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<div class='row'><p><strong>OpenForum</strong> is an application providing a <a href="Wikipedia:Wiki">Wiki</a> style collaboration platform. It comes ready to run <i>out of the box</i> and has an integrated web server and user authentication.</p><p>In addition to the standard Wiki functions of page editing, <strong>OpenForum</strong> allows the Wiki platform to be extended, tailored and integrated with existing systems. This is achieved by the use of server side Javascript scripts and Java plugins. The server side scripts can be edited from within the Wiki itself. In fact all the Wiki actions, such as editing pages, uploading attachments and controlling access are defined in Javascript scripts that can be edited from within the Wiki.</p><p><strong>OpenForum</strong> has the ability to serve real-time content mixed with static content using a number of AJAX style functions.</p><p><strong>OpenForum</strong> can access databases, REST applications and Xml based web services as well as being able to provide services to other applications.</p><p><strong>OpenForum</strong> has a rich set of templateing functions to enable the Wiki to have a consistent look and feel.</p><p>Unlike many Wiki's, OpenForum allows pages to be organised hierarchically with hierachical templates and access control.</p><h3>Features</h3><ul><li><a href="/OpenForum/Editor?pageName=/OpenForumDocumentation/Markup">Simple Wiki Syntax</a></li><li><a href="/OpenForum/Editor?pageName=/OpenForumDocumentation/HeirachicalPageStructureAndTheInheritanceOfFeatures">Hierarchical Page Structure</a></li><li><a href="/OpenForum/Editor?pageName=/OpenForumDocumentation/PageTemplates">Page Style Templates</a></li></ul><h3>Development</h3><ul><li><a href="/OpenForum/Editor?pageName=/OpenForumCookBook/ServerSideJavascript/HowToBuildASimpleService">Extendable Actions</a></li><li><a href="/OpenForum/Editor?pageName=/OpenForumCookBook/ServerSideJavascript/HowToBuildAMarkupExtension">Extendable Markup</a></li><li><a href="/OpenForum/Editor?pageName=/OpenForumCookBook/ServerSideJavascript/HowToBuildATimeTrigger">Time Triggered Actions</a></li><li><a href="/OpenForum/Editor?pageName=//OpenForumCookBook/ServerSideJavascript/HowToAccessADatabase">Database Integration</a></li></ul>
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