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PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS VERY OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS


WWWBoard

WWWBoard is a threaded World Wide Web discussion forum and message board, which allows users to post new messages, followup to existing ones and more. WWWBoard comes with a WWWAdmin program, which helps you maintain the WWWBoard.

Installation

To install WWWBoard 2.0 scripts, Telnet or SSH to your Virtual Server and untar the WWWBoard tar file: 

% vinstall wwwboard

Configuration

Modify lines 16 and 17 in the ~/www/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwadmin.pl file, substituting your domain name for YOUR_DOMAIN. 

$baseurl = "http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/wwwboard";
$cgi_url = "http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwadmin.pl";

Modify lines 16 and 17 in the ~/www/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.pl file, substituting your domain name for YOUR_DOMAIN. 

$baseurl = "http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/wwwboard";
$cgi_url = "http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.pl";

Test WWWBoard by accessing the following URL:

http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/wwwboard/

WWWBoard allows you to perform certain administrative tasks. To access the administration utilities, use the following URL:

http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwadmin.pl

More Information

Documentation is available at the WWWBoard web site.


PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS