YetAnotherForum.NET (YAF) is a Open Source discussion forum or bulletin board system for web sites running ASP.NET with SQL Server as the back-end database. The source code is entirely written in C#, and is licensed with the GPL license. And now YetAnotherForum.NET (YAF) has release the new version YAF.NET 1.9.6.2

Here is the important features of YetAnotherForum.NET 1.9.6.2:

  • Added Admin Page to Import List of Banned Ip Adresses (You can find Huge list of Bot IP Lists here: StopForumSpam.com)
  • DNN YAF Whats New Menu List Item is now fully Templatable
  • Host Admins can control admin groups access to YAF event log by event type. They can set permissions to delete events by type too, i.e. readonly mode for each event.
  • Added New Host Admin Page for Host Admins to restrict simply admins to various admin pages individually.
  • Added New Notification Bar for System Messages (In the Host Settings you can choose Between Modal Dialog or Notification Bar for Messages, also the Display Duration can be defined there). Also added an option to show the alert dialog for messages on Mobile Devices.
  • Added new "Fancy" Theme
  • Added Keystroke For Quotes to the YAF BBCode Editor you can now use CTRL+Q for inserting and "[quote]"..."[/quote]"
  • Added Indicator to a Private Message if its an Reply
  • Added new BB Code Feature to the Editor for indent text
  • Added HoverCards to Username. If enabled it shows an Hover Card (Which shows some quick info about the user) when you hover an user name. This will also show an Hover Card on the Twitter & Facebook Profile Button.
  • Added Display Options for the Event Log, you can define Start and End Date and also Event Type
  • Added settings to control number of records in the event log.
  • Added Option to send PM to all Buddies of a User
  • Added DNN Option to Remove Tab Name/Title from the Current Page Title you can choose between "Dont Remove", "Always Remove", "Remove only if matches the Board Name". Default Value : "Always Remove"

This article will give you a step by step guide on how to install YetAnotherForum.NET on your server:

Make sure your server / Host has the following requirements:

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Use version 1.9.3 or earlier for .NET Framework 2.0) or the latest .NET Framework.
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or above. SQL Server 2000 works, but requires removal of some SQL forum database optimizations.


1. Download YAF from http://www.yetanotherforum.net. Note that current version available is YAF 1.9.6.2 and my article is based on this version. For future versions the installation and Integration instructions may change.

2. Create a virtual directory in IIS pointing to D:\YAF-v1.9.6.2-FINAL-SRC\YetAnotherForum.NET. Above is the assumed path where you have downloaded YAF.

3. SQL Server database is required for installing the YAF. SO keep SQL Server installed on the machine. Then Create an empty SQL Server database for YAF named yafnet(say).

4. If Web.Config is not present in the forum root,copy one of the samples provided in the "webconfigs" folder into the root of the web application and rename it to web.config.

5. Setup a valid connection string in db.config as per the format provided by YAF.

6. Configure the SMTP settings in mail.config as per your hosting environment and as per the format provided by YAF.

7. Then try to open http://localhost/YetAnotherForum.NET/install/Default.aspx and install the forum as per instructions appearing on the installation wizard. It will create/update the forum database and create admin user. Note that all the passwords should have a special charector in it.

8. After the installation the URL will come something like http://localhost/yaf/default.aspx if the above page opens without any error that means your installation is complete.

9. Then you need to copy your installation folder to the root of your website.

10. Suppose you want the forum to appear on the Default.aspx Page, Then Merge the Default.aspx page from the forum with Default.aspx page from your website.Also you need the merge the web.config file from the forum to web.config file of existing website.

11. Now run the default.aspx page of the website and forum should appear on the page.


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