Kunena

Kunena can be installed like any other Joomla component and will add a special section in the Joomla backend where the admin can build and customize his forum.

The component features its own administration dashboard where all forum related settings are managed. This is optimal since the default Joomla backend doesn't get polluted with forum management options, and you can easily keep the two sections separated and grant access to other users to manage the forum without giving them full access to the site's management panel as well.

Everything in the forum can be customized, from smileys, to forum categories, and up to the user profiles.

There's no difference between Kunena and any other standalone forum, Kunena even supporting its own themes and plugins, all separate from the native Joomla extensions and skins.

Overall, the Kunena forum component is one of the best Joomla forums around, well documented, constantly updated with new features, and also open sourced as the original Joomla CMS.

Installation:

Go to the Joomla admin section.

Select "Extensions" -> "Install/Uninstall/Extensions Manager".

Upload the package's ZIP archive file and press "Upload & Install".

Go to the Components - > Kunena to manage the forum.

Go to the www.website.com/forum URL to access the forum.

What is new in this release:

• Improve upload
• When you open on announcement the sdescription is displayed two times
• Blue eagle: remove spaces on uploaded attachments

What is new in version 4.0.3:

• Improve upload
• When you open on announcement the sdescription is displayed two times
• Blue eagle: remove spaces on uploaded attachments

What is new in version 3.0.8 / 4.0.0 Beta 3:

• New eBay function, old one is deprecated
• YouTube BBcode improved
• Improve language strings
• Improve forum integration plugins
• General bug fixes
• Convert Kunena installation to jQuery for J!3.x series

What is new in version 3.0.8:

• New eBay function, old one is deprecated
• YouTube BBcode improved
• Improve language strings
• Improve forum integration plugins
• General bug fixes
• Convert Kunena installation to jQuery for J!3.x series

What is new in version 3.0.7:

• New eBay function, old one is deprecated
• YouTube BBcode improved
• Improve language strings
• Improve forum integration plugins
• General bug fixes
• Convert Kunena installation to jQuery for J!3.x series

What is new in version 3.0.6:

• XSS vulnerability.
• SQL Injection vulnerability.

What is new in version 3.0.5:

• Fixes some JomSocial stream issues
• Improvements to backend
• Improvements to lightbox
• XSS vulnerability in BBCode output

Requirements:

• PHP 5.3.1 or higher
• MySQL 5.1 or higher
• Joomla!