6422VAXbb projecthttp://www.omar.org/opensource/vaxbbThis! The VAXbb project. Well, "project" is kind of overly grand. Let's go with "program." VAXbb is a fast, text-only bulletin board for use on the Web. It's written in PERL, and runs on UNIX boxen (though an NT port should be possible, just not a high priority right now). Its functionality and use is based loosely on a VAX-terminal-based bb system that I used in schoolCGI and Perl > Scripts and Programs > Discussion BoardsOct 10, 2006
This! The VAXbb project. Well, "project" is kind of overly grand. Let's go with "program." VAXbb is a fast, text-only bulletin board for use on the Web. It's written in PERL, and runs on UNIX boxen (though an NT port should be possible, just not a high priority right now). Its functionality and use is based loosely on a VAX-terminal-based bb system that I used in school
Problem: WWWBoard gets huge especially at very busy sites. The WWWBoard can grow in many Megs and takes a very long time to download.
Old Solution: Manually create archives or just delete older messages. This grows old quickly so I wrote this program add-on
Solution: Break the WWWboard up into manageable pieces, create an interface to jump between pages, allow the users to post from each page, and allow it still to be customizable.
This is a solution to huge bulletin boards and archiving. The creates a manageable multi-pages layout from the original wwwboard. Plus configuration options of number of posting per page and multi-pages names.
The Binary Board System is a highly flexible, customizable CGI application that handles a complete bulletin board system. It includes a user-based login system, and it handles as many separate boards as you would like. BBS started out as a small bulletin board application because, as a website administrator, I was fed up with our FrontPage-based boards continually crashing. When those boards failed, it resulted in hours of restoration and group downtime. The functionality and flexibility of this system continued growing, and it has become a very unique, powerful bulletin board system.
User's interface is intuitive and easy to use; CSS-style for HTML pages, so admin can easily change fonts and tables colors for HTML pages generated by the script; Browsing messages sorted by pages, displays latest messages first; Browsing discussions threads. Admin. can specify a time period before messages expire or delete messages via web interface
SiteNet BBS has been designed to be easy to use and a complete, professional 'out of the box' forum solution. Loaded with many useful features, and also highly customizable so that you can give your forums the look and feel of your web site. SiteNet BBS consists of 31 powerful cgi scripts bringing the power of community building to your web site. Also included with SiteNet BBS are a special setup interface to make installation as quick and painless as possible.
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