SMF Mods installed on the BSP SMF example forums

If you have looked at the two SMF forums install at
BSP you may have noticed that they have a number
of Mods applied to them to expand their functionality.

Bastion Special Projects SMF Example Forum

Bastion Special Projects SMF with Tiny Portal Example Forum

Here I will give you brief overview of each mod. please
see the "Located here" links for the full details of each
mod.

SMF Gallery Lite

What is it?
Simply put it is a basic image gallery for SMF.
It can have multiple categories and sub categories
and it can be set to allow any user group you want
access to it.

Located here

Global Headers and Footers

What is it?
This something you may find quite useful if you want
to add some HTML code to your forum but don't want
to play around with the PHP code. Take a look at either
of the example forums and you can see some uses for
this mod, Adding links to other areas of your site, adding
code for Adsense and other ads, code for free hosted
toolbars and more.


Located here

SMF Links

What is it?
This is a links directory that can handle multiple
categories and sub categories. Much like the gallery
mod you can give permissions to specific groups.

Located here

Auto Embed Video/Audio Clips

What is it?
This is a neat little mod that allows audio and video
clips from a wide variety of sites to embedded into
forum post without needing any special BB Code or
major modifications to your forum. You might want
to take a look at the link below to get a better
idea of what sites it can auto embed from.

Located here

TinyPortal

What is it?
TinyPortal is an addon Portal System or CMS
(Content Management System) for SMF. It is
a great way to greatly extend you forum into
much more by adding the ability is write and
post articles in addition to your existing forum.
It also includes a built in Shout Box among other
features. For the full details visit the link below*.

* TinyPortal requires you to register an account to
download the mod and to view certain areas of their
forum.

Located here


As I find and try more Mods I will update this blog
entry.