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#                          WWWBoard v2.0 ALPHA 2.1                           #
#                     Threaded Discussion Forum Script                       #
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#                         Scripts Archive                                    #
#                    https://worldwidemart.com/scripts/                      #
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DESCRIPTION
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WWWBoard is a threaded World Wide Web discussion forum and message board
that allows users to post new messages and follow up to existing ones.

FEATURES
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* Threaded message display
* Reply/followup functionality
* Individual message pages
* Admin panel for moderation
* Message archiving

REQUIREMENTS
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* Unix-based web server with CGI support
* Perl 5.x or higher
* Write permissions for data files

PACKAGE CONTENTS
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wwwboard.pl      - Main message board script
wwwadmin.pl      - Administration script
wwwboard.html    - Main board display (auto-generated)
README           - This documentation
ADMIN_README     - Admin documentation

INSTALLATION
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1. Upload all files to your cgi-bin directory
2. Create 'messages' subdirectory: mkdir messages
3. Set permissions:
   chmod 755 wwwboard.pl wwwadmin.pl
   chmod 666 wwwboard.html data.txt
   chmod 777 messages
4. IMPORTANT: Change $admin_password in both scripts!

SECURITY NOTES
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1. ALWAYS change the default admin password
2. Consider adding .htaccess protection
3. Regularly review posted content

MODERN ALTERNATIVES
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For production forums, consider:
* phpBB (https://www.phpbb.com)
* Discourse (https://www.discourse.org)
* Flarum (https://flarum.org)
* NodeBB (https://nodebb.org)

LICENSE
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Artistic License

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