This is Squib, an SQL backed Message Board for Zope. If you don't want an SQL backed Message Board, then don't bitch at me, simply use one of the other products out there.

First off, it looks like crap. I make no apologies for that, it needs someone to come up with a decent way to make themes, that automatically generates stylesheets (in some simple manner), that can be embedded in a product. I don't know enough about CSS or cross-browser stuff to do this.

Second of all, it's as buggy as hell. There's some functionality missing, such as support for approval-required moderated discussions, multi-moderator Forums/Topics etc. The tree state for tree-view should be pushed as a temp property, rather than encoded in the URL. Some things go back to places you don't expect, and some stuff is just weird. These are problems associated with trying to map things from the db as if they were real objects in the ZODB mostly.

You need to have exUserFolder installed, it uses the XUF property stores to get and set the various user preferences.

It currently uses postgres, but, it wouldn't be too hard to make any other schema to make it work, I've tried to keep the SQL fairly simple, there are no complex JOINS or SUB-SELECTS.

There are two modes of operation. You an add a Squib Forum Directory. This allows you to further categorise your Forums, if you intend on having lots of forums this is where you want to start.

You can add a Squib Forum. This is just the Forum, Topics, and Threads. If you just one or two message boards this is for you, normally because you want to attach discussion to some kind of object. The user config stuff that's available from Forum Directory is missing, although you can add smilies and avatars under the Forum. It's assumed you'd have that elsewhere (like in your portal or something).

Squib supports a subset of what's commonly known as BBScript. This is a way for embedding markup into the messages. What's allowed is configurable at each of the levels down to Forum. You can enable BBScript for both messages and user signatures, and what's available in each can be configured individually.

I don't have enough space here to upload Squib, I've abused my metazope account and put it there until they hunt me down and kill me.

Oops, you can't access member directories there.

errr - ok I've deleted a crap load of the faces (future releases probably won't have them anyway).

As the release number says it's 0.0.0. Don't expect it not to have serious bugs.