Building a sense of community on a websites gives users a sense of participation and involvement. Some website visitors would rather post a message than send an email, so a discussion board (also called "Message Board" or "Forum" ) gives them an opportunity to do so.

Features like this also keep your website visitors informed and coming back for more. A discussion board is such a great feature to have - on the right website. One note, if you plan to run a discussion board, plan to spend at least an hour a week managing it.

Features and Information:

• Manage multiple boards with one installation
• Easy-to-use administrative web interface
• Option to make the forum "public" with no accounts
• Option to let users post, but they have to create accounts
• Verify users' e-mail addresses before they can post messages
• Ban certain e-mail addresses or IP addresses
• Easily customized to maintain the look of your site