| 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 |