Wesley R. Elsberry
Posts: 4991 Joined: May 2002
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Unfortunately, the default search function in ikonBoard doesn't yield anything more specific than a thread in which the search terms appear.
I saw a hack once, but it looked like it was pretty complex.
Despite the hacks I've applied to this version of iB, it may be worth considering shifting the board to a newer software package. There have been continuing problems with a small proportion of people being unable to register and get access. So I am open to suggestions for new bulletin board software. The basic requirements I have are:
- Open source and free code. - Runs under FreeBSD. - Hackable for extending functionality. - Flexible permissions capability. - Ability to specify public and private fora. - Good tools for moderators.
Nice features to have out of the box:
- RSS feed for new comments in public fora. - Ability to redirect comments to other threads by admins. - Spam reduction by CAPTCHA. - Search function that returns links to individual comments.
I can run the scripts to convert all the posts in the iB databases so that all that has transpired can be accessible by static HTML files.
If I can find a good alternative software package, then changing over to that is something that can be considered. At the moment, though, I don't really have the time to be looking at a bunch of candidate packages. So if anyone or a group would care to look into that and reporting back here, it would be appreciated.
-------------- "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker
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