Version 3 Trial Download (Samuel)

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:43:00 GMT

Before downloading the demo, please read the system requirements for our software first.

Basically, we only support ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 & 4.0 on IIS 6 & 7, and we do NOT support SQL 2000 as the database (SQL 2005/2008 only).

Please follow the 2-step process to download the 30-day Trial:

Register an account with a valid email address;
Verify your account (email verification), and once your account is verified, you will receive the trial download instruction;
(Alternatively), you can Join the Version 3 Demo Testers group if you already have an account with us.

The installation package includes a very straightforward database setup utility, so you won't have to touch SQL management studio or any other database management tool to install the forum database.

So, what's new in version 3?

ASPPlayground.NET Version 3 is a totally rewritten version that is based on the ASP.NET 3.5 framework and the ASP.NET AJAX framework.

This new version of software has several new features and enhancements over our 2.x (previous) version:

Integrated Spell Checker.
New Skin & Theme feature allows user to change the entire user interface.
AJAX enabled user action to improve user experience. Fewer full page reloads.
Reward point system & Mark as answer - user can assign certain points to a question to reward the best answer. Different user groups get different reward points.
Community moderation - users can now flag messages as inapproriate and automatically remove them without moderator intervention. Auto-ban offender for a period of time
Integrated Captcha to protect the system from spam attacks.
Forum Filter - users can now decide which forums to see on the user interface.
Daily & Weekly Digest for forum and topic subscription.
Totally improved Search Engine- producing more relevant and updated results
Pinned message priority levels - moderators can now pin a message and assign priority
Splitting / Joining threads
DHTML popup instead of regular popup window which does not trigger popup blockers.
Totally revamped Photo Gallery interface w/ AJAX to improve usability.
DHTML menu to make UI less cluttered.
Moderator Permissions - grant different permission for different moderators
Custom PGDCode allows admins to define PGDCode in the admin control panel without having to touch the code.
User Group Membership Expiration - Allows you to define length of group membership.
Additional Group Based settings and permissions.
Forum Management with Inheritance - making forum management a lot easier. Define setting and permission only once and sub forums automatically inherits parent's settings.
Seamless integration with the ASP.NET Default SQL Membership Provider. No coding required.
Uses Forms Authentication - easier integration with external membership system (other than the Default SQL Membership Provider).
Custom Stats with auto update.
Database based error logger - detect intrusion and captures the offender's IP.
Asynchronous emailing - prevent CPU threads from blocking the web server request.
Software carefully designed to support the Medium Trust environment and the new IIS 7 Integrated Pipeline mode.
There are many other new features & enhancements which we will list on the site later.

ASPPlayground.NET Version 3 is the combination of comprehensive features, extreme performance, rock solid stability, and unsurpassed security.