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No.1 Forum component for Joomla, easy to install and integrates seamlessly with Joomla, Community Build or Jomsocial.

Five Stars!

While this isn't the easiest component to set up, once you get it going, its a great system. I found the hardest part was configuring the back end. After a few hours of tinkering though, I worked out all the bugs. The documentation is okay, but I rarely had to refer to it. I loved all the options and features that come out of the box for users on the forum. Most of my problems stemmed from a conflict with the built in captcha system. Since I had a captcha system already running in an ajax registration module, the captcha field wouldn't display on the forums. I ended up having to disable captcha in the forums in order to allow registered people to post. This wasn't too much of a concern since I already had spam protections for the registration process so I wouldn't consider this problem a deal breaker.

This software receives glowing reviews, but i found it very difficult to publish on my site. Spending 3 days trying to resolve publishing and menu conflict issues, redirect loops and other error messages.

I downloaded the latest version to run with Joomla 1.7.3.

A very powerful forum that is very easy to use, requires very little time to get working, looks great and your users will love it. At least that has been the case on my forum. I'm using version 1.7 and the integration with the latest version of JomSocial was painless.

My only wish is that the templates were modifiable from the backend when it comes to simple operations like header size. Also I wish there were more free templates to chose from but I'm sure that will come in time.

The support on the website seems quiet good and the communication is up to date from the moderators.

Nice bit of work.

Best forum component for Joomla!.

Take it, you won't regret it!

I didn't give it much time yet.
It installs smoothley and operates very well.
I see a huge control panel, with too many options and of course flexibility.
I needed a basic forum, so this one is far beyond my excpectations..
Anyone should try this, even if they don't need a forum, its amazing!!

In today's online world, any respectable website which plans to offer a means of communication for their members, is likely to go the route of having forums. Forums are a great way for your members to interact with each other, while providing them at the same time, an incentive to come back to the site, which brings in more traffic. Fortunately, the Kunena team has provided Joomla users with a great forum solution which is currently being used on thousands of websites since the time of it's launch.

Kunena is the leading, and most popular forum component for Joomla. At a glance, this component offers site owners all the premium features that you would expect from any commercial forum software. Installation of the component couldn't be any easier with it's speedy automated installer. Upon installation you are quickly redirected to the main Kunena configuration panel, which displays for you all the features and settings you need in order to setup and customize the forum system to your liking.

One of Kunena's most notable features is the perfect and seamless integration into your Joomla system. Gone are the days when your users had to login to your site, and afterwards, do a separate login to access the forums. Once you are logged into your Joomla site, you are automatically logged into the forums, and vice versa. To top things off, you can visit the Kunena website and check out the KED (Kunena Extensions Directory) and download additional addons to extend Kunena more than it already is.

The guys at Kunena didn't forget about the social networking fans either. If you have the popular JomSocial or Community Builder component in your extension arsenal, Kunena offers complete and seamless integration into both extensions. If you choose to integrate your forums with JomSocial, whenever a member of your site makes a post in the forums, a quick snippet will appear in the JomSocial activity stream for all your site members to see.

Kunena also has a type of karma and thank you system, which lets users reward each other with points and recognition for making great or helpful post. In the case that you're are looking for a more sophisticated standalone solution, support and integration is offered for the popular referral user points system AlphaUserPoints, which awards your members points for posting on the forums.

One of the best things about Kunena is that its a community driven extension, which means it offers excellent support, and will likely be around for a very long time. In the case that you do run into a problem, the support team is usually very prompt in responding and assisting in getting it resolved. The developers also update the extension rather frequently, so it's security is top notch, and bugs are quickly fixed with each release.

In the end, Kunena ranks as a top notch forum component for Joomla users. With excellent premium features, perfect integration into other popular extensions, great security, outstanding support, frequent updates, and a non-existent price tag, its no wonder why Kunena is the best forum solution for Joomla to date.

I have nothing to complaint for this plugin and it works very well with the latest JomSocial 2.4. It is nice and stable. It is above and beyond my expectation for a OS product. Can't thank the developer team enough for making Kunena available to Joomla community.

Great component with a great community!

Thank you.

I fell in love with the component after installation. It exceeded my expectations. Thank you

I'm a newbie who's building a 'professional' looking site, and this forum extension was perfect. It's simple, yet, pleasing to the user. It's got a 'new' feel, yet, navigation is simple. Easy installation with 1.7, I dig it.

Super Forum!! Would be nice if topics can be marked as solved....otherwise perfect.

Beautifully integrated extension that is simple to install and use.Definitely one of the best Joomla forums though.

So… Highly recommended.

I can't tell you how good I have found this product. I also can't tell you how much I was impressed by installing the latest version! It was awesome! I can't believe I forgot to review this product it's surely worthy, I've been using it for an age, and only reviewed it as someone asked me for a suggestion on a good Forum product! I haven't used any of the others but at this point I really so no reason to. Great work guys, and good support too.

Kunena is the best forum component out there.

The support is also great. Thank you for such a free extension for the community!

It is hard to say anything new about kunena forum. I used it many times and the result is excellent. Thank you.

The latest version of Kunena is simply terrible in terms of SEO (urls, titles etc.). After testing it a lot, it turned out to be complete waste of time to use in future, because:
- urls are always generated incorrectly (component/kunena). It simply doesn't have proper routing.
- The index page (in our case recent posts) has a nightmare title, which cannot be changed through the standard Joomla! menu manager.

If you are looking for a good forum, skip that one.

This is far the best forum extension i've used for my joomla sites. It works flawlessly with the messaging system i've created for our intranet. I thank the developers and more power to you guys.

Excellent work guys... the best forum i ever work

Although the development team is at times nonresponsive, and some answers in their support leave something to be desired in terms of politeness, the product is great, and the plugins are getting there. Even integration to tapatalk on the mobile is available, which is a very cool addition and enhances the availability tremendously.