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TinyIB - A Lightweight and Efficient [Image Board ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageboard ) Script
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**Got database? Get speed.** Use [MySQL ](http://mysql.com ) or [SQLite ](http://sqlite.org ) for an efficient set-up able to handle high amounts of traffic.
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**No database? No problem.** Store posts as text files for a portable set-up capable of running on virtually any PHP host.
For demos see [example installations ](https://github.com/tslocum/TinyIB/wiki ).
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Features
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- Reference links >>###
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- Delete post via password.
- Management panel:
- Administrators and moderators use separate passwords.
- Moderators are only able to delete posts.
- Ban offensive/abusive posters across all boards.
- Post using raw HTML.
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Installing
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1. Verify the following requirements are met:
- [PHP ](http://php.net ) 4 or higher is installed.
- [GD Image Processing Library ](http://php.net/gd ) is installed.
- This library is installed by default on most hosts.
2. CD to the directory you wish to install TinyIB.
3. Run the command:
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- `git clone git://github.com/tslocum/TinyIB.git ./`
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4. Copy **settings.default.php** to **settings.php**
5. Configure **settings.php**
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6. [CHMOD ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod ) write permissions to these directories:
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- ./ (the directory containing TinyIB)
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- ./src/
- ./thumb/
- ./res/
- ./inc/flatfile/ (only if you use flat file for the database)
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7. Navigate your browser to **imgboard.php** and the following will take place:
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- The database structure will be created.
- Directories will be verified to be writable.
- The file index.html will be created containing the new image board.
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Updating
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1. Run the command:
- `git pull`
2. If TinyIB has been updated, note which files are modified.
- If **settings.default.php** is updated, migrate the changes to **settings.php**
- Take care to not change the value of **TINYIB_TRIPSEED** , as it would result in different secure tripcodes.
- If other files are updated, and you have made changes yourself, review the modifications ensuring they do not interfere with yours.
- Visit GitHub and select the relevant update commit(s) to review what changes were made.
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Support
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Contact tslocum@gmail.com
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Contributing
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1. Read the [GitHub Forking Guide ](http://help.github.com/forking/ ).
2. Fork TinyIB.
3. Commit code changes to your forked repository.
4. Submit a pull request describing your modifications.
