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Old 12-25-2004, 04:10 AM   #1
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Lightbulb looking for Bulletin Board


Hi,

I am looking for a good free Bulletin Board for my website that does not require MySQL or MS access support and is easy to install and configure

Can anyone suggest me one ?

Thanks
 
Old 12-25-2004, 04:30 AM   #2
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Do you not want it to have a DB backend at all, or just not those 2?

Cool
 
Old 12-25-2004, 10:25 AM   #3
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No, I don't have any DB support in my hosting plan so I am looking for some cgi or perl based boards
 
Old 12-25-2004, 01:07 PM   #4
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No, I don't have any DB support in my hosting plan so I am looking for some cgi or perl based boards
Try doing a search on BBS or Bulletin Board Systems instead of Forum style boards.. Your probably only going to find mailing list style boards or you could just try to use mailman, which keeps an archive of email browseable by any internet browser, but the users mainly use email to exchange questions and answers.
 
Old 12-26-2004, 05:47 AM   #5
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The perl-based YaBB forum doesn't require a full DB support, I think. It's a bit more difficult to install than a PHP based forum, but it doesn't absolutely require an SQL style DB. It can also work on a flat-file based DB model. You could try using that.

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Old 12-26-2004, 05:50 AM   #6
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I remember TAUniverse.com using UltimateBB back in the day, which eventually mangled all the html thread pages after excessive (ab)use.
 
Old 12-26-2004, 06:41 AM   #7
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I had done a search and had found many here

http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Program...ssage_Systems/

and here

http://www.thefreecountry.com/perlsc...geboards.shtml

If anyone knows about any good boards in these than please let me know about it

and yes Hari YaBB had appealed to me and I will give it a try this weekend
 
Old 12-29-2004, 01:36 PM   #8
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I have successfully installed e-blah board (took me about 2 hours )

http://www.eblah.com/

Guess its better than yaBB

have yet to decide the forums and their topics
 
  


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