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Developing an ultra-lightweight web message board/forum system

Filed under: My software by Hari
Posted on Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 20:04 IST (last updated: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 @ 12:37 IST)

I am currently developing an ultra-lightweight web forum/message board software using Python (CGI) and SQLite 3. I'm still working on the core features, but I have done enough to warrant some public screenshots of the early development.

So without further ado, here they are:

Forum Index

Forum index

Create a topic

Create a topic

Administrator Login

Admin Login

Administration - Manage Categories

Manage Categories

Administration - Add/Edit a Category

Add category

Administration - Delete a Category

Delete Category

It's meant for small personal websites as an advanced replacement for a guest-book, providing a means of discussions and conversations with readers; although it is reasonably feature rich as a discussion board, it will not have several levels of user permissions or moderators. A single administrative login is all there is to manage the forum, but it's adequate for single-administrator boards.

4 comment(s)

  1. Well, I can see the potential, but looks more like you are scratching your programming itch! :)

    Comment by Sudipta Chatterjee (visitor) on Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @ 00:53 IST #
  2. Certainly, Sudipta. When I get the itch, I just must satisfy it. For the last couple of weeks, however, I've not had the time or inclination to pursue this. I hope to get down and complete this soon. :)

    Comment by Hari (blog owner) on Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @ 20:55 IST #
  3. Hello!

    This looks like something that could prove to be of value on a Raspberry Pi, with it's limited resources and all. Which is exactly the reason I found this blog post, as I'm setting up a personal web server using lighttpd on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian Wheesy. :)

    I hope you´ll finish it soon, and make it available under GPL or something, as I´m sure a lot of Raspberri Pi users would love to use it!

    Christian O.

    Comment by Christian O. (visitor) on Wed, Jan 9, 2013 @ 22:44 IST #
  4. I've not been working on it for a while now, since I've been busy. Hopefully when I get the time, I'll complete the features and release it. :-)

    Comment by Hari (blog owner) on Thu, Jan 10, 2013 @ 18:40 IST #

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