AEF is short for Advanced Electron Forum written in PHP and MySQL. AEF has a very simple and easy to use Administration Panel and installing AEF is a piece of cake! You can install new themes, customize themes the way you want. The User Control Panel has a simple yet beautiful interface where users can set their preferences for the board. This Bulletin board or forum software has all the general features that a forum software should have.

Features of AEF:
- UTF-8 Supported
- Search Engine Optimization Tools
- IP Ban - W3C Validated
- News System with articles
- ShoutBox
- Threaded Mode for topics
- JS DOCK for easy navigation(A first from AEF)
- WYSIWYG Editors
- Customizable Themes
- Multiple Languages supported
- Time Zone Adjustment
- Automatic Updates
- Export Files and Database
- Suggest Framework for usernames while writing PM's
- Domdrag for reordering Categories, Forums, emoticons (A new feature included for the first time ever in a forum software.)

What's New in this version:
- Quick Topic: users will enjoy creating new threads with Electron's speed.
- Quick Reply: fast and easy to use quick reply box in each thread (must be activated from admin panel).
- Private message notification: a better notification for private messages.