Checking features

I'm looking for a new forum solution to replace an existing one that I'm just not happy with. Here are the things I would like:
 
1) Ability to jump directly to unread posts in a thread
2) Easy posting. Changing the Tab order so hitting tab once after typing a message jumps to the submit button
3) Spell check
4) Easily add images to posts
5) ASP based so I can Mod ( lots of backgound in ASP )

6) Ability to integrate login with exiting site.
 

 
Some other things that would be handy:
1) ability to subscribe user to a forum( we have sponsors that get their own forums and during setup it's nice to subscribe their accounts to their sponsor forum )
2) Live chat
 
I know by reading the FAQ that the software does have some of the features listed above I just want to make sure.

thanks for your inquiry. Let me answer the questions one-by-one:

1. yes. for unread posts, you would see a yellow arrow in front of them on the forum page. Click on it and you will be taken to the first unread post in the thread
   
2. you can simply change the tabindex in the post interface. However, since we use WYSIWYG editor, tab means indentation in the editor unless you disable the WYSIWYG in the software
   
3. We do not have one built-in. For IE, you can use IESpell (it is integrated), and for Firefox, you can use the Spellbound
   
4. you can simply drag and drop an image to the WYSIWYG editor.
   
5. Yes, we have both ASP and .NET version
   
6. See this page: http://www.aspplayground.net/forum/m_373880/tm.htm
   
7. users need to subscribe to a forum themselves, but you can impersonate their accounts and subscribe for them. It takes only a simple click to impersonate a person by an admin.
   
8. We have an integration script for SigmaChat: http://www.aspplayground.net/forum/m_377276/tm.htm

Let me know if you have other questions.

Well... That sounds like it pretty much covers the bases. I have a bit more research but your product is the front runner right now.

I didn't realize I wasn't logged in. When I replied.
 
I just noticed something that I'm not sure about. The New Posts search Is it possible to see this so that there is one entry for each thread? Most forums list each thread that has been updated since last visit rather than each individual post. This is where the just to new posts comes in. That I was refering to. On a busy board if each post that has changed is listed it could get pretty overwelhming.
 

yes. It is configurable in the admin control panel. You can choose either "thread only" or "all posts".

Thanks for your help!

OK I bought the software and so far so good got most things up and running. I the WYSIWYG editor I tried to drop a picture into the editor and it just displayed the picture in IE instead of in my post. Is there something I need to turn on?
 
I attempted to change the header at the top of the page by inserting the HTML fom the header on the pages from the rest of my site and it trashed the fomating in the forums and did not display the header right all all. I know that the header you use here is very different than the standard one that comes with the software. Is ther somewhere else other than the Dynamic Header & Footer option in the setup to change this? I have alot of ASP experience so I can edit the files but if it is not adviced....
 
FInally I do not have a New Posts link in my header by default is this something that must be added manually.

Hi,

First of all, in the future, please post support related question in the support forum. I will answer your post here this time:

1. WYSIWYG: can you try reproducing the problem on the demo forum or on this support forum? I am unable to reproduce the problem
   
2. header / footer ->  this has to do with HTML formatting so you have to make sure once the header and footer are applied to the forum, the resulting HTML is correct as well. If you want to use non-HTML method, you can edit this file: header_footer.asp
   
3. New posts -> yes, you can hardcode it in the header by linking to searchpro.asp?searchfor=lastvisit

Sorry...