I think the following links should interest people that are looking for efficient solutions to improve their forum based on Drupal, only by using the forum core module (no Advanced Forum), and by respecting and following the strict modular logic of Drupal (modules, hooks, themes and so on).
Here are the articles:
- Drupal Tip #1: Add Smileys to your forum
- Drupal Tip #2: Message Quoting
- Drupal Tip #3: Post Advanced Formatting
- Drupal Tip #4: Add "Views Count" column
- Drupal Tip #5: Add a "Who is online?" block
- Drupal Tip #6: Add a breadcrumb to your forum
- Drupal Tip #7: Use Custom Thread Icons
- Drupal Tip #8: Hide Specific Forum Containers
- Drupal Tip #9: Theme Forum Topics
- Drupal Tip #10: Beautiful User Profile in Topics
- Drupal Tip #11: Friendly URLs in your forum with Pathauto
Note that we should publish new articles soon, and if you are interesting, I will update this discussion as well. The primary target of these articles was to explain how we improved the Discussion Forum of our Drupal website.
See also the Full List of Drupal Tips
I hope you will find our articles interesting and useful for your personal needs.
[Updated] June 16th, 2010: 3 new articles added.
[Updated] January 18th, 2011: 4 new articles added. List is now complete. Happy hacking!