The full name of AEF is Advanced Electron Forum. This bulletin board software is free software. It is written in PHP and MySQL.
Some great feautures that users speak of :
1) WYSIWYG Editors
2) JS DOCK for easy navigation(A first from AEF)
3) Customizable Themes
4) News System with articles
5) ShoutBox
6) Suggest Framework
7) Threaded Mode for topics
8) Domdrag for reordering Categories, Forums, emoticons (A new feature included for the first time ever in a forum software.) These are just some of the features.
9) Database and file backup from within the Admin CP.
AEF has a very simple and easy to use Administration Panel and installing this software is a piece of cake! You can install new themes, customize themes the way you want.
