General Cross References

Some terms in other Forum Softwares may be different in SMF. To prevent confusion, here is a list of some of the more common terms in other software and SMF.

Other -> SMF
Forums -> Board
Private Message -> Personal message
Sub-Forum -> Child Board
Super Moderator -> Global Moderator
User CP -> Profile
Thread -> Topic

Invision Power Board -> SMF
Ranks -> Post Membergroups
User Groups -> Primary Membergroups
Bad Word Filters -> Censored Words
Skin -> Theme
Emoticon -> Smiley
Board Offline / Online -> Maintenance Mode
Bulk Mail -> Newsletters
Reply (Button) -> Quote (Button)
Last Click -> Who's Online
My Controls -> Profile
Pinned Topic -> Sticky Topic
Closed Topic -> Locked Topic
Compared with IPB 2.1.7

vBulletin -> SMF
Style -> Theme
Mailing List -> Newsletter
Access Masks -> Permissions
Ranks -> Membergroups
Reputation -> [[Karma]]
User Titles -> Post Membergroups
Plug in -> Package (Mod)
Subscriptions -> Notifications
Closed Thread -> Locked topic
Compared with vBulletin 3.6.0

phpBB -> SMF
Disable Board -> Maintenance Mode
Style -> Theme
Mass Email -> Newsletters
Word Censors -> Censored Words
Groups -> Membergroups
Disallowed Names -> Reserved Names
Ranks -> Membergroups
Compared with phpBB 2.0.21

MyBB -> SMF
Board Closed -> Maintenance Mode
Custom User Title - Custom Title
MyCode -> BBCode
Reputation -> Karma
Groups -> Membergroups
User Titles -> Post Membergroups
Mass Email -> Newsletters
Bad Words -> Censored Words
Closed Thread -> Locked Topic
Compared with MyBB 1.2

Additional note: In many forum software you will find the term 'forum' used for each section (board) on the forum, on SMF these are called boards, and the term 'forum' is referred to the entire forum composed of all of the boards.