WWWBoard is a threaded World Wide Web discussion forum and message board, which allows users to post new messages, follow-up to existing ones and more.
Note for Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 users: You do not need to use this script. Instead, you should use the Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Discussion Web Template.
Newer sites will have the WWWBoard installed off of their Home directory by default. There will be a symbolic link in your DocumentRoot (the directory your web pages go in) that makes the wwwboard reachable as:
http://yourdomain.com/wwwboard
If you have an older site or your wwwboard directory has been removed, you can download the program from Matt's Script Archive and install it by hand - OR - you can use our automatic install program.
To download the program, go to:
To run the installation script, you will need to connect to your site via telnet. Once at the telnet prompt, type the following command:
For example, if your domain name is "abc.net", you would type:
After the installation script finishes, you may customize the files to your delight. You will find a wwwboard directory in your Home Directory. This is where you are initially placed when you login vie telnet. Your DocumentRoot directory will probably be www or wwwfp if you have Frontpage installed on the site. To make the wwwboard directory visible to it, use these commands:
cd www <enter>
ln -s ../wwwboard <enter>
It is that simple!
If you wish to run more than one message board, follow these directions:
1. Log into your root directory via telnet.
2. Create the directory that will house the wwwboard:
(example) mkdir bob
3. Run the install script:
makeboard yourdomain.com
bob
4. If you wish, edit the html code of the index.html page in the
/yourdirectory/bob/wwwboard directory to reflect the information
you want shown on the board.
cd bob/wwwboard
pico index.html
5. If you wish, place a symbolic link in the bob directory that points to the wwwboard:
cd bob
ln -s wwwboard/index.html
To create a second wwwboard, follow these steps:
1. Go back to your root directory.
cd /mnt/web/guide/yourdomain
2. Create the directory that will house the next wwwboard:
mkdir bob2
3. Run the install script:
makeboard yourdomain.com bob2
4. If you wish, edit the html code of the index.html page in the
/yourdirectory/bob2/wwwboard directory to reflect the information you want shown on the
board.
cd bob2/wwwboard
pico index.html
5. If you wish, place a symbolic link in the bob2 directory that points to the wwwboard:
cd bob2
ln -s wwwboard/index.html
You now have two messageboards: one for bob, and one for bob2.