I also came to the initiative to set up my own BBS

Software Name: Dynamic Network Forum Dvbbs
Software Version: 7.0.0 SP2
Authorization: Free Software
Software Size: 1.96MB
In today's connected era, the Internet has penetrated into our lives, and people communicate in different ways in the network, and BBS is one of the products of this era. Although the BBSs with different characteristics on the Internet almost cover all aspects of our lives, they do not necessarily meet the individual requirements. So why not set up a BBS of your own? The following authors will give you a demonstration based on the relatively simple ASP forum "Mobile Network Forum" currently on the Internet.

First, the preparation before installation

1. Prepare IIS
Before you install the forum, you must first prepare IIS, now Windows installation disk generally comes with IIS, in the control panel In the "Add/Remove Windows Components" option under "Add/Remove Programs", check "Internet Information Services (IIS)". After confirming, follow the steps prompted by the system to complete the installation.

2. Download and decompress the network program
Go to the official website of the network to download a network program installation package, in addition to downloading other patch packages. After downloading, double-click the installer to install it into the specified directory. Here I install "D:dvbbs" as an example (Figure 1).

we had better give their forum installed in a relatively free and have enough space, perhaps with the space occupied by the file number and the increase in the forum users also increased, if it is put The default "C:Inetpub" into IIS will affect the system speed, so I do not recommend it in the directory of the system disk.

3. Configure IIS
Click “Right” on “My Computer” and select “Manage” to enter the “Computer Management” page, and find “Internet Information Service” at the bottom of the page. Open its tree structure and right click on "Default Web Site" and select "Properties". Here you can set all the IIS properties of the forum to be opened.
Step 1: Locate the forum's location on your hard drive in the Home Directory tab. Since the author has already extracted the forum to the "D:dvbbs" path in the front, here is also the above path after the "local path", the other options default (Figure 2).

Step Two: Set the default file type in the "Documents" tab. Since the default home page file of the dynamic network forum is ".asp", click "Add" in the "Enable default document" option to add "index.asp" to the default document, so the forum index page (index.asp) will Become the default forum home page (Figure 3).

Second, visit the forum

After completing the above settings can be accessed through a browser locally own forum, the easiest way is to open the IE browser address bar enter http: //Localhost/" or "http://(your machine's IP)/", you can enter the forum homepage. Also enter http://127.0.0.1/" (Figure 4). In fact, this

IP and localhost, same as special address to test the machine's network reserved. If you can't enter the above address, please check if "index.asp" is added when configuring the "Documents" option of IIS or if the dvbbs path is set correctly in the "Home" setting.

Now you can use the "username: admin, password: admin888" given in the forum description, log in to the forum as an administrator, click the "Manage" link above and enter the above password again to enter the management page. For security reasons it is recommended to create a new user and add it in "Admin"  In the "Manage" option, promote it to administrator rights, and delete the default admin user or change a complex password.

Frequently Asked Questions: Although you can see the forum homepage, it does not mean that it can be used normally. You may encounter an error that cannot be queried when you set up and log in with the above method. In this case, you can solve the problem by changing the read and write permissions of the "data" folder containing the database file in the forum directory.

If it is a Win2K/2003 system: Right click on "data", folder properties → security, add user "Everyone", and then click "Everyone" user to check the "write" permission (Figure 5).

If the WinXP system does not have the "Security" tab when viewing properties, please follow the steps below: Tools → Folder Options, click the "View" tab, and in the options below, "Applicable Simple File Sharing ( recommended) "remove the hook, and other Win2K /2003 system setup steps are the same (Figure 6).

Third, personalized forum

the first step Set the basic properties of the forum

After logging in to the management interface, first enter the description of the "Basic Settings" settings forum and the link address, etc., a forum that belongs to you is basically formed. In addition to this option there uploading, posting, and user registration restrictions related settings, here is the facade (Figure 7) Forum

Step two: add the relevant sections

after the installation is complete or a forum Empty, here will be added through the "page management" category in the "Forum Management" management |  Manage the option to add a discussion forum, just click the “Add Forum” after filling in the forum name, description and category in the Add menu. To create or change the layout, just click on the word “Manage”. page can make any changes (Figure 8) description of the layout and the Forum

third step: to beautify the forum

http://down.dvbbs.net/there are a variety of styles Different styles of forum templates are enough for most of your decoration forums. The use of these templates is also very simple. After unpacking everything in the archive, all the files in the forums are covered in the "skins" folder. Template Export | under the Appearance Settings page  In the "Import", select "Import", then follow the prompts to click Next, you will find that the required style is already in the "Import Forum Template List", check the template you need to select "Import" (Figure 9). BR>
You can then find the template style you just installed in the forum "Style" option.

I believe that after reading the above instructions, it will not be difficult for the reader to set up a forum, but it is erected. After the completion of a series of work is more complicated. For example, the dynamic allocation of IP into a domain name so that other friends can also easily access, insert plug-ins of various functions into the forum and integrate other functions, etc., want to build a good The forum also needs more effort.