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OvBB
{{Infobox Software
| name = OvBB
| logo = 
| screenshot = [[Image:OvBBShot.png|200px]]
| caption = The [http://www.ovbb.org/forums/ OvBB Project forums] running V0.16a
| developer = Jonathon Freeman<br />Brian OttoThe OvBB Project
| latest_release_version = V0.16a
| latest_release_date = [[April 6]], [[2007]]
| latest_preview_version = 
| latest_preview_date = 
| operating_system = Cross Platform
| platform = [[PHP]] / [[MySQL]] / [[PostgreSQL]]
| genre = [[Internet forum|Forum software]]
| license = [[MIT License | MIT]]
| website = [http://www.ovbb.org/ www.ovbb.org]
}}
{{Portal|Free software}}
'''OvBB''' is an [[open source]] [[Internet forum|message board]] written in [[PHP]]. It's purpose is to mimic [[vBulletin|vBulletin]] 2.x.x in both look and behavior while still adding new functionality. It also features the ability of driver usage, which enables support for an unlimited amount of database platforms.

== Roadmap ==
'''V0.17a'''
* More solidifying of the engine/skin API.
* Complete the Private Message tracking feature.
* Implement admin option for how often to check for new PMs; default will be every 2 pages.
* Implement fulltext searching.

'''V0.18a'''
* More solidifying of the engine/skin API.
* Add an editpoll action to poll.php (for moderators and admins).
* Implement custom profile fields, specified by the admin.
* Implement IP block.
* Implement CIDR block.

'''V0.19a'''
* More solidifying of the engine/skin API.
* Implement ability for a variable number of screens in register.php, using something like $_SESSION['regstep'] to internally keep track of which step of the registration process the usDevelopers==
*Jonathon Freeman - Lead Developer/Founder
*Brian Otto - Developer

==Features==
*[[Emoticon|Smilies]]
*[[Avatar (icon)|Avatars]]
*[[BBCode]]
*Private Messaging
*Calendar & Events
*Polls
*Usergroup Per  mis on; implement a user agreement screen and a COPPA-compliant agreement screen.
* Implement SQL table prefixes.
* Rewrite Setup script to reflect the way it was done with vB 2: one install script and an "incremental" upgrade script for each version.⏎
sions
*[[XHTML]] template
*[[Database abstraction layer|Multiple database support]]

==External links==
*[http://www.ovbb.org Official Project Homepage]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ovbb/ SourceForge.net Project Page]
*[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ovbb-commits OvBB Commits]
*[http://www.forummatrix.org/show/OvBB ForumMatrix Entry]
*[http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2218 Demo at OpenSourceCMS]

==See also==
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* [[Comparison of Internet forum software]]
* [[vBulletin]]


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[[Category:Free Internet forum software]]
[[Category:SourceForge projects]]
[[Category:PHP programming language]]