COBRA FORUM application

General features

• multiple debates, topics or discussions
• multiple threads
• multiple replies on replies within a thread
• public or validated access to messages
• public or validated contributions
• direct publishing of contributions or only after approval
• usage of existing design or stylesheets
• transparant exchange of contributions via webinterface or e-mail
• no limitation in number of discussions, threads, messages or participants

E-mail options

• Moderation of new contributions via e-mail or webinterface
• Sendig copies, summaries or listings of contributions to mailinglists
• Receive contributions or replies to separate discussions or threads via E-mail

Forum Settings

Create new or modify attributes of existing discussions:

Attributes for each separate discussion:

• Title
• Start Date
• End Date
• Archive the discussion
• Public access to read contributions or registered participants only
• Allow public contributions or only by registered participants
• E-mail notification of contributions (to the moderator or mailinglist)
• Background color of each subject line
• Background color of each author and date line
• Background color of contributions

Admin options

• Withold or approve publishing of specific messages
• Display original or introduction message on top of reply form
• Edit content of message, author and subject lines
• View e-mail address of authors
• Move messages or threads to other sections of a discussion
• Open a new thread by moving one or range of messages
• Export participants to Comma Separated Values (CSV) file
• Copy messages to remote moderator(s) or mailinglists
• Create introductions, headers or footers to specific discussions
• Make use of existing stylesheets, design elements or HTML lay-out
• Close a discussion and archive all messages

User options via the Web

Menu bar with:

• Switch to other discussions
• Enter new contributions as a new thread
• Search full text in all contributions and discussions

Reply to messages as to replies on messages
View complete threads whithin discussions

User options via E-mail

Receive messages, summaries or listings
Send contributions or replies to discussions and threads

Addtional available webapplications

Resources: maintained by moderators or participants themselves

• Weblinks
• Documents

Participants:

• maintained by admin or participants themselves
• listings by last name or country of residence

Technical requirements

For the webinterface: any browser
For the e-mail options: any mail programme

Hosting

Forum application is part of COBRA written in PHP by Antenna Netherlands and stored in MySQL and hosted under Linux by Antenna Denmark

Forum samples of in total 12 webforums

in Dutch language:

• (2003) Provincial Elections
• (2003) Gender issues
• (2004) Environmental issues

in English language:

• (2003) European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) discussion on Drylands Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation in (sub-)humid areas, closed discussion
• (2002) UNDP and more specific, with more than 600 participants worldwide and hundreds of contributions per item.
• (2002) Resource centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry

Order a (quote) for a forum