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v1.31 is now available! see the release notes. what:
tribbyBoard is a free threaded message board script written in PHP with a MySQL backend. why:
tribbyBoard is not meant to be a replacement for gigantic bulliten board systems such as VBulletin or phpBB. Instead, it is designed to be a simple, easy-to-setup threaded message board for people who don't need all of the bells and whistles of some of the other boards available. Unlike software such as WWWBoard and Ikonboard, tribbyBoard uses a MySQL database instead of a text database -- this makes it infinately faster and more reliable. Since the whole message board is just a 200-line PHP file, a couple of HTML files and an 11-line MySQL schema, it's incredibly easy to install. The look of the board is completely customizable - it's as simple as modifying the HTML files which serve as templates! Unlike most threaded message boards available, this script splits all of the message threads into separate pages. As the administrator, you can choose how many threads will be displayed on each page. This prevents the board from growing into one gigantic page that would load very slowly for users on dial-up internet connections. tribbyBoard was inspired by Matt Wright's WWWBoard -- I love WWWBoard, but honestly, it's a bit outdated. That board writes to file which is a server resource-hogging and accident-prone method of storing data. So I decided to write this board to replace the WWWBoard which I had been using. how:
test it out:
Here is a demo board to test it out before you download. I am using this custom boardtemplate.html file, and this custom messagetemplate.html file.
requirements:
tribbyBoard requires a web server running PHP4 and MySQL. It has been tested under Red Hat Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Windows 98 (heh).
download:
Download the board here.
The readme (which comes with the download) can be viewed here.
As you can see from the release notes below, updates happen often, so be sure to check back here frequently for new and improved versions of the script.
release notes: - v1.31 - 2001-7-29: minor release. fixed a small bug that would cause a very slight problem if the html tag </textarea> was contained in someone's message.
- v1.3 - 2001-7-17: semi-major release. you can now customize the page that appears when a user has just posted a message. users updating from older versions need to upload the new index.php as well as upload the new posttemplate.html file. also fixed a bug with changing pages.
- v1.22 - 2001-7-14: minor release. now in addition to the "previous" and "next" page links, you can also click on the acutal page number. this makes navigating larger boards easier.
- v1.21 - 2001-7-07: minor release. the link back to the board in the message template will now send you back to the appropriate page of the board, not just the first page. please note that if you're upgrading from an older version, you need to make sure to upgrade to the new messagetemplate.html file as well.
- v1.2 - 2001-7-03: semi-major release. the script now splits the threads into multiple pages. you can limit the number of threads displayed on each page. this is to prevent the board from becoming one gigantic page.
- v1.12 - 2001-7-01: minor release. fixed a couple of bugs.
- v1.11 - 2001-7-01: minor release. made it so the board disallows html. this is just a quick hack to improve security, but there will be improved html controls in a future release.
- v1.1 - 2001-7-01: second major release. fixes a couple of bugs and added a template for modifying the html of the actual messages.
- v1.0 - 2001-6-30: first major release.ccc
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