Wells BBS

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Wells BBS

• Yan Li
• December 05, 2005

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Overview

• Briefly introduce BBS
• Purpose of making Wells BBS
• Physical Principal of a BBS
• Hierarchy of a BBS
• Task

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Whats BBS?

• Bulletin Board System
• Forum
• Post message
• An example of social software.
• Origin is news server.
• Not common until the late 2002

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The Purpose of Creating Wells BBS

• Post writing
• Post latest news around the campus
• Class listso students can have discussion for a
  particular class
• Email listinstructors do not need to ask for
  email list
• Keep a record for alums, and better for internship

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Definition of Technical Terms

• PHP
• --PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
• --interface between HTML and DBMS.
• DBMS
• --database management system
• --store, process and manage data in a
  systematic way
• --MySQL is an example of DBMS.

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Definition of Technical Terms (Cont.)

• HTML
• --Hypertext Markup Language
• --a language in which web pages are written
• LDAP
• --Lightweight Access Protocol
• --Access directory information
• --such as username, and password
• Flash
• --Animation software

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Physical Principal of a BBS
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News Sever vs. Wells BBS Hierarchy

• News Server and Wells BBS have very similar
  structureTree.

Wells BBS- One Layer Rooted Tree
News Server- Rooted Tree
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Task

• Learn and implement LDAP
• Build database tables
• Build web front-end
• Learn sending notification emails automatically
• Learn flash, and make one as to show people how
  to use
• Test the site
• Write thesis

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Questions?Your questions and comments will help
me to improve the BBS!Thanks!