Thanks. I've been down this road before actually. I began a forums project long ago, but never finished. I did finish the BBML parser however:
http://www.depressedpress.com/DepressedPress/Content/ColdFusion/CustomTags/D P_ParseBBML/Index.cfm I'm actually quite proud of it, but I've never actually used it myself. ;^) Feature rich, produces valid HTML and has tons of tag support. I'd like to do a new version, possibly as a CFC, that adds some componentization ability (I'm dreaming of a system that makes it easy for people to add their own tags and set the output style and such). Another thing that's been requested a lot is more language support for the [code][/code] tag (right now it's rather web/CFML specific). I'd like people to be able to add their own color-coding libraries. However since I've never used it myself I've never built an interface for it either... something that you've obviously spent some time on. Yet another thing I'd like to do. Some many things on my plate and nothing to eat! Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Ewok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 12:17 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Message board / forums > > I suppose that stands for Bulletin Board Markup Language? > > Yes, 100% mine although ive seen plenty of message boards that use the > brackets around text to identify something like an image or a html tag > > I see youve signed up so youve probably seen the post form. the buttons > that > are there are the tags that are allowed, plus the smiley faces > everything else displays as text, attempted script postings are laughed at > and made fun of publicly... (i couldnt resist) > > most important.... keeping newly replied to posts and threads at the top > and believe it or not smiley faces.... > > i left those out to start with but i was bombarded with posts and emails > demanding smileys and avatar images. some things never get old to some > people.... > > password retrieval, personal profile editing... the list goes on > this one is fairly new and still growing. > > feel free to grab the js code to insert text onclick > > the output is simple enough.... > > replace(message, "[b]", "<b>", "ALL") > replace(message, "[lol]", "<img src=""images/lol.gif"">", "ALL") > > #message# > > I've shown this to a couple others and they both said, "Why not just do > your > replace when you insert the message into the database" > > trust me, enter it into the database just like you see it in the form > field. > you'll just end up screwing yourself when you decide to create the ability > for users to Edit" their own posts. > > if you want to know anything else about it specifically, let me know > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:35 PM > Subject: RE: Message board / forums > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ewok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 11:07 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: Re: Message board / forums > > > > > > I've tried quite a few CF message boards and wasn't completley happy > until > > > I > > > wrote my own. Granted, at the time of construction it was written with > a > > > certain site in mind, so it's not completley plug n play but its not > far > > > from it : ) > > > > > > http://jointheacademy.com/msgboard/ > > > > > > email me off list if you'd like a looksee > > > > I'm curious about your BBML implementation - did you grow it yourself? > > > > I'm planning a pretty large update to mine and I'm curious as to what > > features you think/thought are most important. > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
