Perl Scripts: Discuss

This is the homepage of Discuss, a simple and easy to set up semi-threaded messageboard. It is semi-threaded in that it allows only one level of threads--the responses to each thread are all on the same page. As such, it is a good fit for a site that will have many different topics, but less than about 15 or so responses to each topic (for more than that, a truly threaded discussion board would be more appropriate).

To set up the program, you will just have to edit three simple configuration files and a couple html templates. The only perl code you have to touch is the first line in each script, unless you want to change the entire look of the pages, but that shouldn't be too hard either.

This program allows deleting of threads, but not yet individual posts (however, it would be very simple to add that in--I am just lacking in time right now). Also, it allows for archiving threads, although there is not yet a way to view archived threads--again, that would be simple to do.

Test the script (to enter admin area, username='test' and pass='test'

Download all files, zipped (note: this is not well documented yet. I apologize).

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