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WWWBoard
WWWBoard is a threaded World Wide Web discussion forum and message board CGI, 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 the WWWBoard 2.0 scripts, connect to your Virtual Server via Telnet or SSH and run this command:

 
% vinstall wwwboard 

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

 
$baseurl = "http://www.YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/wwwboard"; 
$cgi_url = "http://www.YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/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.NAME.

 
$baseurl = "http://www.YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/wwwboard"; 
$cgi_url = "http://www.YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/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.

• WWWBoard Readme