything.
This is great info, I used the Advanced Forum module but don't like it as I think its not neccessary to create a styled forum. As you have shown above a bit of work with CSS and tpl files and you can format your forum nicely. I like the Gallery forum too, I noticed they have rss feeds quotes, is there a way to let people do things like quick reply and quote another user?
I think these things and user PM are the most common features users need. Comment mover is needed for admins but other than that most forum software seems bloated with features and functions that are simply not needed on a website.
I'm migrating my website from SMF forum to Drupal and I think this post will help alot.
Great module that extends the functionality of the core forum. I've used it on my site and no errors or any problems since day 1.
I use this on my site, http://www.FutureMessage.org, you can go to the forums to see it in action!
It worked and it looked great.
Well done on a great module.
Great Module even if your not using forums! Why? Because it provides comments and nodes with a user centric features that makes Drupal into a much higher level of social environment then any other module!
Its still not as powerfull as pure Forum Based systems, but it is getting there, and fast! The Admin section could use some more options to help the person who can not work with .tpl.php files, but then again do we want this? Should this be a feature? I would love to see the reliance on tpl.php in favor of built in logic that will ultimately slow down page rendering at the cost of ease of use features. Keep up the GREAT work everyone. Drupal is the best because of modules like these!
Michelle approached a dark spot in Drupal: a forum that looks nice and works like a regular forum out-of-the-box. And she brought light into this space... The install is easy in the end, you just need to sort out with the _phptemplate_variables for the 5.x Version (in D6 not needed anymore) and here you go.
Very nice also the choice of different Themes for the looks. With the aid of stephthegeek this has taken a step up. Not so nice the slow and somewhat inconsistent development progress. Yet nothing serious - this is just a glue module for Core Forum, so no Data lost on upgrades.
Michelle has done a smashing job with the Advanced Forum module. It does an excellent job of improving the default Drupal forum look and usability. There are still some minor improvements needed, but given that this project is still early in it's release cycles, it holds a lot of promise!
