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.

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.
  

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.

To customize the main page:

1. Connect to your server and locate the index.htm file in your /www directory.
2. Download the file in ASCII mode.
3. Modify this HTML file as desired. However, ensure that you do not modify the <input> and <method> tags.
4. Save and upload the file as necessary.

To select WWW Board options:

1. Connect to your server and locate the wwwboard.pl script in your /cgi-bin directory.
2. Download the file in ASCII mode.
3. Open the file and turn the following options on (1) or off (0) as desired:
   
   

   Options	Description
   $show_faq	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.
   $allow_html	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.
   $quote_text	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.
   $subject_line	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.
   $use_time	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.

4. Save and upload the file as necessary.