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Simplest Forum

Description:

Simplest Forum is a bare-bones Joomla! 1.5 native forum component that offers the "simplest forum" possible while still providing useful functionality, since many Joomla sites neither need nor want a complex forum but want instead an easy way for users to communicate.

Key Features

Allows role-based viewing, posting and management.
Provides three views: a list of all forums, a list of topics, and a list of all posts for a specific forum.
Forum, topic, and post list display are completely CSS based for maximum customization.
Available plugins include: CAPTCHA support via Simple CAPTCHA, a basic (but very customizable) "Latest Posts" module, a Joomla! search plugin, a BBCode plugin, a notification plugin, an attachment / upload plugin, and an RSS plugin.

The Joomla Simplest Forum does not include profiles, statistics, or private messaging. If you want any of those things, you may be better off using one of the more advanced Joomla forum components.