allows basic threaded discussions as most web-based forums do
no limit in article size, subject length or articles quantity
unlike many other web based forums, aGNeS is fully customizable and allows you to create a look and feel like the rest of your site
cutomization allow to edit the real html template documents that generate each portion of the forum and use special aGNeS tags to generate article lists or similar items in the locations you choose
articles can be archived and archives can be accessed and searched at any time
aGNeS separates tasks such as article posting or article viewing in order to allow better layout and clean forums; aGNeS has six templates actually that can have any layout: articles list, single article, posting a new article, replying to an article, article preview and article search results
unlike bulky and unpleasant BBS systems, aGNeS is non-restrictive, that is there's no login, no user authentication - it's basically an anonymous forum so users feel free to post and access the threads by one simple click; still aGNeS can be for example moderated (check power options for details)
aGNeS articles may contain HTML code, HTML is restricted in article subjects not to damage full threads of articles
aGNeS allows easy navigation between articles with links to next and previous articles, full thread view without confusing information or locations
aGNeS can highlight new articles, add pictures to recent articles, customizable even by age per day
aGNeS supports article IDs (faces)- small images a user can choose from when posting an article depending on the article content (of course you can define your own faces sets)
aGNeS supports e-mailing of article responses at user demand
aGNeS has article preview when posting a new article or replying to an existing one
aGNeS supports forward and reverse threading
aGNeS can search through articles either simply with such options as "case sensitivity" or with a RegExp engine and show customizable results
aGNeS supports thread collapsing and expanding at any amount of levels as well as expanding a single thread
aGNeS is fast, does not consume a lot of resources for a large (thousands) number of boards, fully remote and several years of operation have proven it very reliable
aGNeS can be customized using a template method of the MV4 CGI library - tags and options are placed on the template pages and are parsed by aGNeS; this also allows to create virtually any layout of any forum
aGNeS password protected administration allows to modify or delete articles
aGNeS administration allows to archive articles, merge archives, delete and rename archives
aGNeS allows to show articles newer than a certain amount of days, hours, minutes or even seconds
aGNeS supports time shifting for remote execution from different time zones
aGNeS can force user to input various article fields
aGNeS RegExp search engine is a full implementation used by power software like XReplace-32, aGNeS can search simply or using RexExp and also search in archives
aGNeS forums can be fully moderated - an administrator's intervention needed to show an article
aGNeS fully supports frames allowing any kind of crazy layout
aGNeS allows to track IPs of users that have posted articles
aGNeS is not full of publicity - you're free to suppress all Vestris banners from your aGNeS BBS
Each forum data and forum layout are two separated things, aGNeS does not generate fixed HTML pages but dynamically merges layout at each run - you can change the forum layout at any time and even have two forums with the same layout without keeping double template pages
aGNeS forums can be password protected with individual users having personal passwords
aGNeS is an all-in-one solution to push your company into the interactive world of web based forums
aGNeS supports groups of forums for faster processing, aim definition and better management
each "group" or forum community gets an administrative password that can be used on all forums and throughout the web management system, an interface to create new forums (can be password protected) and to manage each forum individually
each forum gets a private administrator's password to modify/delete/archive articles and has a private online management section to delete a forum, to change the administrator's password, name and email or to modify the location of the template pages
aGNeS supports remote execution, that is template pages can be anywhere on any other server than the one running aGNeS
aGNeS is a simple binary executable, implementing the CGI and running with all known HTTP servers, such as Apache or IIS
aGNeS runs under all known OS compiling C++, including Linux, Windows NT, Windows 95/98 and Sun Solaris
aGNeS needs little memory and a low amount of system resources
aGNeS stores well organized data files for forums contents and is guaranteed no security compromise
aGNeS uses the MV4, a professional CGI library developed at the University of Geneva, implementing encrypted passwords, strong equivalence matching, typecast verification and a scripting host for automated processing
aGNeS is free for non-commercial companies and individuals
a single aGNeS server license allows to make an infinite number of forums for your company
a single aGNeS server license allows aGNeS resale for your customers with special conditions from Vestris Inc.
aGNeS remote license for commercial companies allows to use aGNeS without any resources need on your server side, remotely from a Vestris Inc. server
aGNeS is provided 24/24h online support, a member of the Vestris team will help solve any problem using e-mail or ICQ