Adding functionality to your forum with contribs
Advanced Forum adds some functionality to the core forum module by itself but, to really emulate stand alone forum software, you need more modules. The following are the modules I suggest but you'll also want to visit the community category in the downloads section for more ideas as new modules are constantly being added.
Modules marked with a * are automatically used by Advanced Forum when installed.
Enhanced user information and interaction
Profile* (core)
Buddylist 1.x* (See also Buddylist 2 and User Relationships)
PrivateMsg 2.x/3.x* (1.x not supported; you can adjust the link in your theme)
User Points*
User Badges*
User Stats*
User Titles*
Imagecache Profiles
Content entry
BUEditor
Live
Quote
Smileys
Signatures for Forums
Administration, moderation, and utility
Comment Mover
Flatcomment (Forces all replies to be against the node to avoid deleting issues with hidden threading.)
Forum Access
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