A Project i'm working on.....

Barrucadu · 08-19-2006, 01:11 PM

I'm working on creating a full forum software from scratch, so far it has:

- User registration/login
- Multiple Forums in Multiple Categories
- New Topic/Reply
- User Postcounts

Has anyone got anything to add to that list? Currently i'm working on getting rid of the frames that I used when I first started it.

DVBT · 08-19-2006, 02:03 PM

search

killaklown · 08-19-2006, 02:07 PM

Check out Vbulletin, phpbb, mybb, ipb, smf, etc for features.

Barrucadu · 08-19-2006, 02:09 PM

I should write a to-do list, lol.

lets seeeee:

- User Profiles
- User Titles
- Join Date
- Reputation System [with comments]
- User Location

Red Text = Done

DVBT · 08-19-2006, 03:19 PM

quote funcion, image posting function, attachment upload

I could create a huge list lol

lee101 · 08-19-2006, 03:33 PM

everything that vbulliten has, butslightly different so it isn't obvious that you copied :P
More seriously:
RSS feeds,
Use of BBcode, or similar,
Private Messaging
edit:
forgot to put:
Word filtering
User Ranks
Easily changeable themes

Barrucadu · 08-19-2006, 03:36 PM

----- problem fixed -----

I need a bit of help with the bbcode, right now my code is:

PHP Code:

  $message = strip_tags($_POST['message']);

$message = nl2br($message);

$message = eregi_replace("[ b ]","<b>",$message);

$message = eregi_replace("[ /b ]","</b>",$message);

However, say I enter the message [ b ]Bold Text[ /b ]
That is output as [<b>]old Text[</b>]

Anyone know whats wrong?

(put in spaces so bbcode would show up)

----- problem fixed -----

I downloaded a simple bbcode parser.

DVBT · 08-19-2006, 03:51 PM

Security of it would be a big problem that would need to be addressed.

Some other things

Who Is Online Info
Post Count for users and the bottom
User Burthdays
Number of memebers and guests online
Number of people who visted in the last 24 hours
avatars
sigs
edit post function
post delete function
User CP
Admin Section

Moderator Section

report system
maybe an invites system

Barrucadu · 08-19-2006, 03:58 PM

ToDo:

Who Is Online Info
Post Count for users and the bottom
User Birthdays
Number of memebers and guests online
Number of people who visted in the last 24 hours
post delete function
Admin Section
Moderator Section
Private Messaging
Easily changeable themes
announcements
latest news i a section on the froum template
current time and date
quick reply
polls
numer of replys to thread
number of views to thread
people viewing thread
number of people view section
adminds and mods different colours
maybe quick register
sticky

Done:

smilies
Threads Bumping (ordered by most recent post)
avatars
User CP
Use of BBcode, or similar,
User Ranks
User Profiles
Join Date
Reputation System [with comments]
User Location
sigs
edit post function

Discarded Ideas:

Word filtering
report system
maybe an invites system
RSS feeds,

DVBT · 08-19-2006, 04:26 PM

announcements
latest news i a section on the froum template
current time and date
quick reply
polls
smilies
numer of replys to thread
number of views to thread
people viewing thread
number of people view section
adminds and mods different colours
maybe quick register
sticky

Barrucadu · 08-20-2006, 06:14 AM

Right, my code is messy, and the layout sucks. But i've made a very basic forum. I'm now going to get working on Version 2, where i'll store all the forum php in a class file, for easy access everywhere on the forum.

ToDo:

Who Is Online Info
User Birthdays
Number of memebers and guests online
Number of people who visted in the last 24 hours
post delete function
Admin Section
Moderator Section
Private Messaging
Easily changeable themes
announcements
latest news i a section on the froum template
current time and date
quick reply
polls
numer of replys to thread
number of views to thread
people viewing thread
number of people view section
adminds and mods different colours
maybe quick register
sticky

Version One Features:

smilies
Threads Bumping (ordered by most recent post)
avatars
User CP
Use of BBcode, or similar,
User Ranks
User Profiles
Join Date
Reputation System [with comments]
User Location
sigs
edit post function
Post Count for users and the bottom

Possible Ideas:

Word filtering
report system
maybe an invites system
RSS feeds,

Barrucadu · 08-20-2006, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DVBT

Security of it would be a big problem that would need to be addressed.

Working on that now.
I'm making a simple function that does mysql_real_escape_string, ect. I've also done this:
When someone registers, it dosnt put their username and password in the database, it does this:

PHP Code:

  $username = $_POST['username'];

$login = sha1($username . ':' . $_POST['password']);

It then adds that to the database. So the password isnt actually stored alone, its encrypted with the username.
So hopefully thats more secure than just encrypting the password. (i'm also gonna add a salt function at some point)

BUT, when someone logs in, it sets a session variable logged_in to 'yes', as long as that variable is set to 'yes', they have full acces to the entire contents of the site, so not very secure, i'll put something else in later though.

edit: Just made my password encrypt function, it returns a 120-character hexadecimal number, I think thats secure enough, lol.

DVBT · 08-20-2006, 03:59 PM

yea definatly

Anyway if you ever need beta testers for this forum i would be happy to help

regards

Barrucadu · 08-20-2006, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DVBT

yea definatly

Anyway if you ever need beta testers for this forum i would be happy to help

regards

Possibly, possibly, lol.

I'll need some people to give it a good bugtesting, but I dont expect it to be fully ready until at least version 5.

ablaye · 08-20-2006, 06:17 PM

Make your forum URLs are search engine friendly URLs (make good use of mod_rewrite).

Barrucadu · 08-20-2006, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ablaye

Make your forum URLs are search engine friendly URLs (make good use of mod_rewrite).

Ah, my testing server dosnt support .htaccess, so i'll add that to the bottom of my to-do list (things that work on all servers first)

Barrucadu · 08-21-2006, 07:17 AM

Here is an up-to-date feature list.
Current version is 2.

-----

ToDo:
post delete function
Moderator Section
Private Messaging
Easily changeable themes
announcements
latest news in a section on the froum template
current time and date
quick reply
polls
people viewing thread
number of people view section
adminds and mods different colours
maybe quick register
sticky
Search-Engine Friendly URLs (mod_rewrite)

Version 2 Features:
Who Is Online Info
RSS feeds,
Number of memebers and guests online
avatars
User CP
Use of BBcode, or similar,
User Ranks
User Profiles
Join Date
User Location
sigs
edit post function
Threads Bumping (ordered by most recent post)
smilies
Post Count for users and the bottom
Reputation System [with comments]
quoting
numer of replys to thread
number of views to thread
User Birthdays
Number of people who visted in the last 24 hours
Admin Section
FAQ

Version 1 Features:
avatars
User CP
Use of BBcode, or similar,
User Ranks
User Profiles
Join Date
Reputation System [with comments]
User Location
sigs
edit post function
Threads Bumping (ordered by most recent post)
smilies
Post Count for users and the bottom

Possible Ideas:
Word filtering
report system
maybe an invites system

Camron · 08-21-2006, 12:09 PM

Add this,

Code:

$message = eregi_replace("
","<br>",$message);

Will save them from having to type <br> to break a line

Otherwise just use a WYSIWYG from dynamicdrive.com, there is a few. Wordfiltering, and an adminsection where you can ban people is a definate must.

Barrucadu · 08-21-2006, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StackedTech

Add this,

Code:

$message = eregi_replace("
","<br>",$message);

Will save them from having to type <br> to break a line

Or just use nl2br();, lol.
and i'll definatly look into getting a wysiwsg

---

updated feature list. [see above]

Dan · 08-21-2006, 01:11 PM

How are there versions of your script before it's even out?

Can we see a demo or a working version?

Barrucadu · 08-21-2006, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Friedman

How are there versions of your script before it's even out?

Can we see a demo or a working version?

Its not public yet, I just decided to say that I was making one.
and there are versions because when I first made it, it was coded terribly, so i completely remade it (hence, v2)

Tree · 08-21-2006, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikor

I'm making a simple function that does mysql_real_escape_string, ect. I've also done this:
When someone registers, it dosnt put their username and password in the database, it does this:

PHP Code:

  $username = $_POST['username'];

$login = sha1($username . ':' . $_POST['password']);

It then adds that to the database. So the password isnt actually stored alone, its encrypted with the username.
So hopefully thats more secure than just encrypting the password. (i'm also gonna add a salt function at some point)

BUT, when someone logs in, it sets a session variable logged_in to 'yes', as long as that variable is set to 'yes', they have full acces to the entire contents of the site, so not very secure, i'll put something else in later though.

edit: Just made my password encrypt function, it returns a 120-character hexadecimal number, I think thats secure enough, lol.

Best thing to do would be to create a salt, attach it to the beginning, end, and somewhere in the password, and encrypt that.

Barrucadu · 08-21-2006, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tree

Best thing to do would be to create a salt, attach it to the beginning, end, and somewhere in the password, and encrypt that.

Yep, thats used in my encrypt function.

baxter · 08-21-2006, 06:35 PM

make sure its not just the username that your using as the salt or I would just do a bruteforce by encrypting the members username with a password list then compare.

Best to use str_replace instead of the ereg or preg replace as its quicker and is more secure. In specific circumstances you can levy preg_match/ereg_match for malicious purposes.

Good luck on your project mate

Barrucadu · 08-21-2006, 06:38 PM

Heres a screenshot of the admin panel (category and forum management page to be exact).

08-19-2006, 01:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Barrucadu Barru. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Yorkshire, England Posts: 2,731 78.50 NP$ (Donate)	A Project i'm working on..... I'm working on creating a full forum software from scratch, so far it has: - User registration/login - Multiple Forums in Multiple Categories - New Topic/Reply - User Postcounts Has anyone got anything to add to that list? Currently i'm working on getting rid of the frames that I used when I first started it. __________________ Website \| Blog \| Uzbl (my branch) 9thSeptember2009.com

08-19-2006, 02:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
Barrucadu Barru. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Yorkshire, England Posts: 2,731 78.50 NP$ (Donate)	I should write a to-do list, lol. lets seeeee: - User Profiles - User Titles - Join Date - Reputation System [with comments] - User Location Red Text = Done __________________ Website \| Blog \| Uzbl (my branch) 9thSeptember2009.com Last edited by Mikor; 08-19-2006 at 03:39 PM.

08-19-2006, 03:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
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08-19-2006, 03:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
Barrucadu Barru. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Yorkshire, England Posts: 2,731 78.50 NP$ (Donate)	----- problem fixed ----- I need a bit of help with the bbcode, right now my code is: PHP Code: `$message = strip_tags($_POST['message']); $message = nl2br($message); $message = eregi_replace("[ b ]","<b>",$message); $message = eregi_replace("[ /b ]","</b>",$message);` However, say I enter the message [ b ]Bold Text[ /b ] That is output as [<b>]old Text[</b>] Anyone know whats wrong? (put in spaces so bbcode would show up) ----- problem fixed ----- I downloaded a simple bbcode parser. __________________ Website \| Blog \| Uzbl (my branch) 9thSeptember2009.com Last edited by Mikor; 08-19-2006 at 03:44 PM.

08-19-2006, 03:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
Barrucadu Barru. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Yorkshire, England Posts: 2,731 78.50 NP$ (Donate)	ToDo: Who Is Online Info Post Count for users and the bottom User Birthdays Number of memebers and guests online Number of people who visted in the last 24 hours post delete function Admin Section Moderator Section Private Messaging Easily changeable themes announcements latest news i a section on the froum template current time and date quick reply polls numer of replys to thread number of views to thread people viewing thread number of people view section adminds and mods different colours maybe quick register sticky Done: smilies Threads Bumping (ordered by most recent post) avatars User CP Use of BBcode, or similar, User Ranks User Profiles Join Date Reputation System [with comments] User Location sigs edit post function Discarded Ideas: Word filtering report system maybe an invites system RSS feeds, __________________ Website \| Blog \| Uzbl (my branch) 9thSeptember2009.com Last edited by Mikor; 08-20-2006 at 04:50 AM.

08-19-2006, 02:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
DVBT Account Closed Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 272 52.00 NP$ (Donate)	search

08-19-2006, 02:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
killaklown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 3,472 5.31 NP$ (Donate)	Check out Vbulletin, phpbb, mybb, ipb, smf, etc for features.

08-19-2006, 03:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
DVBT Account Closed Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 272 52.00 NP$ (Donate)	quote funcion, image posting function, attachment upload I could create a huge list lol

08-19-2006, 03:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
DVBT Account Closed Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 272 52.00 NP$ (Donate)	Security of it would be a big problem that would need to be addressed. Some other things Who Is Online Info Post Count for users and the bottom User Burthdays Number of memebers and guests online Number of people who visted in the last 24 hours avatars sigs edit post function post delete function User CP Admin Section Moderator Section report system maybe an invites system

08-19-2006, 04:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
DVBT Account Closed Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 272 52.00 NP$ (Donate)	announcements latest news i a section on the froum template current time and date quick reply polls smilies numer of replys to thread number of views to thread people viewing thread number of people view section adminds and mods different colours maybe quick register sticky

08-20-2006, 06:14 AM	#11 (permalink)
Barrucadu Barru. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Yorkshire, England Posts: 2,731 78.50 NP$ (Donate)	Right, my code is messy, and the layout sucks. But i've made a very basic forum. I'm now going to get working on Version 2, where i'll store all the forum php in a class file, for easy access everywhere on the forum. ToDo: Who Is Online Info User Birthdays Number of memebers and guests online Number of people who visted in the last 24 hours post delete function Admin Section Moderator Section Private Messaging Easily changeable themes announcements latest news i a section on the froum template current time and date quick reply polls numer of replys to thread number of views to thread people viewing thread number of people view section adminds and mods different colours maybe quick register sticky Version One Features: smilies Threads Bumping (ordered by most recent post) avatars User CP Use of BBcode, or similar, User Ranks User Profiles Join Date Reputation System [with comments] User Location sigs edit post function Post Count for users and the bottom Possible Ideas: Word filtering report system maybe an invites system RSS feeds, __________________ Website \| Blog \| Uzbl (my branch) 9thSeptember2009.com

08-20-2006, 03:59 PM	#13 (permalink)
DVBT Account Closed Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 272 52.00 NP$ (Donate)	yea definatly Anyway if you ever need beta testers for this forum i would be happy to help regards

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08-21-2006, 07:17 AM	#17 (permalink)
Barrucadu Barru. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Yorkshire, England Posts: 2,731 78.50 NP$ (Donate)	Here is an up-to-date feature list. Current version is 2. ----- ToDo: post delete function Moderator Section Private Messaging Easily changeable themes announcements latest news in a section on the froum template current time and date quick reply polls people viewing thread number of people view section adminds and mods different colours maybe quick register sticky Search-Engine Friendly URLs (mod_rewrite) Version 2 Features: Who Is Online Info RSS feeds, Number of memebers and guests online avatars User CP Use of BBcode, or similar, User Ranks User Profiles Join Date User Location sigs edit post function Threads Bumping (ordered by most recent post) smilies Post Count for users and the bottom Reputation System [with comments] quoting numer of replys to thread number of views to thread User Birthdays Number of people who visted in the last 24 hours Admin Section FAQ Version 1 Features: avatars User CP Use of BBcode, or similar, User Ranks User Profiles Join Date Reputation System [with comments] User Location sigs edit post function Threads Bumping (ordered by most recent post) smilies Post Count for users and the bottom Possible Ideas: Word filtering report system maybe an invites system __________________ Website \| Blog \| Uzbl (my branch) 9thSeptember2009.com Last edited by Mikor; 08-21-2006 at 12:42 PM.

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Camron Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 2,059 24.85 NP$ (Donate)	Add this, Code: $message = eregi_replace(" ","<br>",$message); Will save them from having to type <br> to break a line Otherwise just use a WYSIWYG from dynamicdrive.com, there is a few. Wordfiltering, and an adminsection where you can ban people is a definate must. __________________ \|\| VPSByte Virtual & Dedicated Solutions \|\| True 24/7/365 support with a 1 hour guaranteed response time! \|\| We offer budget, yet powerful dedicated servers and vps solutions. \|\| All servers come w/ 10Mbps unmetered bandwidth & lite management standard.

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Dan Buy my domains. Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,801 56.00 NP$ (Donate)	How are there versions of your script before it's even out? Can we see a demo or a working version?

08-21-2006, 06:35 PM	#24 (permalink)
baxter NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 289 1,990.00 NP$ (Donate)	make sure its not just the username that your using as the salt or I would just do a bruteforce by encrypting the members username with a password list then compare. Best to use str_replace instead of the ereg or preg replace as its quicker and is more secure. In specific circumstances you can levy preg_match/ereg_match for malicious purposes. Good luck on your project mate

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