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html code for message board

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  • 23-10-2002 6:59pm
    #1
    NWA4EVAJAY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭


    I was wondering if there is a site where I can find the html for a simple message board for my web site. Ideally I would like only people with a password to be able to post things and if possable to get one that doesn,t require you to link to another website


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    #2
    Dun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭Dun


    What you're looking for is a CGI message board, as vanilla html would have no implementation for a Message Board. The first thing you need to find out is if your web host's server will allow cgi scripts. If it's free (or ISP, like Eircom or IOL) it probably won't, but that's not always true. Secondly you will have to find out the version of perl they are running, and if it is compatible with whichever BB system you choose.

    I think is the simplest way for someone who's new to the game.

    Try http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Bulletin_Board_Message_Systems/

    I haven't tried anything from there - it's just a link from a Google search.

    Here's another possibility:

    http://www.scriptarchive.com/wwwboard.html

    Unfortunately you will have to do some self-configuring - none will work 'out of the box', so to speak.

    Good luck!


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    PiE
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭PiE


    Try Ikonboard, it's a lot easier to set up.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    There are plenty of open source bulletin boards available in PHP with MySQL backends.
    A lot of them are very easy to setup and can be customised to your needs.

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    peterd
    Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭peterd


    Incidentally, does anyone know of a bulletin board that generates the threads as .html pages? Free or paid, but must come with the source code.


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    whiteshadow
    Registered Users Posts: 771 ✭✭✭whiteshadow


    does anyone know of a bulletin board that generates the threads as .html pages? Free or paid, but must come with the source code.


    have a look at UBB - ultimate bulletinn board
    at

    http://www.infopop.com/

    it stores the threads as .html pages in an archive..
    not sure about the source code doh !!!


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    UBB was good when it first came out, but the CGI is meant to be a real monster, so a lot of hosts ban it.

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    peterd
    Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭peterd


    Originally posted by whiteshadow
    have a look at UBB - ultimate bulletinn board
    at

    http://www.infopop.com/

    it stores the threads as .html pages in an archive..
    not sure about the source code doh !!!
    hrm, the sites that use UBB.classic and UBB.threads don't seem to have .html pages for their threads. Maybe it was just in older versions.


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    PhilipMarlowe
    Subscribers Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭PhilipMarlowe


    You can still download UBB 5.47e (no longer maintained) from Infopop... it'll give you your .html files...

    e.g. http://www.macaddict.com/forums/Forum1/HTML/018740.html


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