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title: "Introduction"
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# Introduction {#introduction}

## What does it do? {#what-it-does}

`pforum` is a very tiny forum extension for TYPO3 CMS.

## Features {#features}

-   Create forum records (backend only)
-   Create topic records (e.g. the question)
-   Create post records (e.g. the answer)
-   Store up to two images for each topic and post
-   Unauthenticated mode: every new topic or post creates its own pforum user record
-   Authenticated mode: the frontend user record (`fe_users`) is assigned to topics and posts
-   Inform users about new posts by email, if an email address is provided
-   Frontend admin users can manage topic and post records
-   Backend module to manage topics and posts

## What it does not {#what-it-does-not}

Please keep in mind that we don't want to provide a full-featured forum extension. If you need one, please use
the forum extension by Mittwald.

-   No images, such as smileys, in the textarea
-   No HTML in the textarea
-   No avatars for users
-   No highlighting of topics and posts
-   No pinned topics or posts at the top of the list
-   No overview of all topics and posts by a user
-   No quoting of previous topics or posts
-   No anchor links to jump to a specific topic or post
-   No birthday reminders
-   No links in general