XMB (FORUM)

'XMB' is short for 'eXtreme Message Board' and is an open source forum system written in the PHP 4 scripting language and using the database management system MySQL to store dynamic content. It is being distributed under the GNU General Public License. Out-of-the-box, the forum is quite simple compared to its commercial competitors, but a substantial amount of modifications exist to add new features.^[1]
Some important features:

★ Support for many languages

★ Buddy list

★ u2u messaging system

★ Thread subscriptions

★ Subforums

Contents

Modifications

Criticism

Derivates

References

External links

Modifications

A substantial amount of modifications or hacks exist for XMB. Most of these are made by administrators of other XMB boards. The XMB forum software can be considered quite easy to modify compared to some of the other forums.
Currently, the main sources for modifications are:
Main XMB Mod Forums

XMB Services

XMB Garage

XMB Mods

Criticism

XMB has with its increasing popularity become the target of Spambots that register and spam the member list or the forums themselves.
Also, the u2u messaging system is constantly mistaken for being a private messaging system; on XMB boards, the highest level user accounts ("Super Administrators") are able to read u2u messages. This function, however, was removed with the release of XMB's 1.9.7 RC3 version of its software.
The former management was considered to be quite dictatorial in nature and had a habit of not listening to users opinions. New management has taken over and is more prone to listen to user's opinions and needs now.

Derivates

The Crossday Discuz! Board is a derivate of XMB, which is mostly popular in China. MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) is another forum software created by some of the original developers of XMB, but based on new code.
Another board software derived from XMB is UltimaBB, which is still in beta stages of development.

References

1. http://forums.xmbforum.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=230 Retrieved April 12, 2007.

External links

★ XMB Forums Support Forums The official XMB forums

★ XMB Services A site for XMB modifications and support

★ XMB Garage A site for XMB modifications and support

★ XMBMods A site for XMB modifications

★ BigBudDen Forum A gamer/tech community built on the XMB forum. Features many XMB hacks and has an extensive XMB database. The forum is also used in a unique news content display system on the homepage.