WWW Board script
WWW Board is a threaded, World Wide Web
discussion forum and message board that enables visitors to your site to post
new messages and respond to current postings. The WWW Board script is pre-installed
and pre-configured for your server. The URL for your message board is http://www.yourdomain.com/wwwboard.
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If you are not familiar with scripting,
you can use SiteControl's Script Managers to customize these scripts
and automatically generate any necessary HTML code. The Script Managers
provide Web-based interfaces that simplify the process of customizing
these scripts and walk you through the steps. For more information,
see the SiteControl
User Guide.
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You can customize this script in two
different ways:
- Customize the message board main
page (index.htm)
- Select from a number of options
that control the way the message board operates.
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Before you modify the index.htm
file or the wwwboard.pl script, download the files in ASCII mode from
the server to your computer and make a backup copy of the original files.
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To customize the main page:
- Connect to your server
and locate the index.htm file in your /www directory.
- Download the file in
ASCII mode.
- Modify this HTML file
as desired. However, ensure that you do not modify the <input> and
<method> tags.
- Save and upload the
file as necessary.
To select WWW Board options:
- Connect to your server
and locate the wwwboard.pl script in your /cgi-bin directory.
- Download the file in
ASCII mode.
- Open the file and turn
the following options on (1) or off (0) as desired:
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Options
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Description
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$show_faq
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When turned on (default), displays a link to
an FAQ on every individual page. If you select this option, you
need to create your FAQ (with a file name of faq.html) and place
it in your /wwwboard directory.
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$allow_html
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When turned on, enables visitors to use HTML
in their postings. If not selected, all text surrounded by "<
>" tags in visitors' postings will be removed.
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$quote_text
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When turned on, the previous message will be
quoted in the follow-up text input box. The quoted text will have
a colon ( : ) placed in front of it to make it easier for your visitors
to distinguish the previous posting from the current posting.
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$subject_line
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The value you set for this option controls the
display of the subject line for the user posting a follow-up. You
can specify one of three different values:
0
- Default. Places the previous subject link into the follow-up
form and enables users to edit the subject.
1
- Quotes the subject line but makes it "read only."
2
- Places an empty subject block in the follow-up subject line.
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$use_time
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When turned on, the hour:minute:second time
will be included along with the day/month/year time on the main
page. Day/month/year are automatically placed on the main page when
a new entry is added. This option is very useful on boards that
receive a large number of postings. However, if space is an issue,
you may want to disable this option.
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- Save and upload the file as necessary.
