I'm totally engrossed with Ruby these days, so I'm thinking about switching to Ruby instead of PHP. I'll probably use Sinatra as the development framework.
PhunkyBB source code is now hosted at Github.com!
I'm pleased to post some news about progress with adding OpenID support for PhunkyBB. Not there yet, but very soon.
Once OpenID support is ready, I'll have to finish the interface redesign I've been working on. I'd also like to integrate some of the simplicity of My Little Forum.
Once OpenID support is ready, I'll have to finish the interface redesign I've been working on. I'd also like to integrate some of the simplicity of My Little Forum.
I'm not releasing any downloads for version 0.3 as it was such a major shift from 0.2, I'm sure there are residual bugs which need to be squashed.
I'm now pushing forward with 0.4 and there is plenty of instability in the code base, so I'm going to put my effort there. Hopefully things will smooth out and I'll be able to release downloads for 0.4 or 0.5.
Speaking of things to do, PhunkyBB needs to get back on the testing bandwagon!
I'm now pushing forward with 0.4 and there is plenty of instability in the code base, so I'm going to put my effort there. Hopefully things will smooth out and I'll be able to release downloads for 0.4 or 0.5.
Speaking of things to do, PhunkyBB needs to get back on the testing bandwagon!
Forum spam with the PhunkyBB forums system hasn't been much of a problem due to the involved registration system, as well as the fact that I use the awesome mod_spamhaus plugin on my servers.
However, I plan to loosen up the mod_spamhaus plugin at some point, as well as setup anonymous commenting with PhunkyBB. Thus I'll have to take a serious look at how to defend against forum spam.
First of all, I'd like to revisit my tests of using spamassassin to inspect HTTP POST requests.
Next, I'm going to review filters for HTTP POSTS, which can cleanse and alter incoming posts, to remove javascript, external img references, and limit the number of outgoing links.
If its not apparent already, I don't want to include this functionality directly in PhunkyBB. However, I may include some functionality related to this effort but solely relevant to forums, like the number of posts an anonymous user can make in a certain amount of time. However, now that I'm thinking of it, that would be a useful HTTP function...
However, I plan to loosen up the mod_spamhaus plugin at some point, as well as setup anonymous commenting with PhunkyBB. Thus I'll have to take a serious look at how to defend against forum spam.
First of all, I'd like to revisit my tests of using spamassassin to inspect HTTP POST requests.
Next, I'm going to review filters for HTTP POSTS, which can cleanse and alter incoming posts, to remove javascript, external img references, and limit the number of outgoing links.
If its not apparent already, I don't want to include this functionality directly in PhunkyBB. However, I may include some functionality related to this effort but solely relevant to forums, like the number of posts an anonymous user can make in a certain amount of time. However, now that I'm thinking of it, that would be a useful HTTP function...
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