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Entry Version Date Notes
1 0.0.0 2011-07-12 motivation for hobby bbs arrived
2 0.0.1 2011-07-13 determing name for hobby bbs begins
3 0.0.2 2011-07-17 furniture decorating begins
4 0.0.3 2011-07-18 source crap machine parts for db server
5 0.0.4 2011-07-19 looking for most recent slackware distribution - unable to find a 13.37 iso - found torrent - and bit torrent
6 0.0.5 2011-07-20 assembled machine for linux web/db server
7 0.0.6 2011-07-20 got around to burning slackware 13.37 iso to dvd
8 0.0.7 2011-07-22 concepting databases - user - threads - messages - logging of various flavours
9 0.0.8 2011-07-22 main web page design strategy planning begins
10 0.0.9 2011-07-22 free online album database section albums.bbsname.com
11 0.0.10 2011-07-24 install slackware linux 13.37 iso on cobbled together crap hardware for base o/s install machine
12 0.0.11 2011-07-24 basic bootup configurations - rc.inet* - rc.firewall - syslogd.conf
13 0.0.12 2011-07-24 web server comes to life reporting "It works!" Apache/2.2.17
14 0.0.13 2011-07-24 implement static website template to html encoded static template page - ugly mess right now
15 0.0.14 2011-07-25 mysql workbench 5.2 ce obtained - microsoft c++ visual redistributable x64 obtained - ugh - workbench crashes on run
16 0.0.15 2011-07-27 screw workbench - using mysql guitools - starting to create bbs database and tables
17 0.0.16 2011-07-30 first success with test.pl and then test2.pl to get sample data from bbs.user to print out to web page - woo hoo!!!
18 0.0.17 2011-07-31 index.pl now created from index.html - a few config changes to httpd.conf required - finally got them all
19 0.0.18 2011-07-31 pageview database and version database created - this one :-)
20 0.0.19 2011-07-31 subroutines.pl growing quickly - will be difficult to manage i think
21 0.0.20 2011-07-31 actual daily page views count now dynamically updated on each webpage - may also prompt to filter and enforce limits
22 0.0.21 2011-07-31 terms and conditions of use - version 1
23 0.0.22 2011-08-01 bbs versioning link added
24 0.0.23 2011-08-01 cookies anyone - i am the cookie monster - yum yum yum :-)
25 0.0.24 2011-08-01 cookies and other work in subroutines.pl - the whole thing explodes in an ugly mess
26 0.0.25 2011-08-01 subroutines.pl fixed up
27 0.0.26 2011-08-01 login.pl - yeah - does not work with login information or generate the cookies
28 0.0.27 2011-08-01 4 hours to find a stupid typo - is there any other kind?
29 0.0.28 2011-08-04 ok - 3 hours to find another typo - is the typo stupid - or is it just me?
30 0.0.29 2011-08-04 login - logout - cookie - logic and logging seem to be working now
31 0.0.30 2011-08-05 some general code cleanup
32 0.0.31 2011-08-06 introduced sectioning concepts - should make life easier - it did not :-(
33 0.0.32 2011-08-06 ok - so sections work well when you follow your own rules :-)
34 0.0.33 2011-08-06 threads begin to emerge - messaging to follow - looking promising now :-)
35 0.0.34 2011-08-06 threads and message table design and redesign and code reworking - more work required
36 0.0.35 2011-08-07 working thread and message posting code giving thread number and message number results - next will be to be able to reply to a specific message in a specific thread
37 0.0.36 2011-08-08 now able to retrieve sample threads from table and put on main page - next will need to get message count per thread etc and beautify presentation
38 0.0.37 2011-08-11 showthread.pl replythread.pl replythreadpost.pl showuser.pl - work is slowly progressing
39 0.0.38 2011-08-11 i am now able to reply to a message - more specifically - reply to a thread with a message - and then see all the messages in that thread - a major achievement at this point
40 0.0.39 2011-08-13 news links anyone? profile updates for info and pictures beginning - lots of work ahead here
41 0.0.40 2011-08-14 well sob! - guess - pictures require multipart form-data - then parsing to get the actual binary picture data - lots of fun that is
42 0.0.41 2011-08-14 lots of code cleanup and reworking
43 0.0.42 2011-08-15 working continues on profile.pl and profileupdated.pl and reworking showuser.pl - a mess now with all the other work and changes completed so far - can get picture but currently unable to display the picture - something simple i am assuming - like another
44 0.0.43 2011-08-15 yeah right - should have known - needed separate showuserimage.pl to display the actual images
45 0.0.44 2011-08-18 album and albumimage db starting to take shape
46 0.0.45 2011-08-21 album.pl started
47 0.0.46 2011-08-21 albumshow.pl and showalbumimage.pl
48 0.0.47 2011-08-22 addalbum.pl
49 0.0.48 2011-09-05 bbsrock.com - domain name secured - best choice for now - the bbs built upon the rock - name subject to change
50 0.0.49 2011-09-09 rogers supposed to install new modem with 5 dedicated ips - no show
51 0.0.50 2011-09-11 rogers shows up this time - bring wrong modem
52 0.0.51 2011-09-14 rogers shows up with correct modem this time - woo hoo!!!
53 0.0.52 2011-09-14 fight with dns setup for bbsrock.com and begin initial testing
54 0.0.53 2011-09-16 ontario business registration for bbsrock.com number 210984308 complete
55 0.0.54 2011-09-17 begin fighting with sendmail - need rogers to do reverse dns entries for me - argh
56 0.0.55 2011-09-19 request reverse dns entries - told they are only updated once a week on wednesdays - nice
57 0.0.56 2011-09-19 need business bank account - go to bank - told need appointment two days from now to open business bank account - really?
58 0.0.57 2011-09-21 business bank account now setup - takes 1.5 hours for bank guy to enter business name and details in his computer - really?
59 0.0.58 2011-09-21 submitted google adsense request - takes a week to process - nice
60 0.0.59 2011-09-24 a lot of fixups including for news posting and various images for main page
61 0.0.60 2011-09-29 last couple of days on editalbum.pl - a lot of stupid fixes - mostly typos in coding - working better and as intended now

Terms and Conditions of Use

This website is the hobby website of the system operator. The system operator, or sysop, shall have final say over all matters regarding this website.

This website is the property and/or intellectual property of the sysop. Any similarities to persons or entities, living or dead or merely imagined, are completely coincidental.

Any information you post to this website whether text, images, links, embedded information, or any other such information of any kind you are expressly, by making such post, declaring you have the right to make such post and that you are also not infringing the rights, copyrights, legal rights, or any other rights of any other persons or entities, living or dead or merely imagined. You further give this website the ongoing perpetual right to republish your post in whole or in part without fee any such information you post to this website.

You are being watched. Yes! Right now you are being watched and are being tracked. By visiting this website you are being monitored. Your internet ip address information is being logged and other information on your activities and habits, no matter how awful they are, are being tracked. We know what you are doing. Stop that. Ewwww! Gross! Stop that right now.

For our message board you are encouraged to register to have your own handle so you may have a continuing identity of your own with which others may interact with. If you wish to remain as an anonymous coward when posting messages you may do so but should that privilege be abused you or your ip address or other identifying information may be used to further prohibit you from posting further to the website.

Please, keep your posts legal certainly within Canadian Law as this website and sysop are located in Canada. If your post is or may be deemed to be illegal the sysop may, in his sole discretion, block your post from further view without any further notice. You and your post may also be reported to the required legal and / or regulatory authorities.

And really, we do not discriminate. Look at the all the crazy posts the crazy users have been posting here so far. You think those are just awful messages and that you can do better? Well then, go post a better message or start your own subject.

We are generally open to all creative thought - alas - most thought has just not been all that creative lately - see if you can impress us.

If you have problems with this website or anything in general you can email the sysop, sysop@bbsrock.com. You should be aware the sysop rarely reads or responds to email sent to him as he may get in excess of 30,000 spam emails a day - so if you so send email - please keep it to under 6 lines or less and make the subject something relevant to the message being sent.

We also have and will be having other services on this website including free online albums where you can post your online photo albums and free blogging website as well. If you have other suggestions for content like that please let me know and the sysop will see what can be done.

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