Simple Machines Forum - Current Version

Current Version

On 8 April 2007, Simple Machines announced the introduction of their next version, SMF 2.0. SMF 2.0 has been in development alongside SMF 1.1 since December 2005. This version has many new features, including:

• Database abstraction - with support for PostgreSQL and SQLite planned alongside that of MySQL.
• Automatic installation of packages into themes other than just the default.
• Email templates to simplify customization of forum emails.
• Moderation center including post, topic and attachment moderation - to allow approving of user content before it is made public.
• User warning system.
• Additional group functionality including group moderators and requestable/free assignable groups.
• WYSIWYG editor to provide an intuitive user interface to those users not familiar with BBCode.
• Permission improvements such as group inheritance and permission profiles to further reduce the complexity of the permissions system.
• File based caching for a performance increase on all forums regardless of whether an accelerator is installed.
• Mail queuing system to stagger the sending of emails to improve performance on large forums.
• Advanced signature settings to allow the administrator of a forum to more tightly control the contents of users' signatures.
• Personal messaging improvements including ability to automatically sort incoming messages and a variety of display options.
• Improved upgrade script with better timeout protection and simpler user interface.
• Custom profile fields to enable administrators to add additional member fields from the administration center.
• Use of OpenID.

The final version of SMF 2.0 was released on June 11, 2011.