3. Features Overview
Features of the Laraforum Script
Technology Stack
- TALL Stack (Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js, Laravel, Livewire)
- Shared hosting friendly (Runs smoothly on cPanel, Plesk, etc.)
- Inbuilt Script Installer
- Fully responsive and mobile-friendly design
- Optimized performance (lazy loading, caching, optimized queries)
Security & Optimization
- Adblock detection (Encourage users to disable adblockers)
- Block any country or IP address (For security and compliance)
- Spam detection logic (Prevents bots and spam submissions)
- Auto-ban users for repeated spam attempts
- Role-based access control (Admin, Moderator, User)
- CSRF & XSS Protection
- Secure file upload handling
SEO & Monetization
- SEO-friendly URLs (Clean structure, keyword-rich URLs)
- Schema markup for better search engine rankings
- Breadcrumbs navigation for better user experience & SEO
- Meta title & description customization
- Auto-generate alt text for images (Improves SEO)
- Google Adsense integration
- Auto-convert external links to nofollow + UGC attributes
- Sitemap generation (Automatic/Manually)
Backup & Multilingual Support
- One-click backup (Files + Database)
- Multilingual support (Translate website into multiple languages)
User Features
Forum & Community
- Separated forum project (e.g., ../forum)
- Nested comments for blog posts (Auth)
- Social login (Google)
- Friend request system (Similar to social media platforms)
- User reputation points (Gamification to encourage participation)
- User badges & achievements (Recognize active users)
- Live notifications (Real-time updates on replies, likes, messages)
- Leaderboard (Shows top users based on activity)
Threads & Interactions
- Thread topic creation by users
- Rich-text edit for Threads and Replies
- Upvote/downvote thread replies
- Like system for thread replies
- Image & media attachments in Replies (Supports images, videos, GIFs)
- Private chat (Friends Only)
- Public/private user profiles
- Custom user bios and profile customization
User Verification & Moderation
- Email-verified users
- Moderator role & privileges
- Report content system (Users can report spam or abuse)
- User Follow / Unfollow System
Admin & Backend Features
User & Content Management
- Manage users & moderators (Add, edit, ban, or delete users)
- Potential moderator detection logic (Find active and responsible users)
- Manage thread topic, replies (Edit, approve, delete)
- IP tracking & banning (Monitor suspicious activities)
Design & Customization
- Enable or disable theme change for Users
- Set default theme from 15+ colorful themes
- Custom branding options (Logo, favicon, colors)
- Various Dark mode themes included
Custom Landing Page
- Fully Customizable Business landing
- Enable/Disable Landing page components
- Alternative static Forum landing page
Performance & Analytics
- Dashboard with statistics (User activity, post engagement, traffic)
- Google Analytics integration
- Cache system (Redis, file-based caching for speed)
- Lazy loading for images (Faster page loading)
- Full .webp support (Automatically converts each image file to the .webp format)
Custom Page Management & Blog
- Admin blog post posting
- Custom categories & tags for posts
- Adsense Enabled
- Blog Commenting System (Under Moderation)
- Create Unlimited Custom Pages
Upcoming Features
- User Mentions (@username tagging) [Free]
- Push Notifications (Browser & Mobile) [FREE]
- Android (Flutter) Mobile App [Paid]
- AI-powered content moderation (Detect offensive content automatically)
- Event Calendar & Group Discussions
- Other Advanced Forum Features