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4 <title>SO2 Readme</title>
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10 <h1>Special Ops 2 - Setup Docs</h1>
11 <p>File last modified: <var>$Id$</var></p>
15 <p>This project is based on <a href="http://specialops.ath.cx/b/#mBoard">mBoard 0.2</a>, a slow and poorly designed message board written in about 10 hours.</p>
16 <p>SO2 is the best free software spinoff board. If you disagree with this, show me a better one and I will outdo it.</p>
19 <p>You need PHP 5.1 and MySQL 5 installed. If something doesn't work, you probably need a PHP extension.</p>
20 <p>Also if you're using a crippled Microsoft OS, forget it. Your OS won't handle this, and chances are neither can you.</p>
23 <p>The DB files are in res/. Setup is the same as GFH except for a few things:</p>
25 <li>No board editor. You'll need a separate tool to add them manually.</li>
26 <li>The admin userlevel doesn't actually do anything, see above.</li>
27 <li>The DB password is in mysql.php. An example file is in res/.</li>
28 <li>You need to create css/default.css manually.</li>
29 <li>If you want to make your account admin anyway or give it invites to start the board with, add rows to the `things` table. Invites need a value in the `data` column.</li>
32 <h2>Using the invite system correctly</h2>
33 <p>The default value in the mysql.example file is to only allow invites by default. Invites can only _prevent_ a shitty userbase, they can't _fix_ an already existing one. Keep that in mind when you switch this off.</p>
35 <h2>Stuff that needs doing</h2>
38 <li>Need a new HTML parser thing (or three)</li>
39 <li>Reduce 2 cookie requirement to 1</li>
40 <li>Fix the "points to next invite" counter</li>
44 <p>The latest version of the source is in a Subversion repository at <a href="http://specialops.ath.cx/repos/so2/">http://specialops.ath.cx/repos/so2/</a>. Using this carries the standard disclaimers about using live SVN code.</p>
45 <p>The code is formatted for tab indents, width 4.</p>
46 <p>Bug reports can be sent to one of the contact addresses on the SO site or posted on the boards.</p>
50 <li>Old GFAQs theme by <a href="http://aquatakat.com/">Aquatakat</a></li>
51 <li>Various ideas from the IRC/board regulars</li>
55 <address>© 2004-2006 Ant P. | <a href="xmpp:ant@specialops.ath.cx">Jabber</a> | <a href="irc://specialops.ath.cx">IRC</a></address>
56 <p>License: <a href="COPYING" rel="licence">ZLib</a>.</p>