Sounds about right. I think phpBB does it that way so it's easily customizable for the installer. It's all in the db.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: A forum schema > I know there are lots of forum applications out there but I would still like > to write one. I have looked at phpbb and some out it seems a little over > kill. They store every little thing in the database including Style Sheet > values. That's over kill to me but what do I know. :) > > So here is my thought on the database schema. > > They core tables would be user, forum, topic, and post. Sound right? > > To make it even better I could add a table, banIP, that stores banned IP > address. I could also add one more table, stylesheet, that would allow the > admin to register style sheets and their css file. Then the admin could > choose styles with a simple pull down. > > That gives me the tables user, forum, topic, post, banIP, stylesheet. How > does that look for a better than basic forum? > > Phillip B. > > www.LoungeRoyale.com > www.FillWorks.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:6 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:6 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=<:emailid:>.<:userid:>.<:listid:> Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
