ApexForum - The Ultimate Forum Platform by ApexCodeStudios

ApexForum

It is the Ultimate Laravel Forum Script users have been wanting for, it has great features including a Powerful Text Editor, Chat System, Subscriptions, Tips, Word Censor, Gamifications (Follow/Unfollow, Notifications, Facebook Like Emoji Reactions), PayPal, Stripe, Multi Language, RTL Design Included, Dark & Light Mode, Points System, Banning Users e.t.c

The Demo Login Credentials are ON the Site, just Click the Link Below and Login

Link - ApexForum Login

Features

Framework

• Built with Laravel v10.34
• Bootstrap v5.2
• Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript

Make Money

• Subscriptions
• Commissions on User Tips
• Users can Buy Points
• Google Adsense
• Ads

Discussions

• Posts, Comments, Replies
• Mark posts as Solved
• Mark comment or reply as Solution
• Only post to your followers
• Disable comments & replies on Posts
• Pin & Unpin Posts
• Feed - show posts of users you are following
• Copy to Clipboard functionality for Code Snippets
• Word Censor feature.
• Pro Categories for only subscription paying users
• Search Bar (New)
• User Badges for Admin + Moderator + Pro Accounts (New)

Powerful Text Editor (Trumbowyg WYSIWYG Editor)

• Upload Images from Local Disk.
• Dark and Light Mode.
• Embed Videos from multiple sites e.g. Youtube, Vimeo
• Upload Images from any Sites.
• Gifs Embedding
• Emojis
• Code Snippets
• Inline Editing
• Plus more...

Gamifications

• Notification System
• Like feature on Posts, Comments & Replies
• Facebook Like Emoji Reactions
• Bookmark Posts
• Follow and Unfollow Users
• Share Posts

Chat System

• Images Uploads
• Video Uploads
• Audio Uploads
• Gifs Uploads
• Emoji Uploads

Payments Features

• Enable or Disable Payments on the site
• Wallet system
• Subscriptions
• Tips
• Buy Points
• Ads
• Invoices included

Payment Gateways

• PayPal
• Stripe

Rewards

• Points system
• Badges
• Leaderboard
• Stats
• Check Users Online

Moderation

• Reports Posts, Comments, Replies, User
• Block User
• Banning Users
• Word Censoring

Multi Language

• English Language
• French Language
• German Language
• Spanish Language
• Portuguese Language
• Arabic Language
• Russian Language
• Chinese Language
• Italian Language
• Turkish Language
• Romanian Language

Authentication

• Google Social Login
• Facebook Social Login
• Google Recaptcha
• Email Verification

Email Templates

• Welcome Email Template
• New Comment on your Post Email Template
• New Reply on your Comment Email Template
• New Follower Email Template
• New Message Email Template
• Tip Received Email Template
• Added Funds Email Template
• Payouts Email Template
• User Banned Email Template
• Forgot Password Email Template (New)

SEO

• Sitemap
• Schema.org Json Script (New)
• Robots.txt (New)

Others

• Google Analytics
• Dark & Light Mode
• LTR & RTL Designs
• Fully Responsive Design
• Aesthetic Design
• Scrolling Animations Enabled
• HTML5 & CSS3 & JavaScript
• Retina Display Ready
• 400+ Bootstrap Font Icons
• All files are well commented
• Cross browser Compatible with IE9+, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome
• Extensive Documentation
• 24 Hour Support

Changelogs

Update November 21st 2024

- New Search Bar + Responsive + RTL
- New Categories Design + Responsive + RTL
- New Tags Design + Responsive + RTL
- New Pagination (Changed all the files using pagination) + Responsive + RTL
- Added Forgot Password Email Template in the Admin
- Fixed Email Verification Mail
- Added New User Badges for Admin + Moderator + Pro Accounts
- New Sitemap for Posts, Categories, Tags, Pages, Users for SEO
- Added Schema.org Json Script on Posts for SEO
- Added Robots.txt for SEO

Update April 16th 2024

- Fixed Error on Admin add user
- Fixed Error on User delete posts
- Changed the design of Join Us section in Homepage
- Changed the colors of the Ads
- Disabled Google Recaptcha, Facebook Login & Google Login on Database when you install the script

Update April 4th 2024

- Enable or Disable Payments on site Feature
- Added Google Recaptcha
- Added Email Verification for Users
- Added Email Templates
- Added User Email Notifications
- Added HTML Code View in the Text Editor
- Fixed Forgot Password
- Turkish & Romanian Language
- Manage Countries in the Admin

Update February 28th 2024

- Added Google Social Login
- Added Facebook Social Login
- Added Sitemap 
- Added Multi-Language in Laravel Dates (Changed almost all files)
- Added Image Upload from Local Disk in Trumbowyg Text Editor
- Added Dark Mode and Light Mode in Trumbowyg Text Editor
- Fixed Moderation in Admin for Posts, Comments, Replies
- Removed Paystack Payment Gateway due to errors, will be adding it later

Update January 31th 2024

- Added Tags Crud in Admin Section
- Added User Stats & Profile in Admin Section
- Activate/Deactivate Posts in Admin Section 
- Fixed Delete Chats in Admin & User Sections
- Fixed Delete Posts in Admin & User Sections
- Fixed Delete User in Admin Section
- Fixed Delete Category in Admin Section
- Fixed Mail Settings in Admin Section

Update January 19th 2024

- Fixed Category Deletion Issue
- Show active payment gateways in user Deposits
- Added Spanish Language
- Added Portuguese Language
- Added Arabic Language
- Added Russian Language
- Added Chinese Language
- Added Italian Language

Update January 4th 2024

- Fixed User Delete Issue
- Fixed User Tips Issue
- Fixed Navbar Mobile Responsive
- Added Google Analytics
- Added Google Adsense
- Added German Language

Requirements

Server Requirements:

• PHP >= 8.1.0
• MySQL 5.7 +
• OpenSSL PHP Extension
• PDO PHP Extension
• Mbstring PHP Extension
• Tokenizer PHP Extension
• XML PHP Extension
• Ctype PHP Extension
• JSON PHP Extension
• BCMath PHP Extension
• Fileinfo PHP Extension
• GD Library (>=2.0)
• Curl

Instructions

1. Unzip the Script.

You will find ApexForum folder and its Documentation.

2. Upload ApexForum

Upload all the files from ApexForum folder to your web host.

3. Edit .env

Change the details to match your credentials.

• APP_URL (your website link)
• DB_DATABASE (your website database)
• DB_USERNAME (your website database username)
• DB_PASSWORD (your website database password)

4. Create a Database.

Go to your server and create a database and import an apexforum.sql or apexforum_empty.sql found inside the Database folder.

It will have 40 tables.