VSFORUM is an innovative group discussion forum software that will provide small and medium-sized businesses with a low-cost, fully customizable, easily manageable solution for creating communities on their Web sites. VSFORUM includes a flexible, Web-based Remote Administrator Utility, advanced security features and search functions, support for SQL Server data stores, and the ability to subscribe to email notification of new forum postings. It also allows the administrator to assign account access for users and groups -- all remotely. The entire forum, or designated folders within a forum, may be public or private, moderated or unmoderated, read only or read/write.