HOWTO: Run an Imageboard (e.g. 4Chan, 711Chan)

[phazzedout]

Before I begin to explain how to run an Imageboard like 4Chan or 711Chan, I would like to make emphasis on the risks on running an imageboard.

For starters: Unless you or someone is always moderating the imageboard it is completely risky to run one on x10Hosting due to the TOS

Only if there is no illegal stuff, no porn, no nudity, no copyright infringement and all of the other stuff 4chan has that breaks the x10 ToS ;)

File Storage: Accounts are not to be used for file storage, your account will be permenantly suspended if found to be breaking this rule. Downloads are only allowed on your x10Hosting account if they have to do directly with your website. e.g. you developed custom software and are selling it or giving it away. Accounts may not be used for mirrors, game file hosting, or any other type of file hosting not specified here.

So those are the risks. Now to running the Imageboard.

This tutorial is the PHP version which is technically obsolete to the perl version. If someone could direct me to how to run Perl on x10hosting I will post how to run the updated version.

1. Download the .rar file from here: http://bit.ly/62o8aX

2. Extract it to the desired directory.

3. Edit config.php to your desired settings with your favorite editor, I use Notepad++. ADMIN_PASS and SQL settings must be changed; others are optional.

Change the red words (except localhost):

define(TITLE, 'Futallaby-powered image board');        //Name of this image board
define(SQLLOG, 'CHANGEME');        //Table (NOT DATABASE) used by image board
define(SQLHOST, 'localhost');        //MySQL server address, usually localhost
define(SQLUSER, 'CHANGEME');        //MySQL user (must be changed)
define(SQLPASS, 'CHANGEME');        //MySQL user's password (must be changed)
define(SQLDB, 'CHANGEME');        //Database used by image board
define(ADMIN_PASS, 'CHANGEME');    //Janitor password  (CHANGE THIS YO) 

+ if you do not know what to change, go to cPanel>>MySQL Databases; it should be pretty self-explanatory from there. If there here is what I would put from my own MySQL database.

define(TITLE, 'PhazzedOut IMGboard');        //Name of this image board
define(SQLLOG, '1ac1');        //Table (NOT DATABASE) used by image board
define(SQLHOST, 'localhost');        //MySQL server address, usually localhost
define(SQLUSER, 'phazzedo_Phazzed');        //MySQL user (must be changed)
define(SQLPASS, 'password123');        //MySQL user's password (must be changed)
define(SQLDB, 'phazzedo_1ac1');        //Database used by image board
define(ADMIN_PASS, 'thispassworderaseseverything');    //Janitor password  (CHANGE THIS YO) 

4. Create a directory on the web server for the image board and set permission to 777. Mine is 1ac1, and I set that folder to 777, just the folder not the files that we will put in it.

5. Create an src and thumbs directory. Set those to 777 permission as well so people could upload images to your server (not for hosting remember).

6. Unless you want your imageboard to be japanese erase strings_j.php it is pointless.

7. Upload all the files.

This is what your directory should look like:

/public_html/
|
|-- /1ac1/ (777)**
|||
|||-- imgboard.php (644)
|||
|||-- config.php (644)
|||
|||-- futaba.css (644)
|||
|||-- strings_e.php (644)
|||
|||-- /src/ (777)
|||
|||-- /thumb/ (777)

**You can change yours to whatever you wish it to be as long as you change the table on config.php


If you want it to be pictureforum change this following line (line #2)
define(SQLLOG, 'pictureforum')

8. Finally, if done correctly then it should work correctly. Go to http://example.com/imgboard.htm.*

*Change it to what your url maybe. To some it may be, imgboard.x10hosting.com/imgboard.htm [or] imageboard.co.cc/1ac1/imageboard.htm

TADA! If any of you have a problem post it here. I should be able to help you.

[Zubair]

awesome! Thanks for the amazing tutorial...

[phazzedout]

awesome! Thanks for the amazing tutorial...

Thank you. ;)

It should come out like there. Here is mine.

http://discussion.phazzedout.tk/

If you do not like the /imgboard.htm you can easily change it by changing a line on /config.php

define(PHP_SELF2, 'imgboard.htm'); 

Change this line to:

define(PHP_SELF2, 'index.htm'); 

This should come out like how mine came out without typing the whole /imgboard.htm

I made my imageboard not functional for now. Yours in any case should function if you follow the steps. My imageboard is just so people can see how it looks like.

[ninnyninja]

Can someone please help me with this ? i dont know what to put on that
"define(SQLLOG, '1ac1'); //Table (NOT DATABASE) used by image board"
PLEASE HELP ME !

[bewtsx]

How can I allow people to reply with images? it doesn't seem to allow that in config.php or any other file I've looked through

[pool.wizzy16]

I'm pretty sure I'm doing it wrong, guys. Could you lend me a hand? I'm a complete novice at all of this. (obviously)

It keeps showing this
http://x10powered.com/errors/403.shtml

when I click
http://arlenchan.x10.mx/arlenchan/chan/

I have no idea what I'm doing. Thanks in advance.

[jouluntuoppi46]

so what kind of mysql table you need to create for SQLLOG ????????????????? I see you can make them tables from PhpMyAdmin but how many columns etc? i get errors when i try to post