Revision 159058779 of "OvBB" on enwiki

{{Infobox Software
| name = OvBB
| logo = 
| screenshot = [[Image:OvBBShot.png|200px]]
| caption = The [http://www.ovbb.org/forums/ OvBB Project forums] running V0.16a
| developer = The OvBB Project
| latest_release_version = V0.16a
| latest_release_date = [[April 6]], [[2007]]
| latest_preview_version = 
| latest_preview_date = 
| operating_system = Cross Platform
| platform = [[PHP]] / [[MySQL]] / [[PostgreSQL]]
| genre = [[Internet forum|Forum software]]
| license = [[MIT License| MIT]]
| website = [http://www.ovbb.org/ www.ovbb.org]
}}

'''OvBB''' is an [[open source]] [[Internet forum|message board]] written in [[PHP]]. Its purpose is to mimic [[vBulletin]] 2.x.x in both look and behavior while still adding new functionality. It also features the ability of driver usage, which enables support for a wide array of database platforms.

==Developers==
*Jonathon Freeman - Lead Developer/Founder
*Brian Otto - Developer

==Features==
*[[Emoticon|Smilies]]
*[[Avatar (icon)|Avatars]]
*[[BBCode]]
*Private Messaging
*Calendar & Events
*Polls
*Usergroup Permissions
*[[XHTML]] template
*[[Database abstraction layer|Multiple database support]]

==External links==
*[http://www.ovbb.org Official Project Homepage]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ovbb/ SourceForge.net Project Page]
*[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ovbb-commits OvBB Commits]
*[http://www.forummatrix.org/show/OvBB ForumMatrix Entry]
*[http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2218 Demo at OpenSourceCMS]

== See also ==
{{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}} 
<!-- Links in the see also section are links to related Wikipedia articles, if you wish to add or remove a related page, discuss this on the talk page -->
* [[Comparison of Internet forum software]]
* [[vBulletin]]

[[Category:Free Internet forum software]]
[[Category:SourceForge projects]]
[[Category:PHP programming language]]

{{compu-soft-stub}}