Этот и другие скрипты, упомянутые в посте, вы найдете в этом архиве .

Скрипт which-forum.pl изучает код html-страницы на предмет наличия в нем сигнатур форумного движка. Аналогичный прием мы использовали при определении WordPress и Joomla , но есть пара отличий. Во-первых, сам скрипт не загружает код страницы, а читает его из stdin или файла, переданного в качестве аргумента. Это позволяет загрузить страницу один раз, к примеру, с помощью wget, а затем прогнать ее через несколько анализаторов, если у нас их не один. Во-вторых, в данном скрипте наличие сигнатуры является 100% признаком движка. В прошлый раз наличие сигнатуры лишь придавало веса соответствующему движку и «выигрывал» движок с наибольшим весом. Я решил, что в данном случае такой подход лишь напрасно усложнит код.

Чтобы протестировать работу скрипта, я провел небольшое исследование. Я составил список из нескольких тысяч форумов и прогнал каждый из них через свой скрипт, определив тем самым процент срабатываний программы и популярность различных движков.

Для получения списка форумов я воспользовался своим парсером Google . Поисковой системе посылались запросы типа

site:forum.*.ru
site:talk.*.ru
site:board.*.ru
site:smf.*.ru
site:phpbb.*.ru
....

и так далее. Полный код генератора запросов вы найдете в файле gen-forumsearch-urls.pl . Помимо зоны.ru также использовались.su .ua .kz и.by. В прошлый раз провести такое исследование было затруднительно, поскольку сайты на WordPress и Joomla не имеют подобных сигнатур в URL. Каталоги типа cmsmagazine.ru/catalogue/ не обеспечивают достаточного объема выборки. Что такое 600 сайтов на Drupal?

Надо признать, результаты эксперимента меня огорчили. Из 12590 исследуемых сайтов только на 7083 движок был определен успешно, то есть лишь в 56% случаев. Может быть, я не учел какой-нибудь движок? Неужто на половине форумов стоял Bitrix? Или мне стояло больше времени уделить поиску сигнатур? В общем, тут требуются дополнительные исследования.

Среди 56% успешно опознанных движков самыми популярными, как и следовало ожидать, оказались IPB (31%), phpBB (26,6%) и vBulletin (26,5%)

За ними с большим отставанием следуют SMF (5,8%) и DLEForum (5,3%). Мой любимый punBB оказался лишь на 6-м месте (1,64%). Я не советовал бы сильно доверять этим цифрам (мол, каждый третий форум в рунете работает на IPB), но определенные выводы сделать, конечно, можно.

Например, если вы намерены делать сайт на форумном движке и планируете модифицировать форум, скажем, платить пользователям по 0.01$ за каждое сообщение с автоматическим выводом средств раз в неделю, то вам следует выбрать один из трех наиболее популярных движков. Чем популярнее форум, тем больше шансов найти программиста, который хорошо в нем разбирается.

Если же существенных изменений в движке не предвидится, то возможно имеет смысл выбрать не самый популярный движок, например SMF или punBB. Этим вы уменьшите число хакерских атак на свой форум и количество автоматически рассылаемого на нем спама.

Скриптам для поиска/определения форумов также можно найти не одно практическое применение. Первое, что пришло лично мне в голову — это отсортировать по тИЦ опознанные форумы и разместить на первой сотне посты с ссылками на один из своих сайтов. Однако сотня форумных dofolllow-ссылок никак не повлияла на тИЦ (прошло 2 апдейта), так что лучше не тратить тут время, если только вас не интересуют переходы.

Понятно, что названное применение скриптов далеко не единственное. Думаю, вы легко придумаете, как еще можно их использовать.

Все знают, что я просто жить не могу без Джумла, но, на мой взгляд, хорошего форума в компонентах у нет. Поэтому я и работаю с форумными движками. Один из новых, которые я только недавно начал использовать, является Начинаем новую категорию SMF, надеюсь, с полезного материала. Начинаем с малого, ну и как новички очень полезного.

Первые шаги в поисковой оптимизации Simple Machines Forum: удаляем копирайт и внешние ссылки

Сразу оговорюсь, что я работаю только smf 2 и данная статья будет относится именно к данной версии бесплатного форумного движка.

И так, постоянные читатели знают как сильно я не люблю ставить по "10" внешних ссылок на официальные сайты движков, в том числе и форумных. Именно поэтому первым делом удаляем копирайт и целых 4, внимание 4 внешних ссылки вида "SMF 2.0.2 | Simple Machines | SMF © 2011 | XHTML " ! Для этого подключаемся к сайту по FTP forum/Themes/название Вашей темы оформления / и редактируем файл index.template.php . Естественно в самом низу находится код (около 330 строки), который выводят так не любимые нам внешние ссылки. Поэтому удаляем: "

SMF Mods are very important to every simple machine forum powered bulletin board as it lets you add features and customizations to your forum without losing them to core forum software updates and/or change of theme.

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) being an open source software has got thousands of Modifications (Mods) to meet the need of every discussion board owner or even developers.

Being a long time user of the SMF forum software, I have decided to list out 50 of the very best Simple Machines Forums Modifications (SMF mods) that really matters.

It should be useful to every forum owner. I also made my list so large to be able to serve tech, entertainment, community, gaming or even religious forum administrators that are on the look for best SMF Mods to install.

We separated our list of “top 50 best SMF mods that matters ” in parts, navigate through the list by using the titles below.

Really Important Modifications (Mods)

Seriously, the needs of every forum differs depending on the targeted audience and users, this is my reason for separating this part from the entire list as I wouldn’t recommend as much as 50 SMF mods for a single forum.

This part is limited to mods for core SMF forum owners needs such as:-

• Security.
• Search engine optimization (SEO).
• Preventing spam posts and spam registrations.
• Ads and payment system integration.
• Mobile friendliness and etc.

1. Misc Anti Spam

Combating bots registration in any forum to the webmaster is just as important as keeping the forum itself. A forum left to the mess of robots and spammers will hardly see the light of the day.

Some forums are already sent to oblivion by not implementing a measure to completely prevent spam bots registration. This is my reason for placing this mod at the very top of my list.

Misc Anti Spam smf Mod prevents machines and automated bots from gaining access to your forum. It uses .

2. Anti-Spam Links

After fighting spam bots registration, it is important to , they can be as messy as these bots at times; hence the need to implement an automated police to use the sledgehammer on them.

Anti-Spam Links Mod for SMF gives you control over who post links in your forum space. Having this mod active will turn out to be the best thing to happen to your boards as forum link spamming will be reduced to zero.

In my opinion, it is a must have smf mod for busy forums.

3. Optimus Brave

Now that the bad guys are taken care of, it is time to really face Search Engine Optimization (SEO); a factor that will determine how far your forum will go in the long run.

Optimus Brave Mod for SMF takes care of every options needed to give your forum a good shape in the eyes of google and other tops search engines around.

Opimus brave mod for SMF is one of the most used modification for and works flawlessly for modern-day search engine optimization. It is one of the only few SMF mods with access to sitemap and robots.txt editor.

4. Custom Action

Now that your forum is ready to go viral, you need create some landing pages such as; privacy policy, forum rules, terms, contact page, custom pages and all that.

Custom Action Mod for SMF makes it pretty easy to create custom HTML, BBC and PHP pages. It is also a great option for those not planning to use any portals mod.

It is light-weighted smf mod that works really well on busy websites and without adding much load to the server.

5. Tapatalk Integration

This is 2014, either you are implementing a responsive design or using apps for those accessing your forum via mobile devices.

Tapatalk Integration Mod for SMF makes it very easy for you to create mobile application for those browsing your forum with phone. There’s app for android, iPhone, blackberry and other top mobile operating system out there.

11. Wireless/RSS amount displayed

The mod makes it very easy for those using SMF default mobile view and/or other similar Wap2 mods to take full control of the number of post shown to their mobile users.

It also gives you full control over the number of RSS feed displayed; with it you can easily change your displayed RSS feed from 5 to something more convenient. [download link ]

12. Related Topics

Related Topics Mod for SMF can greatly improve the number of time guest (referred by search) and users spend on your forum by suggesting related topics to them.

It is also great for reducing bounces. The only down side of this mod is being heavy for forums running on a very weak shared server hosting environment. [download link ]

13. SA Facebook Integration

Facebook is now used by almost 30% of the entire world population above 13 years. Providing an option to sign up to your forum using Facebook makes it even easier for more people to join.

SA Facebook Mod for SMF do not only make it easy to create a Facebook registration option for your forum but also adds Facebook comments, Facebook likes and other Facebook related features. [download link ]

14. Pretty Url

Almost every other CMS out there has an option for this, using SMF doesn’t mean you should piss of your users by forcing them bookmark a topic they would like to visit again.

Pretty Url Mod for SMF makes your url easy for both human and search engines to relate fine with. [download link ]

15. Social Media Sharing

We couldn’t handpick the best here as there are two awesome choice to add pretty looking social media sharing buttons to every of your individual forum post.

17. SMF Likes Lite

This is a great mod for modern forum owners, adds an ajax powered like button to your forum post. Great for entertainment forum owners that might just prefer to give a thumb up instead of replying to post.

It is very similar to the official Facebook like button. It also integrates well with SMF by allowing the admin to set necessary permissions. [download link ]

Very Useful Mods

Another part of our top 50 SMF Mods that matters will have to do with mods that aren’t extremely needed like the first two parts above but are really essential to the growth and overall development of your forum.

You can as well fix this list up together with the second part of our list ‘cos they are just that important too. It provides some enhancement that can really make your forum to stand out from the rest.

19. Registered Links

Registered Links Mod for SMF encourages guest to join your forum by masking every link on your forum with a “register or sign” warning. [download link ]

20. NoFollow All Links

Best for forums that has little or no moderation, automatically adds the rel=”nofollow tag to all links contained within the forum post. Use with caution as could be bad SEO-wise for any regular forum. [download link ]

21. SEO and XML Sitemap

If you aren’t already comfortable with the SEO backup provided by Optimus Brave Mod, SEO and XML Sitemap Mod for SMF can further improve the performance of your forum in google and other search engines. [download link ]

22. SMFShop

Makes the forum a lot more fun by rewarding users with coin money each time they make valuable contribution in the forum. The money can be used to purchase stuff from the forum. [download link ]

23. Contact Page

Makes it very easy to add a professional contact form to any SMF powered forum. [download link ]

24. SMF Gallery

Adds a beautiful gallery system to smf without tweaking any theme or core files. [download link ]

25. Tagging System For Topics

Gives your forum a complete tagging system just like we have in vbulletin, makes it very easy for your users to add individual tags when creating new post on the forum. [download link ]

26. Cumulus Congestus

Adds a little extra feature to your forum by creating a tag cloud of popular topics on your forum. [download link ]

27. Download System

Great for tech, gaming, music, video and apps forum. It adds a complete download system to your SMF powered forum. [download link ]

28. Activity In Profile

Tells you what a user is doing either from the profile page or who is online list. [download link ]

Mods for Layout Features and Customization

This part of our list includes awesome modification that will normally add amazing features, look, layout and glimmering touch to the appearance of your forum.

From brilliant colours, awesome CSS styling to Ajax and Facebook related features; we did our best to handpick this part of SMF mods that are great for customizing the layout and overall appearance of your forum.

29. Ultimate Profile

Makes your forum look a bit lively and real by adding social features like you have on Facebook and other top social networking platforms.

Users can receive comments, customize their profile page with HTML & CSS and all that. [download link ]

30.Default Avatar

Makes your forum beautiful and consistent in look by adding a default profile image to every of your users. [download link ]

31. Smart Pagination

Adds a custom styling to the default SMF pagination with nice CSS tweak. [download link ]

32. Vbulletin Style Board Index

Makes your forum index appear a bit different by styling the post / topic area to look similar to that of vbulletin powered discussion boards. [download link ]

33. cbi v0.5 (Custom Board Icons)

Helps you customize the default icons on your forum theme. [download link ]

35. Add & Create Social Media Icons To Profiles

This Mod makes it easy for all your forum users to add popular Social Media sites to their Profile, it comes with the icons too. [download link ]

36. Add Avatar To Who Is Online

Best for entertainment forums that believes so much in pictures. Shows you the pictures of users online when viewing the “who is online” list. [ download link ]

37. Simple Colorizer

Helps you add color to all usernames with color of membergroup on the forum. [download link ]

38. Customize ‘Child board’

Tired of seeing “Child Board” on your sub-boards? Use this mod to rename that part to what pleases your eyes. We considered the usefulness and popularity of this tool before including it in this ultimate list of best 50 SMF mods.

42. Hide Images from Guests

Reduces bandwidth as well as encourages guest to join the forum by hiding images from them till they either register or log in to the forum. [download link ]

43. Google Tagged

Strengthens the keyword of your forum by logging incoming google searches and listing them as tags. [download link ]

44. Invitation Message In Your Face

Encourages guest to register on your forum by reminding them they aren’t members yet. [download link ]

45. Reason For Editing Mod

Adds a reason for editing a post that will be inputted when you edit a post. [download link ]

46. PM Auto Responder

This important mod allows users to automatically send an Auto Response that will be sent to sender. Moderators can also use it to automatically warn users to stop asking for help privately. [download link ]

47. Fake Topic Views

Can’t tell why most entertainment forum owners loves this mod; maybe it actually makes their forum look popular by faking the number of views upward. [download link ]

48. Advance Fake Users and Guests Online for SMF

Indirectly increases the number of new registrations on forum, simply making it look busy through increasing numbers of Guests, Hidden Members as well Fake Registered Members. [download link ]

49. reCAPTCHA for SMF

Used to be a great option for fighting spam bots registration in the past but has lost much of its potency over the years. Still yet, it is one of the better SMF mods for combating spam and bots registeration on simple machine forums.

50. bXk WapMod

Another awesome option for making a better Mobile View or Wap2 Forum. It perfectly complements our SMF mods list as it tends to bring a better option to those that prefers a stand-alone mobile site to responsive designs.

How to Install SMF Mods

Installing smf mods is as easy as installing the SMF software itself. All you need do is walk through the following steps carefully or watch the video attached below for a more visual approach to installing smf mods.

1. Download the SMF mod you wish to install : You can download it directly from the SMF mods site by saving the zip archive mod package to a known folder on your computer’s active desktop.
2. Log in to your SMF forum’s dashboard using the admin details.
3. Click on the admin button from the navigation tabs.
4. Locate and click on the link named Main from the left side of the window and select Packages .
5. Pick the download packages option and scroll down to where you have browse and the other options.
6. Click on browse next to package to upload and find the smf mods zip package already downloaded in the step1 above.
7. Click on apply mod and use the install now button to complete the smf mods installation.

Over to you

I have taken my time to list out the top 50 SMF Mods that rocks, I have been doing a lot with SMF recently and can assure you that the mods (the first part mostly) will be very valuable to your forum.

Do not forget to share and also feel free to drop your questions, difficulty with SMF modifications and other tips that could help with understanding and working with SMF mods .

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