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Resource Details: WebBBS
Resource Details refreshed on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 00:10 EDT

Programs and Scripts: Perl: Bulletin Board Message Systems
WebBBS (25 comments)
9.07 (715 votes)
 Version: 4.31 - Released: 05/28/00 - $50 - UnixJump to URL
 WebBBS is a Web-based bulletin board. WebBBS stores messages as simple text files and creates HTML pages "on the fly." This means that the message index can be tailored by the user based on date and/or subject (via built-in keyword search capability), and can be viewed as either a chronological or a threaded list. Administration is also a breeze! WebBBS supports automatic quoting of message text and e-mail notification of those who want to know immediately when a new message has been posted. It also offers an archive-only option and "cookie" support!

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User: PigInZenRating:February 14, 2000
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 2Idaho, USA
You can't beat this one and the fact that it's free (includes admin script when registered) is beyond me. At this time (ver. 4.12), some efficiency issues have been dealt with and the programmer seems very open to constantly improving his product. Nice features and very customizable both for the installer and the viewers.

User: splinky_0Rating:January 12, 2000
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 13 
Very good script if you plan to have only one forum. If you want more, find a more complex script.

User: ZafRating:December 27, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 6 
Very good script, it would be perfect if the author didn't want $50 for the admin script! This is real expensive... You can live without it though...

User: CraigRating:September 16, 2000
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 33Australia

User: tnapperRating:September 05, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 26California, USA

User: Sherlock2000Rating:June 30, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 1Nevada, USA
What's newer than a newbie? I don't know, but that is what I was in regards to Perl and CGI. Notwithstanding that, I managed to get it up and running in a few hours on two different servers. Good program!

User: NetJoergRating:June 09, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 6 
Very powerful BBS, all the options can be setup through one config file that offers a lot of settings, making the script very customizable. It's not perfect, because it looks rather old fashioned and there is not even a simple admin interface before you register.

User: BillFRating:June 01, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 1 
Not a bad script for very low traffic sites, but so inefficient that any site that receives decent traffic will find their server load go through the roof. Needs an update badly.

User: elviiRating:May 25, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 5 
Overall, a great script. Very customizable, and very simple to set up -- you can have a board running in 10 minutes. The best board around for fairly low-traffic sites. Once you have many messages being posted, the script becomes too slow and the interface too klunky -- in that case, I'd recommend another script. Still, a wonderful script. The administration script is not free, but with the built-in message removal function, you won't need it.

User: McNerdRating:May 02, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 1California, USA
After sampling quite a few boards, I found this one to be the easiest and most flexible of them all. I especially like the cookie support.

User: DefiantRating:April 05, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 7USA
Lots of features, but with that comes complexity. I tried to set it up, but I can't seem to figure it out. Overall, this script is "nice".

User: JohnSladeRating:March 07, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 8United Kingdom
Excellent forum. Loads of options. I like the way the messages are created on the fly. Also the cookie support is good as well. The only bad point is that you have to register to get the admin script.

User: DethBladeRating:January 25, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 8 
Very nice BBS. Despite the old look to it, it's one of the most well-functioning, easy to use BBS's there is.

User: Eric4Rating:January 18, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 1 
A real resource hog but has a good "feel". Could use an update though.

User: slapperRating:January 16, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 3Sweden
Many features and very easy to install, but unfortunately user interface sucks and is not editable.

User: webmaster9Rating:January 11, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 18Maryland, USA
Very nice script. I really like the flexibility allowed with user preferences. Nice that users can register to receive all new messages added, search, display based on date, and more.

User: TopbitRating:January 08, 1999
 User's Avg. Rating:# of Ratings: 1United Kingdom
Don't just use it for a BBS, there's guestbooks and semi-database applications too!

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