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Every imageboard software has attempted to clone its predecessor. Futaba, Wakaba, Kusaba; It's time for something better than just a clone.
Ichiban is an imageboard designed to retain the feel of its predecessors while fixing the usability issues that have plagued them. The layout attempts to reduce unnecessary distractions and exemplify user content. Ichiban acts more like a board platform than a single imageboard. Users are free to make their own boards and delegate moderator status accordingly.
Ichiban is a Ruby on Rails application so the setup is minimal.
- Some *nix variant or OSX. I recommend Ubuntu Server or a Debian derivative.
- Ruby 2.0+, preferably using RVM.
- Bundler; See Gemfile for gem dependencies.
- Relevent database dependencies (Postgres, MySQL, etc). I recommend Postgres though MySQL should be fine.
Clone the repository and run bundle. You can use bundle --without test to omit any testing gems as they require additional libraries. The Ichiban documentation assumes that you prepend bundle exec to your commands. I recommend an alias such as alias be="bundle exec" in your .bashrc/.zshrc.
Run rake db:setup. This rake command will load the database schema and seed any necessary defaults.
Make sure you're able to create a database user named 'ichiban'. Postgres on Ubuntu can be a little overzealous and prevent local users from accessing databases without credentials. You can fix the issue by editing /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf and change the METHOD column from whatever is listed to trust; this configuration is only acceptable in a development environment.
File an issue report on GitHub if your unable to submit a Pull Request yourself.
Make sure your code matches the style guide.
Ichiban uses the new symbol syntax when possible except when assigning a symbol to another symbol (e.g. foo: :bar).
I encourage clarity over fanciness; avoid awkward one-liners and unclear assignment.
- Markdown formatting.
- Post Reporting.
- Tripcodes/Secure Tripcodes
- Built in "4chan X"-esq enhancements:
- Post hiding.
- Image expansion.
- Permanent thread archiving.
- Inline funcitionality:
- Editable posts.
- Quick banning.
- Image deduplication via Cloudinary.
- Optional reCAPTCHA.
- Reports:
- Prevents duplicates.
- Settable limit per IP.
Traditionally, imageboards rely on quote anchors to reply to posts. In Ichiban, a thread is simply a series of replies to a post. A post is an ancestor if it has started a thread. While any direct reply is known as a child, any reply to an ancestor or one of its children are known as descendants. Any reply to a post has parent.
Ichiban by Eric Wright is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at https://github.com/ericwright90/ichiban.