OvBB

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OvBB, Written in PHP and powered by MySQL, is a light-weight and fast discussion board system that mimics vBulletin 2 in both look and behavior while incorporating new features and functionality.^[1] After the project died, a couple of users or watchers of the software decided to try to bring back the project to life. One of these new projects was known as Atomic Boards,^[2] and another was known as RyukiBB,^{[citation needed]} but both seem to be inactive just like OvBB.

[edit] Developers

• Jonathon Freeman - Lead Developer/Founder
• Brian Otto - Developer

[edit] Features

• Smilies
• Avatars
• BBCode
• Private Messaging
• Calendar & Events
• Polls
• Usergroup Permissions
• XHTML template
• Multiple database support^[3]

[edit] Upcoming Features

This is a copy of the roadmap, which was removed along with the OvBB Domain.

Version 0.17 Alpha

• More solidifying of the engine/skin API.
• Complete the Private Message tracking feature.
• Implement admin option for how often to check for new PMs; default will be every 2 pages.
• Implement fulltext searching.

Version 0.18 Alpha

• More solidifying of the engine/skin API.
• Add an editpoll action to poll.php (for moderators and admins).
• Implement custom profile fields, specified by the admin.
• Implement IP block.
• Implement CIDR block.

Version 0.19 Alpha

• More solidifying of the engine/skin API.
• Implement ability for a variable number of screens in register.php, using something like $_SESSION['regstep'] to internally keep track of which step of the registration process the user is on; implement a user agreement screen and a COPPA-compliant agreement screen.
• Implement SQL table prefixes.
• Rewrite Setup script to reflect the way it was done with vB 2: one install script and an "incremental" upgrade script for each version.

[edit] External links

• SourceForge.net Project Page
• ForumMatrix Entry

[edit] See also

• Comparison of Internet forum software
• vBulletin

[edit] References