PowerQA has evolved in a way to overcome the weaknesses of Question2Answer. It is not additional mere themes and plugins. Core programs are reviewed from the base, has been improved.
Overview
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PowerQA |
Q2A |
| Development base |
Bitbucket (Private) |
Github (Public) |
| License |
GPLV2 or later |
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| Web server |
Apache or Nginx |
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| Language (PHP) |
5.2 or later (with MySQLi), PHP7 |
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| Database (MySQL) |
4.1 or later, 5.x |
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| Javascript (jQuery) |
2.1.4 |
1.11.3 |
| Encoding |
UTF8 |
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| SSL |
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| Developper |
Few |
Few |
| Development speed |
Fast |
Slow |
| Network install |
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| Network update |
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| Migration |
(Q2A to PQA) |
(PQA to Q2A) |
| Download |
Not free |
Free |
Core
| Feature |
PowerQA |
Q2A |
| System configuration |
| Database table prefix |
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| Large data |
(DB or File) |
(DB or File) |
| Request mapping |
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| HTML compression |
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| Query optimization |
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| Persistant connection |
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| Debug performance |
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| External user |
(Removed) |
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| Safe mode |
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| Contents |
| Cache |
(Offline, Widget) |
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| CSS / JS minify |
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| Dirty forms |
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| Auto Media embed |
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| Media popup |
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| Shortcode |
(User, Thread, Widget, etc) |
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| htmLawed |
1.2 Beta 8 (HTML5 supported) |
1.1.20 |
| Language |
| Multi language |
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| Phrase customization |
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| Admin (General) |
| Sub title |
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| Theme base |
(HTML5 & Selectable) |
(HTML5 & Fixed) |
| Credit |
(Changable in admin panel) |
(Hard coded) |
| Others |
same |
| Admin (Mail) |
| PHP Mailer |
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| SMTP |
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| Others |
same |
| Admin (User) |
| Private message |
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| Public message (Wall) |
(Removed) |
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| Gravatar maximum Rating |
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| Default Gravatar |
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| Force Gravatar default |
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| Avatar size on user navi |
(30) |
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| Avatar size on top users page |
45 |
30 |
| Avatar size on post |
(50) |
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| Avatar size on question lists |
20 |
0 |
| Extra field |
((Q2A) + Checkbox, Dropdown, Radio and EVAL) |
(Text, TextArea, URL) |
| Others |
same |
| Admin (Layout) |
| Site icon |
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| Reorder user menu |
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| Reorder main menu |
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| Reorder footer menu |
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| Reorder thread menu |
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| Hide side panel |
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| Others |
same |
| Admin (Posting) |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
(Advanced CKEditor) |
(CKEditor) |
| Minimum length of answer |
0 |
12 |
| Minimum length of comment |
0 |
12 |
| Check for similar questions when asking |
ON |
OFF |
| Others |
same |
| Admin (Viewing) |
| Show view count in thread lists |
ON |
OFF |
| Show view count on thread pages
| ON |
OFF |
| Show zero answer |
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| Minify HTML |
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| Minify CSS |
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| Minify JS |
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| Enable cache |
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| Others |
same |
| Admin (List) |
| same |
| Admin (Category) |
| same |
| Admin (Permission) |
| Restrict admin permissions |
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| Others |
same |
| Admin (Pages) |
| All activity |
ON |
OFF |
| Home |
ON |
OFF |
| Categories |
ON |
OFF |
| Others |
same |
| Admin (Feeds) |
| same |
| Admin (Points) |
| Multiply all points |
1 (same as StackOverflow) |
10 |
| Add for all users |
1 (same as StackOverflow) |
100 |
| Others |
same |
| Admin (Spam) |
| All new users must confirm their email |
ON |
OFF |
| Use captcha on feedback form |
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| Use captcha module on feedback form |
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| Use moderation for users with less than:points |
6 |
150 |
| Enable rate limits |
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| Others |
same |
| Admin (Stats) |
| Network update |
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| Others |
same |
| Admin (Mailing) |
| same |
| Admin (Plugins) |
| Plugin switch |
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| Others |
same |
| Misc |
| Database performance |
(Tuned) |
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| Blob performance |
(Tuned) |
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| Inline style in core codes |
(Most improved) |
(Many) |
| Minify Javascript |
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| Optimize user menu |
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| Optimize admin menu |
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| Search |
(Q2A) + AND |
OR |
| Tags pages |
(Q2A) + Name |
Popular tags |
| Users pages |
(Q2A) + Name + Old + New |
Top users, Special, Blocked |
| Range Filter |
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| Role badge |
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| Remove EXIF |
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Theme
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PowerQA |
Q2A |
| Base |
(LESS, SASS, Responsive, Bootstrap) |
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| Candy |
(Removed) |
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| Classic |
(Removed) |
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| Snow |
(Removed) |
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| SnowFlat |
(Removed) |
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| Third party themes |
(Not allowed) |
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Plugin
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