features.html

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Kitto provides you with a huge number of features out-of-the-box. Please consider starting your pet game with Kitto - think of all the time having the following already done/tested can save you!

<ul>
    <li>User Management
        <ul>
            <li>Registration (with CAPTCHA)</li>
            <li>Login/logout/user preferences</li>
            <li>Password reset</li>
            <li>Permission groups (for staff powers)</li>
            <li>Admin panel for editing/banning users</li>
            <li>Search</li>
            <li>Timezone &amp; date/time format localization options</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Forums
        <ul>
            <li>Avatars, signatures, post counts, and user titles</li>
            <li>Locked-down 'News' boards - admins start a thread and it shows up as a news item. Subsequent posts show as comments!</li>
            <li>Sticky/locked threads</li>
            <li>Delete/Edit posts and threads</li>
            <li>Full power of HTML can be utilized for post mark-up - <strong>safely</strong>. A rich text editor is available to make adding flair to your post easy</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Private Messaging with multiple recipients for a message</li>
    <li>Event notification (with bulk event deletion)</li>
    <li>Pet Management
        <ul>
            <li>Adopt a member of a pet species in several colours</li>
            <li>Locked-down colours available only via a paintbrush (or whatever means you'd like)</li>
            <li>Hunger/happiness levels</li>
            <li>Pet profiles</li>
            <li>Abandonment</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Inventory system
        <ul>
            <li>Stacking items (6 Red Apples = one item entry)</li>
            <li>Four item types - food, toys, paintbrushes, and recipes</li>
            <li>NPC shops with restocks</li>
            <li>Crafting - create new items with recipes and ingredients</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Admin tools for everything!</li>
</ul>