Home  »  Software Applications / Portlets  »  Forums & Message Boards Forums & Message Boards Software Overview The Forums software manages online forums, message boards, threaded discussions, conferences, FAQs, helpdesks, and other online collaborative activities without technical expertise. For commercial portals, message boards are proven "community builders". Since threaded discussions do not require real-time communication and save the postings, they have evolved to become critical operations knowledge base centers. Boards can be public or private, requiring users to login for viewing and/or posting messages. Administrators can designate moderators to manage a forum. Users can subscribe to a forum to receive email alerts of all postings. Users can browse the organized postings or quickly search for information. Links to the forums can also be featured in appropriate areas throughout the site. Screen Shots | Request Demo Benefits Collaborative software return on investment is maximized by minimizing content management and site operations costs while increasing revenues. Professionally manages multiple forums and boards quickly and easily Full-featured and ready to go today - right "off-the-shelf" Low Total Cost of Ownership - Low start up & training costs with continuing low operating costs Distributed management saves time and money by minimizing administrative labor Users can easily self-publish, increasing site participation, content, and value to users Convenient way to promote collaboration without the time constraints of chat software A versatile collaborative management tool that can be used to manage a wide variety of information top Features The Forums software enables flexible, easy-to-use collaboration focused on minimizing administrator involvement and cost. Multiple levels of administrative controls, including delegating management to moderators Public and private boards Automatic archiving of messages Ability to customize individual boards' operation and presentation Users can customize both presentation and their postings, including using screen names to protect identity Users can quickly email authors as well as posting a reply Users can subscribe and receive email alerts of new postings Links to forums can be featured in appropriate areas throughout the site Integrated with the User/Membership Management portlet for a single site log-in Users can select their favorite forums for quick browsing from their "My Portal" page using the Personalization portlet Restrict viewing to authorized users only using the Subscription/Users Content Viewing portlet For more detailed feature descriptions please contact us. top Revenue Opportunities The Forums software can generate a number of revenue streams. Sell Sponsorships that prominently feature the sponsor on all the portlet's page headers Sell targeted advertising by page location and by category using the Ad Server Charge for Forums participation Restrict viewing of forums to paid subscribers top

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