Tetra-WebBBS 5.30b1

Tetra-WebBBS is a Web-based bulletin board system. Unlike most other such boards, Tetra-WebBBS lets users define how they display the message index and the messages.

They can tailor the index based on date and/or subject. They can view the index as threaded or unthreaded lists. They can view the messages in single message or "guestbook" style. A wide variety of options are available both to the administrator and to the users. Many features are optional, especially those that affect performance.

Forum
- Supports Perl CGI
- Uses DBM databases (at least one DBM module should be available on any server with Perl. Tetra-WebBBS automatically uses the best available.)
- Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional
- UTF-8 support
- Styling via stylesheets
- Language modules available
- Search by keywords, date range, and poster name
- Email notification of new messages
- Email digest subscriptions
- Read-only boards for archives or announcements
Message index
- Threaded or non-threaded
- Uses frames and allows visitors to use or not use frames
- Search engine friendly URLs (configurable)
- Displays posters' IPs to visitors or to administrator only
- Displays the number of times each message has been read
- "No message" telltale, link telltale, and picture telltale
- New message flags
- Admin post flags (for messages posted by administrator)
- Optionally replaces internal search with site-wide search facility
- Displays "quick info" of forum on other pages
Messages and Posts
- Single message or "guestbook" display style
- "BlindEmail" feature maintains the privacy of email addresses, yet allows visitors to email posters
- Automatic quoting of message text
- Post preview
- Smileys
- Format code can be used to allow users certain basic formatting functions even if you don't want to let them use HTML code directly
- Auto-link of URLs or email addresses in posts
- Allows users to delete their own messages
- Allows users to include a URL link and/or a graphic image with their messages
- Allows graphic file upload with messages
- Email notification of responses
Users
- User profile page
- Allows graphic file upload with user profile
- User profiles list
- Cookie support
- A list showing who's posted the most messages
Admin
- Censors words, 3 levels of censoring
- Banning by IP, 3 levels of banning
- Can set individual user profiles' status as "moderated" or "unmoderated"
- Can provide a list of "mandatory" subjects for posters to pick one to precede the subject of their message
- Can edit, move, and delete messages
- Search by IP address or domain name
- Traffic stats
- Moderated boards where only approved posts are displayed