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  1. Deployment:

    1. Basic set-up in minutes.
    2. Databases: tested in MySQL, PostgresQL >=8.3
    3. Django versions: 1.1.1 - 1.2.3 (for 1.2 need to change dependency Coffin-0.3 -> Coffin-0.3.3 (this will be automated soon)
    4. Askbot will work with other django apps (but please back up database before adding askbot to your site)
  2. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - yes
    2. upload logo - yes
  3. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - yes
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  4. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. In-place retag. - yes
    4. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    5. Revision history - yes
    6. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  5. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  6. Communication with users

    1. Inbox with the "envelope" in the header - yes
    2. Instant or delayed (batch) email alerts - yes
  7. Error handling

    1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No
  8. Voting

    1. A vote cast can not be retracted anymore after a certain amount of time - yes
  1. Deployment:

    1. Basic set-up in minutes.
    2. Databases: tested in MySQL, PostgresQL >=8.3
    3. Django versions: 1.1.1 - 1.2.3 (for 1.2 need to change dependency Coffin-0.3 -> Coffin-0.3.3 (this will be automated soon)
    4. Askbot will work with other django apps (but please back up database before adding askbot to your site)
  2. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - yes
    2. upload logo - yes
  3. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - yes
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  4. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. In-place retag. - yes
    4. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    5. Revision history - yes
    6. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  5. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  6. Communication with users

    1. Inbox with the "envelope" in the header - yes
    2. Instant or delayed (batch) email alerts - yes
  7. Error handling

    1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No
  8. Voting

    1. A vote cast can not be retracted anymore after a certain amount of time - yes

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

  1. Deployment:

    1. Basic set-up in minutes.
    2. Databases: tested in MySQL, PostgresQL >=8.3
    3. Django versions: 1.1.1 - 1.2.3 (for 1.2 need to change dependency Coffin-0.3 -> Coffin-0.3.3 (this will be automated soon)
    4. Askbot will work with other django apps (but please back up database before adding askbot to your site)
  2. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - yes
    2. upload logo - yes
  3. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - yes
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  4. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    4. Revision history - yes
    5. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  5. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  6. Communication with users

    1. Inbox with the "envelope" in the header - yes
    2. Instant or delayed (batch) email alerts - yes
  7. Error handling

    1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No
  8. Voting

    1. A vote cast can not be retracted anymore after a certain amount of time - yes

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

  1. Deployment:

    1. Basic set-up in minutes.
    2. Databases: tested in MySQL, PostgresQL >=8.3
    3. Django versions: 1.1.1 - 1.2.3 (for 1.2 need to change dependency Coffin-0.3 -> Coffin-0.3.3 (this will be automated soon)
    4. Askbot will work with other django apps (but please back up database before adding askbot to your site)
  2. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - yes
    2. upload logo - yes
  3. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - yes
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  4. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    4. Revision history - yes
    5. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  5. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  6. Communication with users

    1. Inbox with Notification

      1. Notification of responses on the "envelope" in the header - yes
      2. Instant or delayed (batch) email alerts user page - yes
      3. Envelope to show new notifications - yes
    2. Error handling

      1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No
    3. Voting

      1. A vote cast can not be retracted anymore after a certain amount of time - yes

    All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

  1. Deployment:

    1. Basic set-up in minutes.
    2. Databases: tested in MySQL, PostgresQL >=8.3
    3. Django versions: 1.1.1 - 1.2.3 (for 1.2 need to change dependency Coffin-0.3 -> Coffin-0.3.3 (this will be automated soon)
    4. Askbot will work with other django apps (but please back up database before adding askbot to your site)
  2. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - yes
    2. upload logo - yes
  3. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - yes
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  4. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    4. Revision history - yes
    5. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  5. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  6. Notification

    1. Notification of responses on the user page - yes
    2. Envelope to show new notifications - yes
  7. Error handling

    1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No
  8. Voting

    1. A vote cast can not be retracted anymore after a certain amount of time - yes

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

  1. Deployment:

    1. Databases: tested in MySQL, PostgresQL >=8.3
    2. Django versions: 1.1.1 - 1.2.3 (for 1.2 need to change dependency Coffin-0.3 -> Coffin-0.3.3 (this will be automated soon)
    3. Askbot will work with other django apps (but please back up database before adding askbot to your site)
  2. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - yes
    2. upload logo - yes
  3. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - yes
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  4. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    4. Revision history - yes
    5. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  5. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  6. Notification

    1. Notification of responses on the user page - yes
    2. Envelope to show new notifications - yes
  7. Error handling

    1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No
  8. Voting

    1. A vote cast can not be retracted anymore after a certain amount of time - yes

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

  1. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - yes
    2. upload logo - yes
  2. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - yes
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  3. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    4. Revision history - yes
    5. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  4. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  5. Notification

    1. Notification of responses on the user page - yes
    2. Envelope to show new notifications - yes
  6. Error handling

    1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No
  7. Voting

    1. A vote cast can not be retracted anymore after a certain amount of time - yes

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

  1. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - yesno
    2. upload logo - yesno
  2. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - yesno
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  3. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    4. Revision history - yes
    5. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  4. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  5. Notification

    1. Notification of responses on the user page - yes
    2. Envelope to show new notifications - yesno
  6. Error handling

    1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No
  7. Voting

    1. A vote cast can not be retracted anymore after a certain amount of time - yes

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

  1. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - no
    2. upload logo - no
  2. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - no
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  3. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    4. Revision history - yes
    5. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  4. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  5. Notification

    1. Notification of responses on the user page - yes
    2. Envelope to show new notifications - no
  6. Error handling

    1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No
  7. Voting

    1. A vote cast can not be retracted anymore after a certain amount of time - yes

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

  1. Admin interface

    1. change configuration settings through the web - no
    2. upload logo - no
  2. Reputation

    1. Reputation system similar to SO - yes
    2. Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
    3. Daily reputation cap - no
    4. Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  3. Editing

    1. Full featured Markdown editor - yes
    2. Live preview while editing - yes
    3. Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
    4. Revision history - yes
    5. Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  4. Tags

    1. Basic tagging functionality - yes
    2. Ability to create tags - yes
    3. Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
    4. Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  5. Notification

    1. Notification of responses on the user page - yes
    2. Envelope to show new notifications - no
  6. Error handling

    1. Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

  1. Admin interface

      • change configuration settings through the web - no
      • upload logo - no
  2. Reputation

      • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
      • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
      • Daily reputation cap - no
      • Graphical reputation statistics - yes
  3. Editing

      • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
      • Live preview while editing - yes
      • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
      • Revision history - yes
      • Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes
  4. Tags

      • Basic tagging functionality - yes
      • Ability to create tags - yes
      • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no
      • Tag badges (Badges for users with x number of upvotes in certain tags) - no
  5. Notification

      • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
      • Envelope to show new notifications - no
  6. Error handling

      • Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Admin interface

  • change configuration settings through the web - no
  • upload logo - no

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes
  • Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no

Error handling

  • Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No alert box with internal error message appears

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Admin interface

  • change configuration settings through the web - no
  • upload logo - no

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes
  • Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no

Error handling

  • Graceful handling of Ajax errors when actions like upvoting or commenting time out? No alert box with internal error message appears

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Admin interface

  • change configuration settings through the web - no
  • upload logo - no

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes
  • Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out by using this meta site and trying out each function, out, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes
  • Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I found out, can see, Askbot supports. It is a work in progress and everyone is invited to add to it. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes
  • Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I can see, Askbot supports. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes
  • Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yes

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no

All in all, I'm impressed!

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I can see, Askbot supports. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes
  • Graphical diff (highlighting of differences between revisions) - yesan detailed logging in revision history ("added 125 words in body") - no, only the full revisions are shown

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I can see, Askbot supports. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes
  • Graphical diff an detailed logging in revision history ("added 125 words in body") - no, only the full revisions are shown

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I can see, Askbot supports. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes
  • Graphical diff in revision history - no, only the full revisions are shown

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no

This is an extremely incomplete list of SOFU features that, as far as I can see, Askbot supports. Please correct any errors and don't be shy adding new points even if you don't know the answer - just add a "?" to point it out.

Reputation

  • Reputation system similar to SO - yes
  • Possibility to mark questions and answers community Wiki - yes
  • Daily reputation cap - no
  • Graphical reputation statistics - yes

Editing

  • Full featured Markdown editor - yes
  • Live preview while editing - yes
  • Ability to edit other users' questions - yes
  • Revision history - yes

Tags

  • Basic tagging functionality - yes
  • Ability to create tags - yes
  • Extended tag stats (Rankings, questions, answers) - no

Notification

  • Notification of responses on the user page - yes
  • Envelope to show new notifications - no