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YetAnotherForum.NET (YAF) is an open-source discussion forum written in ASP.NET (C#) using SQL Server for its data storage. It is licenced under the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2.

YetAnotherForum.NET (YAF) is an open-source discussion forum written in ASP.NET (C#) using SQL Server for its data storage. It is licenced under the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2.

The current version is 1.9.5.5 RTW released on March 4th, 2011.

YAF runs on any web server that supports ASP.NET 2.0 or greater and SQL Server.

Features of YetAnotherForum

There is a full list of features available here but here are some of the main ones:

  • 100% C# ASP.NET v3.5
  • Uses AJAX and jQuery for controls.
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 database support.
  • 100% XHTML Validated.
  • Isolated CSS theming system to avoid conflicts with an existing site.
  • Dynamic plugin engine allowing module extensions.
  • SEO features including dynamically generated meta tags on topic pages.
  • IP banning and user "kill" system.
  • Comes with many themes to choose from.

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ASP.net dangerous submission error

When I try and run a forum page: System.Web.HttpRequestValidationException: A potentially dangerous Request.Form value was detected from the client In my web.config I have: And on the…
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Error: The attribute "Returns" in element is unrecognized

em trying to open yaf v1.9.5 solution targeting VS 2008, but an error occurred while opening yaf solution in VS 2008: Unable to read the project file 'YAF.Classes.Core.csproj'.…
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Auto logging in to another ASP.NET Application from main Web Application

I'm running the latest version of YetAnotherForum in a folder beneath my main WebApplication. The subfolder is configured as an application in IIS and navigating to the folder and logging in works wonderfully. YAF is setup with a membership provider…
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Change the default url directory for all the links on the page

I need some help. Thanks in advance. I got the Open source code of YAF Forum (yetanotherforum.net) I integrated it in my website application. I have a small problem when I debug on localhost. I'll try to be clear. The link in the forums all point to…
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Intermittent issue with YafMembershipProvider - Configuration Error reported in web.config

I have an intermittent issue with Yet Another Forum.NET where the forums just go down. It's usually at least a week between occurrences, usually more. The last for the site happened 30th April, then just again 29th May (quite a big gap this time,…
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Adding a field to a registration form in my forum --how to alter the database?

I'm using YAF (Yetanotherforum), and it's in asp.net 4.0 / C#. I'm using Visual Studio 2010 and MS SQL Server Management Studio. My goal is to put a "company name" field underneath the "email" field in the registration form; currently, no 'company…
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YAF 1.9.5.5: Integrate MVC 3 with YAF (login and register)

i have a MVC 3 project and want to integrate YAF forum inside of my project, but i dont know how to make a register page and login page (in MVC 3 project) that when i register an account, YAF create an user too, the same with login page, i just want…
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Umbraco + YAF integration - connection issues

I'm working to try and get a migrated Umbraco/YAF installation working, but I'm having issues with connectivity. I've already asked for help with the Connection Strings, so this bit is sorted. However, I still get a 404 error when I try and navigate…
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Yetanotherforum basic integration onto website

I've got the forum setup on my ASP.net website fine, works great! I want to use their membership system as my central user system on my site though. I basically want to be able to tell if a user is logged in or not. IE, best case scenario, on my…
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Yet another forum password issue

I have an asp.net web-from application which uses ASP.NET membership provider . Beside this I have yet another forum website in sub-domain. I would like when user register in my site , it automatically register in forum , too . By another word when…
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Integrating freely available Asp.Net forum with a Asp.net web app on a MySQL DB

We have just finished delivering a (large-ish) Asp.Net 3.5 Web Application project which uses MySQL as the database. We have used the MySQL Membership Provider along with SubSonic 2.2 to finish the project in. However, now the client wants a Forum…
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Programmatically setting 'display name' in YAF

I am using YAF as my online forum. I've synched user account databases between YAF and my own application, but call 'Membership.Providers["YafMembershipProvider"].CreateUser' at the same time as I create my own members. However, there's a problem...…
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Provider to use

I created a new "ASP.NET Web Site (Razor)" in VS 2010. Some setup took place and now I have tables webpages_Membership, webpages_Roles and webpages_UsersInRole in my SQL Database. All worked fine -- in the web site, methods such as…
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YetAnotherForum Customization - what ascx page being used for displaying forum topic?

YetAnotherForum 1.9.55 Customization , WindowsXpSp2 When user clicks on particular topic from the Last Forum Topic page or other page, he/she will be directed to details of topic(as below). I could not understand what ascx page being used for this…
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YAF Forum 2 questions: make it one level and remove bottom page icons

I have installed the open source forum YetAnotherForum on my website. 1) Can I make the forum to be only one level? no categories and only one forum. (The discussions appears direcly on the Home. 2) Is there a way to hide the icons in the bottom of…
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