Extension:AWC's Forum

Status
This page is a 'placeholder', for the pending release of AWC's Forum extension v2.0

The download link currently links to v1.2

An example of the fully working v2.0 on Mediawiki v1.11 can be found here

What can this extension do?
This extension allows the display of a forum within Mediawiki.

It uses Mediawiki's user authentication system so the forum users details are identical, and the logon process is transparent and perfectly integrated.

Users, can create new threads/topics, where others may posts replys to. Users may also quote posts, and edit their own posts (permissions dependent).

Moderators, can edit, delete and move threads. Moderators can also make these threads 'stickys' or 'locked'.

Admins, can give and remove the permissions required to be a moderator, and may add and remove many restrictions on users forum accounts. Admins may also make changes to the forums, such as add and delete category's and forums, make 'announcements', make changes to many forum configuration settings and do general 'maintenance'.

Feature List
This feature list is just a highlight, it is not all-inclusive
 * Traditional forum style layout
 * Permission based restricted forums
 * Stickys, announcement and locked threads
 * User signature and avatars
 * New activity indicators
 * User thread, posts and wiki counts
 * Forum search - including thread/forum and user specific
 * Preview, edit, quote
 * Tabbed multiple pages
 * Wiki forum tag - for displaying latest forum posts anywhere in wiki
 * Admin section
 * Moderator ability's

Download & Installation

 * 1) Download the AWC Forum extension
 * 2) Add/copy and paste the 'awc' folder into you Mediawiki 'extensions' folder
 * 3) Add/copy and paste the 'SpecialAWCforum.php' to your Mediawiki 'includes' folder
 * 4) Add the following to LocalSettings.php:
 * 5) Add/copy and paste the 'awc_forum_installer.php' to your Mediawiki 'root' (main) folder, then run installer by going to: www.your_wikis_web_address.com/awc_forum_installer.php
 * 6) Delete the awc_forum_installer.php file after the tables are installed
 * 7) Go to your "Special pages" and you will now see a link to your forum

Configuration parameters
More content required here

User rights
More content required here

Support

 * Working example of v2.0 can be found here
 * AWC's Mediawiki Forum extension webpage can be found here
 * Forums discussing AWC's forum extension as well as other Mediawiki extensions made by AWC, can be found here