Simple Bulletin Board free download

Simple Bulletin Board free download

Simple Bulletin Board 4.2.01 – SBB4+ Edition 2015 May 1^st

Note 1: if you already have a copy of SBB …

you’re maybe interested in the Simple Bulletin – Bootstrap Pack

Note 2: if you’re planning to purchase SBB …

and like to use it with the latest versions of Bootstrap 2.x or 3.x you could take a look to the Bundled item Simple Bulletin Board – SBB4+ Bootstrap Edition

XHTML – default

XHTML – CarbonCity

XHTML – Marabellow

XHTML – Silk

XHTML – sLime

XHTML – Velvet

HTML4 – default SBB3+ Edition only

with V4.2.01 some template engine and SBB core fixes and updates

New since V3.25/V4.2 added reCAPTCHA as third captcha module, added social shares, added like posts, added dislike posts, ... – more infos in the changelog further down

New since V3.21/V4.1 some improvements, corrections and fixes – more infos in the changelog further down

New since V3.2/V4.0 4 new templates, support for short youtube urls (youto.be), support for vimeo videos, some fixes – more infos in the changelog further down in the changelog

Differences between SBB3+and SBB4+ Editions

the main difference is the used template engine, the new one is more powerful
both versions will be supported in the future

New since V3.1 some performance fixes and new admin tools – more infos in the changelog further down in the changelog

New since V3.01: some small and medium fixes

New since V3.0: SUPER-UPDATE Private Message System, Useradd for Administrators, own board avatars, autoresizing upped user avatars, new/unread topics indicator, different permissions for each forum, 3 Templates now (HTML4 & XHTML), andmuch much more, ...... more infos in the changelog further down

New since V2.01: Poll and small language fix

New since V2.0: Some fixes, new handier language system, added useractivation, some maybe missed paginations, added whoisonline-block, board statistics block, attachments to posts, polls to topics, youtube support, added possibility to edit posts by users within defined timeslot, gravatar support, avatars, external smilies, txt exports, rss feeds, categories for forums, ... more infos in the changelog further down

New since V1.57: Small security update

New since V1.56: Small watch topic / watch forum bugfix

New since V1.55: User management is now part of the Board Administration, ability for the board admin to send messages to all users, added password forgotten function, added watch topic function, added watch forum function, ... more infos in the changelog further down

New since V1.5: SEO links and titles, board can be categorized with different forums, online Board Administration, search function – all updates can be found further down in the changelog – New including procedure

New since V1.46: Eliminated quoting troubles with consideration of PHP magic_quotes (will be bypassed now)

New since V1.45: captcha alternative w/o GD necessity but the same lookalike
extended and improved BB-Code support
more infos to the profiles on topicview
BB-Code support for signatures

New since V1.4: Doublepost-Prevention
Ability to create sticky topics
Ability to lock and unlock topics
Templates are more CSS controlled

New since V1.3: Avatars can be uploaded by users to their profiles
Signatures can be defined by the users

New since V1.2: Editing of posts for Amins and Mods
Increased the flexibility of the paging function

New since V1.1:CAPTCHA protection for registration
Page turning function for the topics overview

I’m using a framebuster for the demo to leave the TF-frame, cause there could be some troubles with Sessions and Frames of different domains

An easy to implement bulletin board for your homepage. Just add a view lines to one of your php-sites (e.g. myforum.php) and you have the board integrated to your website.

You are able to manage your members (activate, deactivate, delete them, edit them), nominate members to moderators or administrators, ...

Features

• Protecting forum from non-registered users
• Private Messages System since V3.0
• Like Posts since V3.25/V4.2
• Don’t Posts since V3.25/V4.2
• Share Posts on social networks (Facebook, Gogle+, Twitter) since V3.25/V4.2
• Different permissions (view/post/reply) for different forums (including guests) since V3.0
• automatically resizeing of uploaded avatars since V3.0
• Indicating new topics since V3.0
• Added defaultXHTML template since V3.0
• Added CarbonCity template (dark XHTML) since V3.0
• Added Silk template (dark XHTML) since V3.0
• Added sLime template (dark XHTML) since V3.2
• Added Marabellow template (dark XHTML) since V3.2
• Added Velvet template (dark XHTML) since V3.2
• Add users in the board administration since V3.0
• External statistics module since V3.0
• External last topics module since V3.0
• External board avatars since V3.0
• Possibility to order (asc/desc) users by name, joining date, last login in userlists since V3.0
• Enable/Disable registration since V1.5
• Online board Administration since V1.5
• Enable/Disable user to user messaging since V1.5
• SEO links and titles since V1.5
• Categories (forums) for your board since V1.5
• Overall search function since V1.5
• Protecting from doubleposts caused by reloading or double-clicks or smthg. else since V1.4
• Topics can be made to sticky ones since V1.4
• Threads can bed locked (closed) since V1.4
• enable/disable CAPTCHA-protection for registration (thx phpcaptcha.org -> GD Library with GIF Support required) since V1.1
• GD-CAPTCHA alternative, for those their server doesn’t support the GD-Library – same lookalike since V1.45
• reCAPTCHA as third captcha module since V3.25/V4.2
• enable/disable/set number of topics per page since V1.1
• Avatars can be uploaded by users to their profiles since V1.3
• Signatures can be defined by users since V1.3
• Own templates can be defined
• PNG-sources for the buttons are integrated
• Users can register themself and are able to post topics immediately after registration and logging in
• Administrators can make users to Administrators, Moderators and Default users
• Moderators are able to delete posts, delete complete topics, activate/deactivate/edit/delete users
• Adminfeature: moving topics since V3.1
• Adminfeature: multi topic management since V3.1
• Users can enable/disable board and user notifications
• Users can contact other users via the board (if notification enabled)
• Users will be notified if one of their active topics got a new post
• BB-Code for topics and posts is implemented
• Youtube Support since V2.0
• Vimeo Support since V3.2
• Attachments since V2.0
• Polls since V2.0
• RSS-Feeds since V2.0
• TextExports since V2.0
• Useractivation by User, by Admin, disabled since V2.0
• Whoisonline Block on frontpage since V2.0
• BoardStatistics on frontpage since V2.0
• Posts can be edited by users within defined timeslot (or not ) since V2.0
• Pagination for topics, posts, users and search results since V2.0
• Gravatar Support since V2.0
• Default Avatars since V2.0
• External Smilies since V2.0
• Multilanguage support English and German language support (filebased)
• ...

Examples of integration

• [Demo] http://sbb.envato.homac.at/
• [Live] http://www.hde.at/forum.html
• [Live] http://www.autopten.com/carforum/board.php (thx Gutimatico)
• [Live] http://www.fantasyfitba.com/forum/ (thx UI20)

Boardadmin

username: admin
password: pass

Current Version Simple Bulletin Board 4.2.01 2015 May 1^st

Update instructions are included AND every version you’re downloading is the full up2date version

Updates V4.2.01 2015-05-01

• fixed: updated quickskin template engine to change preg_replace with /e modifiers with preg_replace_callback equivalents
• fixed: updated SBB Core to change preg_replace with /e modifiers with preg_replace_callback equivalents
• some minor fixes

Updates V4.2 2013-10-11

• added: reCAPTCHA module
• added: social share row (facebook, google+ and twitter)
• added: like post function
• added: don’t like post function
• refinement: Quickskin auto-cleanup equipped with directory checks

Updates V4.1 2013-06-28

• sorting rank images in board administration by name
• added video BBCode to private message form in all templates
• removed overmuch line break from signatures in posts and private messages
• Javascript correction for GD-less Captcha Spam protection
• fixed some pagination issues when disabling pagination (not suggested to disable pagination)
• considered changes caused by the jquery.1.9.1 update
  fix for the toggle multiple checkbox function
  fix for the maximum image width
• added auto cleanup funtion for the temporary compiled QuickSkin (used template engine) files
• some template variable changes to make it easier to handle the templates
• added footer template file to every template
• added template ripping protection

Updates V4.0 2013-06-19

• completely replaced the used template engine with QuickSkin
• updated jquery to 1.9.1
• replaced tooltip plugin with tipsy
• moved all js files into the js folder
• removed HTML4 Template from the SBB4+ Edition (default)

Simple Bulletin Board – SBB3+ Edition

Discontinued 2015 – latest version of SBB3+ is 3.25 2013 October 11th

Update instructions are included AND every version you’re downloading is the full up2date version

Updates V3.25 2013-10-11

• added: reCAPTCHA module
• added: social share row (facebook, google+ and twitter)
• added: like post function
• added: don’t like post function

Updates V3.21 2013-06-28

• sorting rank images in board administration by name
• added video BBCode to private message form in all templates
• removed overmuch line break from signatures in posts and private messages
• Javascript correction for GD-less Captcha Spam protection
• Fixed some pagination issues when disabling pagination (not suggested)
• added template ripping protection

Updates V3.2 2013-06-18

• small “fixes”
  - success message after sending mails to all members
  - added missing value {BOARD_ADMIN} to welcome mail
  - replaced depricated splits with explodes
• changed embedded method of embedding youtube videos to iframes
• added possibility to use shorten Youtube Urls (youtu.be…)
• added possibility to add vimeo videos too
• changed “youtube” BBCode/button to “video” – youtube BBCodes work furthermore
• added 4 more dark templates (Silk, sLime, Velvet and Marabellow)
• languagecheck (langcheck.php) implemented – useful for language updates

Updates V3.1 2012-11-14

• some PHP5.3 fixes
• added two great performance fixes for bigger boards
• possibility to move topics into other forums (for admininistrators and moderators)
• possibility to delete multiple topics within topics overview sites (for admininistrators and moderators)

Updates V3.01 2011-03-26

• added missing field in questions table (for guest’s posting)
• IE textarea wrap bugfix in the administration (modrewrite section)
• fixed userrank display bug (empty topic starter rank image was shown when no rank was set)

Updates V3.0 2011-03-25

• fixed bug in User Administration
• added Pagination for User Administration
• attached images will be displayed within the articles
• Fixed Reset Password Function (guests only)
• Register Funxtion (guests only)
• Fixed sendmail2all bug
• Possibility to add Users in the Board Administration
• Considering empty forums on start page
• Added possibility to handle your own board avatars
• Gravatar support on profile view
• Added automatic resizing of uploaded avatars if gd_info-fuction exists
• New and unread topics since last visit will be marked now
• Added possibility to define different permissions (viewing/posting/replying) for each forum (including guests)
• Added Orderby function (asc/desc) rfor user lists in the frontend and in the backend
• added JQuery Tooltips to the topics overview
• improved BBCode (W3C changes – img, target, u)
• changed previously working max image width module from CSS to JQuery
• Added XHTML Template
• Added CarbonCity Template
• Added external Latest Topics module
• Added external Board Statistics module

Updates V2.01 2010-05-12

• Poll fix
  each was only able to vote for only ONE poll, this is fixed now
• fixed missing language entry
• Update instructions can be found here

Updates V2.0 2010-05-07

• completely new language system makes it easier to add and modify languages
• redesigned mostly to classes
• some bugfixes
  - really hide deactivated users and fix for not founds
  - strip_tags answer
  - dynamic template path (css)
  - some permission checks
  - ...
• added activation including welcome and activation mails
  - disable activation
  - by user
  - by admin
• added possibility to upload attachments to posts
• added possibility to add polls to topics
• added infos about “WhoIsOnline”
• added some board statisitics to frontpage
• added pagination for single topics (for the posts within)
• added possibility to give users a timeslot for editing their posts
• added possibility to post youtube videos to posts (BBCoded)
• added pagination for userlist
• possibility to use a default avatar
• possibility to add external smilies
• possibility to use gravatars
• Printversion (Textexport)
• RSS-Feed for Forums
• added pagination for search results
• strip bbcode in searchresults
• added categories
• added preview for topics (Mouseover title tag)

Updates V1.57 2010-01-17

• Small security update
  Now it’s not possible to add own HTML or JS Codes

Updates V1.56 2009-12-29

• fixed watch forum / watch topic bug
  was accessible for non-logged in users too – no impact but unattractive

Updates V1.55 2009-12-26

• Already documented avatar width bug fixed
• Added image dimensions to every image in the templates to prevent of some IE troubles
• The usermanagement is now part of the board administration
• Added ability for board admins to send a message to all active users
• Added forgotten password function
• Added watch topic / watch forum function
• Moderators can edit users through the users profile
• Some small fixes
  - Redirecting to active forum after deleting topic
  - Redirecting to active forum after lock/unlock topic
• Ability to disable/enable avatars

Updates V1.5 2009-12-03

• Most settings can now be defined in the Board Administration and are stored in the database
• Fixed relative path calculation for Windows machines
• Added ability to define maximium width of images in posts to prevent breakout of the content
• Added posibility to enable/disable registration of new users
• !!! New integration method for the sbb into your site !!!
• Enabling/Disabling user messaging boardwide
• Enabling/Disabling board notification
• Added SEO option (can be enabled/disabled) – requires mod_rewrite
  Most of the links will be transformed into search engine friendly ones
• Now categories (forums) can be defined within the board
• Added Board description
• Added more infos for user (website, interests, birthday (age), place of residence, occupation)
  Information can be found next to posts, and in profiles
• Added ability to quote posts by one click
• Added overall-search function

Updates V1.46 2009-11-05

• Fixing troubles with magic_quotes, double_escapes
  PHP magic_quotes will be no longer supported with PHP 5.3
  so SBB now will check if magic_quotes are enabled or not and uses mysql_real_escape_string for SQL-Queries

Updates V1.45.1 2009-10-19

• Small bugfix

Updates V1.45 2009-10-15

• Added CAPTCHA alternative for servers which doesn’t support GD-Library
• Improved and extended BB-Code support
  Now supporting

   [b][/b] ... bold [i][/i] ... italic [u][/u] ... underlined [list][/list] ... list [list][*][/list] ... list [*] ... element of list [quote][/quote] ... quoted text [code][/code] ... codeblock [img]URL[/img] ... image [url]URL[/url] ... url [url=URL]DESCR[/url] ... url with description

• Signatures supports BBCode now too
  all BBCodes, expect the [url]-BBCodes,
  cause SBB detects links and make them clickable within the signatures
• Added total posts and joining date to poster’s info (below avatar) on topic view

Updates V1.4 2009-10-08

• Re-coded the default-template
  Almost all Style-definitions are now controlled by the template stylesheet
  Expect some margins, floats, widths, heights
• Protecting from doubleposts caused by reloading or double-clicks
• Ability to make single topics sticky
  Sticky topics are marked and ranked at the top in the topic overview
  Can be set by moderators and administrators
• Ability to lock and unlock topics
  Locked topics are marked in the topics overview and cannot be extended till the topic is unlocked

Updates V1.3 2009-09-24

• Added signature function
  now the users can create their own signatures which will be shown below the user’s posts
  URLs in Signature will be transformed into clickable links
• Added avatar upload function
  users can upload their avatars
  allowed max-dimensions of the allowed avatars can be defined within the conf.php
  avatars will be shown next the username in topic views and profile views
• new setup routine

Updates V1.2 2009-09-18

• Increased the flexibility of the paging function
  e.g. for page 7 of 21:
  1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 21
• Added possibility to edit posts
  currently only available for ADMINs and MODs
• Updated CSS-file from the default template
  all definititions are only assigned to the CSS-ID sbb – this should prevent from overruling parent style definitions
  the ‘old-styled’ CSS-file is still included (V1.2)
• Some small fixes

Updates V1.1 2009-09-17

• Added CAPTCHA protection for the registration of new users (thx phpcaptcha.org -> GD Library with GIF Support required)
  Can be enabled/disabled within the config file
• Added topics-per-page option
  The value can be set in the config file
• Some small fixes

1st Release V1.0 2009-09-15

hope you like it

bye
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