ASP-DEv XM Forums

There weren't a lot of free ASP discussion forums around back in 1997 when the original ASP-DEv discussion forum was created by John Penfold after the very first release of ASP by Microsoft. It is believed that almost every ASP based forums database is still modelled on the original ASP-DEv forum, which is now defunct. The tradition has been rebirthed by the author with the release of ASP-DEv XM Forums. The forum is unique because it is XML based. All of the ASP pages are generated in XML rather than HTML. Of course, a the Windows server is required to run Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) with ASP. ASP-DEv XM does not run on Unix/Linux web servers. The ASP-DEv XM Forums web site also offers to install, maintain, and host your forum on their servers for a fee.

Features

• Unlimited Forums and Categories
• Full online administration
• Uses a Data Abstraction layer for multi database use
• Full support for clustered servers
• Group based security
• Each forum has its own permissions for Read/New Topic/Reply
• Private forums
• Fully skinable using XSLT and CSS
• Easy to change font/color configuration
• COPPA compliant
• Multilingual with easy to modify XML language files
• Moderated forums
• Encrypted Password, Secure cookies (no username or password contained in cookies)
• User email validation
• Attach files with your posts
• Private Messages
• User contact lists
• Users can manage topic subscriptions
• Who's online feature
• Sticky topics/Locked Topics
• User Avatars, Message icons
• Dynamic signatures, and Avatars
• Bad word filters
• Personal Forum Start Page
• Print mode

ASP-DEv XM Forum Links

Official ASP-DEv XM Forums Site