12abd657e1
Added the ability to ban and unban users. Improved the installation instructions. Changed the collation of the tables from utf8_general_ci to utf8mb4_general_ci. Changed the group ID order. Custom pages are now templates rather than little snippets being inserted into a template. Changed the collation of the driver to utf8mb4_general_ci. Added a default_group config setting. Ban flag is overwritten for admins and super mods. |
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| images | ||
| old-images | ||
| pages | ||
| public | ||
| templates | ||
| uploads | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| build.bat | ||
| config.go | ||
| data.sql | ||
| errors.go | ||
| files.go | ||
| forum.go | ||
| grosolo-linux | ||
| grosolo.exe | ||
| grosolo.exe~ | ||
| group.go | ||
| LICENSE | ||
| main.go | ||
| mod_routes.go | ||
| pages.go | ||
| README.md | ||
| reply.go | ||
| routes.go | ||
| run.bat | ||
| todo | ||
| topic.go | ||
| user.go | ||
| utils.go | ||
Grosolo
A super fast forum software written in Go.
The initial code-base was forked from one of my side projects, and converted from the web framework it was using.
Features
Basic Forum Functionality
Custom Pages
Dependencies
Go. The programming language this program is written in, and the compiler which it requires. You will need to install this. https://golang.org/doc/install
MySQL Database. You will need to setup a MySQL Database somewhere. A MariaDB Database works equally well, and is much faster than MySQL. If you're curious about how to install this, you might want to try the WNMP or XAMPP bundles on Windows. Instructions on how to do so on Linux: https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/
Installation Instructions
Run the following commands:
go get github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql go install github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql
go get golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt go install golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt
Tweak the config.go file and put your database details in there. Import data.sql into the same database. Comment out the first line (put /* and */ around it), if you've already made a database, and don't want the script to generate it for you.
Set the password column of your user account in the database to what you want your password to be. The system will encrypt your password when you login for the first time.
Add -u after go get to update those libraries, if you've already got them installed.
Run the program
go run errors.go main.go pages.go reply.go routes.go topic.go user.go utils.go forum.go group.go files.go config.go
Alternatively, you could run the run.bat batch file on Windows.
TO-DO
Oh my, you caught me right at the start of this project. There's nothing to see here yet, asides from the absolute basics. You might want to look again later!
More moderation features.
Fix the custom pages.
Add emails as a requirement for registration and add a simple anti-spam measure.
Add an alert system.
Add a report feature.
Add a complex permissions system.
Add a settings system.
Add a plugin system.
Tweak the CSS to make it responsive.
Nest the moderation routes to possibly speed routing up a little...?
Add a friend system.