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Find out what Theia is, how you can get it and how you can help!

- anonymous posting
- unlimited images per item
- control who can view each of your gallery entries
- watermark images with your logo
- automatic resizing if images are larger than specific maximum
- automatic thumbnail generation
- photo albums to organize images
- get notified when a friend posts in the gallery

- limit access to each item
- anonymous posting
- get notified when a friend posts a blog
- manage an access list, independent of your friends, to specify who
- control who can view each one of your entries

- built in database of 90,000+ records (over 3 billion IPs), which help target ads by choosing which countries see which ads
- flag ads as "adult" so they don't get displayed for guests or members who enable adult filtering
- upload ad banners directly, reference an image URL, or simply paste in HTML / JavaScript code
- tags - tagging ads help make your advertisements more relevant to the page they are viewing

- unlimited sections
- each section has its own independent access scheme and can be used to keep anyone in or out
- 7 different item listing modes (default, thumbnails, ecards, forums, issue tracker, blog, reviews)
- categories to help organize items within sections
- enable item rating on a per section basis
- unlimited images (& attachments) for every item
- collaborative item support! (all sections AND items can be configured to allow anyone or specific people to update content)
- a backup item is created each time a collaborative item is updated so that misuse can easily be reverted
- allow everyone or specific people to update item tags - a tag history is also kept to prevent misuse

- independent sent-box, so you always have a copy of the messages you send
- search the in-box or the sent-box
- receive site notifications for everything you could want

- time zone setting so dates and times always appear formated for the client
- adult content filtering helps hide any items, ads or other content flagged as "adult"
- post ordering allows each member to choose the way messages in a thread get displayed (newest first or chronological)
- choose the first day of the week for calendar display (Sunday or Monday, to satisfy both Americans and Europeans)
- choose how long you want to remain logged in
- require approval for posts in your guestbook, or automatically have them approved
- disable advertisements (this is an admin permission that can be enabled for anyone, or any access group; obviously, this permission is disabled by default, but it could be used to give certain custom/paid packages an ad-free experience)
- toggle between private status for stealth chatting in the chatter box automatically play songs on profiles (or not)
- new private message notification (pop-up alert, and sound effects)

- quickly and easily update your current status, by writing whatever you want into the "my status" pane
- enable an automatic status that gets displayed when you logout or are timed out
- enable an automatic status that gets displayed when you login
- time-line showing all status updates
- reply to status updates
- follow status updates by other members, and even opt-in for notifications when new updates are posted

- over 200 different administration related permissions; all of which can be enabled or disabled for each specific user, or for access groups which members can be assigned to
- global & restrictive permissions; so some access groups only have rights to the tools when operating on items in sections the user moderates create your own (unlimited number of) access groups
- numerous maintenance tools to help keep your site optimized

- captcha codes for posts, sign-up and contact form
- temporary auto-lockout feature (when a member tries to login X number of times and fails, the account becomes locked for a certain period)
- e-mail injection prevention
- proprietary session verification system, which nullifies attempted cookie exploits

- detailed logging, allows you to view every single page a member or IP address used
- session related info is always saved (browser, ip, country, stealth mode, username, etc) so you can easily reference when a certain user did a specific thing, or simply when they were on
- logs the referring URLs that sent users to your site, so you can review this information
- a breakdown of the most popular search engines and phrases used to arrive to your site
- every time an admin tool is used, all of the POST data is logged
- graphs showing the number of unique visitors and page views you receive, broken down over various periods

- require approval by a staff member if desired
- require email activation
- custom member packages - set web space, inbox size and access rights for members belonging to specific packages

- theme support means you can quickly and easily download new themes to change the appearance of the site
- edit CSS or template files through Theia's interface
- upload theme related files directly within Theia

- all words and phrases are stored in modular language files, which means your site can easily support multiple languages at one time
- left to right and right to left orientations both supported
- the entire language pack is not loaded into memory (as with many commercial applications); therefor overhead is kept to a minimum

- setup a bug tracker, feature request forum, or any issue tracking system, with unlimited issue tracking projects, versions and statuses
- notification support allows members to receive email or private messenger updates anytime one of their issue tracking items changes to a status they want updates for

- more than 15 included cron scripts which help keep your site optimized, backed up, and provide extra functionality!
- automatically have your site send e-cards to each member on their birthday
- automatic IP database downloading, unpackaging and compiling
- automatically remove inactivated members
- optimize your database as desired
- all cron jobs can be added, deleted and updated using Theia's interface, which means no command line knowledge is necessary!

- specify whether different types of emails get sent right away, or wait on a list to be sent (useful for sites with slow mail servers, or in situations in which you are forced to use another STMP server)
- prioritize which emails are the most important to be delivered first
- all e-mail that gets sent from your site goes through a single process which prevents injections

- automatic bad word filtering
- filter adult content (if you allow any)
- all new items and posts can require the manual approval of you or your staff (set on a section basis!)
- require users to be a certain age to sign-up, and set a cookie to prevent them from trying again
- manually approve member sign-ups if you don't want people automatically joining
- all language, words and phrases used within Theia are neutrally worded to be appropriate for any age or audience

- Required membership approval from clubowner if desired
- Set access to what member classes that can join a specific club
- Access lists for each section
- Review sections, gallery, blog, forums and e-cards
- Club owner can send mass mail to the club members
- Invite feature so that club members can invite other members to join
- Automatic welcoming message that is sent out to new members

- Ability to add annual events
- Lists every member's birthday
- Calender entries can be made either public or private
- Support for language packs
Misc.
- force members to re-agree to your terms of use, whenever it is updated
- signal / event system makes adding your own code easy
- spotlight feature, to highlight items of interest on your site
- crush alerts
- AJAX-based chat rooms with configurable refresh times
- countless features support AJAX, and AJAX auto-refreshing, at intervals you specify
- auto-linking system allows you to manage a database of common words or phrases that, when used, will be replaced with a link to a specified page whenever they come up on your site
- stealth mode; a powerful option that allows whoever you specify the ability to use all member services and remain logged in, while remaining invisible to other members






