Beehive Forum
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| Stable release | 1.0.1 / February 14, 2011 |
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| Operating system | Platform Independent |
| Platform | PHP/MySQL |
| Type | Internet forum software |
| License | GPL |
| Website | http://www.beehiveforum.co.uk/ |
Beehive Forum is a free and open source forum system using the PHP scripting language and MySQL database software.
The main difference between Beehive and most other forum software is its frame-based interface, which lists discussion titles on the left and displays their contents on the right.
Other features which differentiate Beehive from most forums include:
- Targeted replies to specific users and/or posts.
- Safe HTML posting (malicious code is stripped out), rather than BBCode, via WYSIWYG editor, helper toolbar, or manual typing.
- A relationship system, allowing users to ignore users and/or signatures that they dislike.
- Powerful forum-wide and per-user word filtering, including a regular expression option.
- A flexible polling system, allowing public or private ballot, grouped answers, and different result modes.
- A built-in "light mode" that allows basic forum access from PDAs and web-enabled mobilephones.
The source of these useful yet distinct features is not just from the minds of developers, but also from the people who use the software[1].
With its mix of technical features and user friendly interface, Beehive is used by a range of audiences, from Linux users to senior citizens and more. Beehive is used by the popular UK technology website The Inquirer on the Hermits Cave Message Board[2][3].
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[edit] Security & Vulnerabilities
In May 2007 Beehive Forum was selected as one of the most secure forums from a selection of 10 Open Source software tested by Dragos Lungu Dot Com[4].
On 28 November 2007 Nick Bennet and Robert Brown of Symantec Corporation discovered a security flaw related to Beehive's database input handling. The vulnerability could "allow a remote user to execute SQL injection attacks"[5][6]. The flaw affected all versions of the software up to 0.7.1. The Beehive Forum team responded very rapidly with a fix released, in the form of version 0.8 of the software, later that day[7].
[edit] Reviews of Beehive Forum
[edit] See also
- Comparison of Internet forum software (PHP)
- Beehive feature list on ForumMatrix.org comparison website
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Beehive Forum SourceForge.net page
- Beehive Forum Tutorial and Installation How To by NEXCESS.NET hosting company.
- Beehive Forum Help Wiki by ManicGeek Tech Portal
- Beehive Forum Online Demo by Demolabo.com
