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What is b^2?

B Squared (b^2) is a bulletin board system developed in PHP, using a MySQL database. The software is still in the beta stage of development, if you have any problems with the software, please contact me, and I'll be more than willing to give some assistance. Remember, reporting bugs / giving feedback results in a stronger package next version.

The board has a wide variety of features, including administrator and moderator accounts, custom color schemes, and user profiles. If you have any comments, questions, feedback, or ideas for b^2 feel free to email me.

Okay, but what's it do?

This software has a number of features (more to come over time). Some of these features include:

Installation script, set only takes a few minutes!

The look and feel of the board is easy to customize thanks to schemes.

Error checking to make sure no vital data is given to a user if an error does occur.

Data is parsed for HTML to make sure people are posting plain text.

Anyone can look at messages, but they need to set up an account to post.

User's can be promoted to moderators which gives them the ability to remove posts.

That's all I can think of, off the top of my head, if you have used the software and feel something else should be listed, feel free to email me!

Can I see b^2 in action?

I have set up a demo board at http://www.cleancode.org/projects/b2/demo. The data on the board is periodically wiped clean, so don't be suprised if the board is empty. I do plan to set up a separate board for discussion of b^2, support, feedback, et cetera.

Where can I download this bad boy?

Currently, b^2 is being distributed in TAR/GZ and ZIP format. The current release is 0.6.3 which I am considering a stable release, but the software is still in development. If you want an older version then go ahead and get it, at the moment all previous releases are available for download here.