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==External links==
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* [http://www.nexcess.net/support/tutorials/forums/beehive/ Beehive Forum Tutorial and Installation How To] by NEXCESS.NET hosting company.
* [http://www.nexcess.net/support/tutorials/forums/beehive/ Beehive Forum Tutorial and Installation How To] by NEXCESS.NET hosting company.
* [http://wiki.manicgeek.com/Beehive_Forum_Help_Wiki Beehive Forum Help Wiki] by ManicGeek Tech Portal
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Revision as of 01:47, 26 April 2012

Beehive Forum
Stable release
1.2.0 / April 16, 2012 (2012-04-16)
Repository
Operating systemPlatform Independent
PlatformPHP/MySQL
TypeInternet forum software
LicenseGPL
Websitewww.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.

Features

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].

Security and 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].

Reviews of Beehive Forum

See also

References