General

The success story of forums and online communities has been ongoing for over 20 years. From niche topics to a broad discussion platform, forums increase your website traffic or help you organize a project better.

There are countless free forum softwares on the Internet and again and again we are asked what advantages our forum software has over free forum software. With this article we would like to try to give answers to this question.

While spammers are always looking for new ways to bypass existing protection measures, implementing these suggestions will help prevent spam on your forum.

A forum is a great way to build your own community. We highlight a few best practices on how to bind users and boosting engagement in your forum.

Since May 2018, the EU regulation on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force. The GDPR lays down rules for the handling of personal data (such as e-mail or IP addresses) throughout the EU and therefore also applies when operating a forum. We explain what there is to consider.

We explain which requirements have to be met and what to consider when selling plugins in the WoltLab plugin-store.

In the forums for reporting bugs as well as in the suggestions section we use labels, in this article we explain their meaning.