Tetra WebBBS Frequently Asked Questions

How to embed Tetra-WebBBS into my website?

You already have a website and want your forum pages to look the same as all your other pages.
Do this:
  1. Edit your webpage. Locate the place where you want the forum to appear. Add a remark <!--forum--> to that place.

  2. Open the subfolder */_tmpl* under $data_basedir.
    Inside the subfolder are some template files.
    Download Meta.txt, Header.txt and Footer.txt to your local box.

  3. View source of the webpage with the remark (step #1 refers.)

    • Copy all HTML between the <head> tag and the </head> tag to Meta.txt (exclusive of the <head> and </head> tags.)
      Make sure not to delete the <link> tags for webbbs.css and site.css already in Meta.txt. More information on these <link> tags can be found here.

    • Copy all HTML and text between the <body> tag and the remark to Header.txt (exclusive of the <body> tag.)

    • Copy all HTML and text between the remark and the </body> tag to Footer.txt (exclusive of the </body> tag.)

  4. Upload the changed Meta.txt, Header.txt and Footer.txt (in ASCII mode) to the */_tmpl* folder of your webserver. View the message index. The message index should be embedded into your site's layout.

  5. Start again at #2 for MessageHeader.txt and MessageFooter.txt to embed all other forum pages.

  6. If you want to use Tetra-WebBBS's built-in framed views, then copy the appropriate HTML into the other templates found inside the */_tmpl* folder.

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