Olympus Feature Highlights

Requirements

What does your server need for running phpBB Olympus? What databases are supported and which minimum PHP version is needed?

The new ACP
Supported databases

Olympus supports a variety of databases. If you are an expert on one of these databases, working with it daily and competent in PHP do not hestitate to contact the development team.

    * MySQL 3.23+/4.0+/4.1+/5.0+
    * MySQLi (MySQL 4.1+/5.0+)
    * PostgreSQL 7.3+
    * SQLite
    * Firebird 1.5+/Interbase 7.1+
    * Oracle
    * MSSQL 2000+
    * MSSQL 2000+ (ODBC)

Minumum PHP version required

PHP >= 4.3.3


Feature Highlights
What is improved?

Features that are already available in 2.0.x but were improved and/or enhanced for Olympus. This list only highlights the most important improvements.
    
What is new?

Features that did not exist in 2.0.x and were implemented for Olympus. This list is not complete, but only highlights the most important feature additions.
    

Private Messages

    * Send to multiple recipients
    * Send to groups
    * Send Blind Carbon Copies (BCC)
    * Forward messages
    * Friends list works as address book
    * Attach files to PMs
    * PM Drafts
    * Conversation view
    * PM folders
    * PM filters
    * Export Messages

Registration

    * Enable/disable COPPA
    * Limit registration attempts
    * Set min/max username length
    * Set min/max password length
    * Limit username chars
    * Set password complexity requirements
    * Force password change
    * Allow/disallow e-mail address re-usage

Search

    * Search inside topics
    * Select multiple forums and categories to search
    * Search within topic titles only
    * Search within first post of a topic only
    * Set search flood interval to limit server load
    * Select search backend (mysql/phpbb)

Admin Control Panel

    * More flexible and accessible tab layout
    * Modular system allows for easy extensions
    * Allow/disallow access to different functions
    * New founder status for the board creator
    * Completely re-structured for better handling

Moderator Control Panel

    * Manage the moderation queue
    * List of warnings and reports
    * Forum, topic, and post detail views

Polls

    * Multiple options per user
    * Allow/disallow vote change

Usergroups

    * Multiple group leaders
    * Set display colour for group members
    * Set group rank
    * Set group avatar

Profile View

    * More user statistics on profile view
    * Signature on profile view
    * Usergroups on profile view

Permissions

    * More powerful and flexible permission system
    * Simple permissions through roles
    * Fine-tune admin and moderator access
    * Super moderators

User Management

    * Advanced user editing interface
    * Edit user preferences
    * Edit group memberships
    * Show and edit all attachments of a user
    * View permissions directly

More Improvements

    * Moderator and admin control panels
    * Set temporary bans
    * Comments for bans
    * Manage group memberships in the ACP
    * Search members by all attributes

    

Attachments

    * Attachments in posts and PMs
    * Automatic image thumbnails
    * Attach images, documents, video streams, archives
    * Multiple attachments allowed
    * Display attachments inline

Unlimited Subforums

    * Create unlimited subforums
    * Display active topics of all subforums

Custom BBCodes

    * Create your own BBCodes
    * Add buttons to posting screen

Custom Profile Fields

    * Add new fields on user profiles
    * Display them at registration
    * Display them on the profile view
    * Hide new profile fields
    * Support different data types

User Control Panel

    * Manage subscribed topics & forums
    * Manage bookmarked topics
    * Manage saved drafts
    * Manage private messages
    * Manage usergroups
    * Manage friends and foes
    * Manage attachments

New Moderating Tools

    * Moderation queue
    * Topic merging
    * Topic copying
    * Locking of single posts
    * Topic history

Caching and performance

    * Templates are cached
    * Permissions are cached
    * Forum config is cached
    * Database queries are cached

Friends and Foes

    * Add other members as friends or foes
    * Posts by foes are hidden
    * Friends are shown in friends list

Warnings and Reports

    * Users can report topics and posts
    * Moderators can warn users

More Improvements For Users

    * Bookmark topics
    * Subscribe to forums
    * Jabber/xmpp support for notifications
    * Mail or print topics
    * "You got beaten at posting notification"

More Improvements For Admins

    * Global announcements
    * Display forum rules on forum page
    * Prune inactive users
    * User, moderator, admin and error logs
    * Language pack editing
    * User notes
    * Detect search spiders