The next-generation BBS software

  • Old and new a 1980s computer can join
  • Real hardware a chip on your shelf
  • Free software GPL v3 or later
  • No internet needed a local network is enough
  • You write the rules and you are the appeal
  • No ads no one sells your time
  • No platforms nobody in the middle
  • No hosting fees it runs at your place
  • No outside costs your power, your Wi-Fi
  • No cloud nobody else's server

Forums

The message boards, in topic areas. They need a card, and they are off as shipped, so the topics can be set up first. The card is on adding an SD card.

Forums 0 new messages 1 General Anything at all 2 Board News What the sysop is up to ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────Nothing new since your last call. --> Enter reads what is new. # - Open a forum. ? help. Q leaves. Forums> typed: FORUMS, firmware 1.2.0-link.17

Settings

Every plugin page starts with the same four fields, which the plugin pages explain. Read, Write and Admin are all, users and co1. CONFIG offers four topics, each a button like a file area:

FORUMS───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────Plugin enabled yes Read level all.....................................................Write level users...................................................Admin level co1.....................................................Forum topic 1 [ General ]Forum topic 2 [ Board News ]Forum topic 3 [ not set ][ Save ] [ Cancel ]Tab or arrows move, Enter is next, Space steps a choice, F1 saves, ESC quits typed: CONFIG forums, firmware 1.2.0-link.17
FieldWhat it does
KeyThe topic's folder on the card, up to 12 characters.
NameWhat callers see, up to 24 characters.
AboutOne line about it, up to 40 characters.
ReadWho sees the topic. Unset, the plugin's Read.
StartWho may start a new subject. Unset, this topic's Reply.
ReplyWho may add to a subject already started. Unset, the plugin's Write.
ModerateWho may moderate the topic, which includes removing posts. Unset, the plugin's Admin.

Start and Reply are separate so that a topic can be news: Start co1 and Reply users means staff post, and anybody with an account may answer.

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