An infinitely large textboard model showcasing a concept for an Internet forum that has the possibility of an infinite amount of topics at the discretion of visitors. Boards are created upon their URL being visited, with boards being listed upon a comment being posted on the board. To conserve storage space, there is a limit on the number of comments a board can have, with old comments being removed to make room for new comments. No JavaScript is used, so it should run without it enabled.
Currently, no registration is required to comment on the forum. Posts are
stored in SQLite. Each comment is assigned a comment number to uniquely
identify it. A board can be created using the search at the top of the main
page, or by typing a URL in the form of /b/<board>. Board names
are case insensitive.
The defaults for the forum can be configured in the file src/config.toml that
is created once the program is run. Config file is read upon the program
starting, so it will have to be restarted if config file changes are made.
You can greentext by starting a line with the ">" character. You can orangetext by starting a line with the "<" character. Boards can use the letters of the alphabet, as well as numbers, however, they cannot start with a number due to technical limitations on behalf of SQLite.
CSRF protection is done through Flask-WTF. Font Awesome Free is used to provide icons.
- Maximum number of comments per board:
1000 - Maximum subject length:
78 - Maximum report reason length:
78 - Maximum name length:
50 - Maximum comment length:
2000 - Default post name:
Guest - Site name:
Infinity Forums - Site description:
comments section - Default board:
general
Lines not present will be replaced with the default value. Only the [config]
line is required. Place the config in src/config.toml.
[config]
max_comments = 1000
max_subject_length = 78
max_report_length = 78
max_name_length = 50
max_comment_length = 2000
default_name = Guest
site_name = Infinity Forums
site_description = comments section
default_board = general
For simple development.
pip3 install flask flask-wtf
cd src
flask run
Then you can create an admin account by going to /login. You can use
this to delete comments. Be sure to change app.config['SECRET_KEY'] in
src/app.py to something more secure. You can login at /login. You
can create moderator accounts through the admin panel or through the
src/admin.py file.
python3 admin.py add
You can change your password by using change and delete your account
by using delete.
When in production, use a WSGI server such as Gunicorn with Nginx.
- Website admin area to configure settings
- Allow admin to promote moderators to admin
- Blocked word list
- Staff only board
- IP address blocking
- Research more on if current IP logging method for posts is good