OvBB

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OvBB
The OvBB Project Forums running V0.16a
Developed by	The OvBB Project
Latest release	V0.16a / April 6, 2007
OS	Cross Platform
Platform	PHP / MySQL / PostgreSQL
Genre	Forum software
License	MIT

OvBB is an open source message board written in PHP. Its purpose is to mimic vBulletin 2.x.x in both look and behavior while still adding new functionality. It also features the ability of driver usage, which enables support for a wide array of database platforms. However, as of 2007-11-23 07:38, this project is no longer under active development.^[1]

1 Developers
2 Features
- 2.1 Upcoming Features
3 Development By Users
4 External links
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Developers

Jonathon Freeman - Lead Developer/Founder
Brian Otto - Developer

[edit] Features

Smilies
Avatars
BBCode
Private Messaging
Calendar & Events
Polls
Usergroup Permissions
XHTML template
Multiple database support

[edit] Upcoming Features

This is a copy of the roadmap, which was removed along with the OvBB Domain.

Version 0.17 Alpha

More solidifying of the engine/skin API.
Complete the Private Message tracking feature.
Implement admin option for how often to check for new PMs; default will be every 2 pages.
Implement fulltext searching.

Version 0.18 Alpha

More solidifying of the engine/skin API.
Add an editpoll action to poll.php (for moderators and admins).
Implement custom profile fields, specified by the admin.
Implement IP block.
Implement CIDR block.

Version 0.19 Alpha

More solidifying of the engine/skin API.
Implement ability for a variable number of screens in register.php, using something like $_SESSION['regstep'] to internally keep track of which step of the registration process the user is on; implement a user agreement screen and a COPPA-compliant agreement screen.
Implement SQL table prefixes.
Rewrite Setup script to reflect the way it was done with vB 2: one install script and an "incremental" upgrade script for each version.