Forum

Full community forum for Contensio.

Structure

Category  (e.g. General)
  └── Board  (e.g. Announcements, Off-topic)
        └── Thread  (a topic started by a user)
              └── Post (replies, including the opening post)

Features

• Categories and boards managed from admin
• Threads with pin and lock flags
• Nested-flat replies (one level, chronological)
• Likes on posts
• Board-level lock to restrict posting
• Per-thread locking to stop replies
• View counter on threads
• Member profile page with their threads and post count
• Public URL structure: /forum, /forum/{board}, /forum/{board}/{thread}
• Moderation dashboard in admin: recent posts, threads, delete/pin/lock actions
• Guest reading (toggle) / login required to post
• Search box for thread titles
• Auto-bumping: creating a reply updates the thread's last activity timestamp

Requirements

• Contensio CMS ^2.0
• Authentication working (for users to post and to show profiles)

Installation

composer require contensio/plugin-forum

Enable the plugin from the admin Plugins page. The CMS runs the migrations automatically.

Usage

1. Go to Tools -> Forum -> Categories and add your first category.
2. Add boards inside the category.
3. Visit /forum to see the public forum index.
4. Logged-in users can create threads and reply.
5. Moderate pins, locks, and deletions from Tools -> Forum -> Moderation.

License

AGPL-3.0-or-later. See the LICENSE file.