#!/usr/bin/perl ############################################################ # BBS_ENTRANCE.CGI # # This script was written by Gunther Birznieks # Date Created: 4-18-96 # # You may copy this under the terms of the GNU General Public # License or the Artistic License which is distributed with # copies of Perl v5.x for UNIX # # Purpose: To provide a front entrance to the bbs_forum.cgi script # to show some of its features. # # All this script does is print out an HTML form. It really does no # other significant processing at all. # # SPECIAL NOTE: THIS IS NOT A NECESSARY SCRIPT TO RUN THE BBS. IT # MERELY EXISTS TO PROVIDE AN *EXAMPLE* OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS THAT # CAN BE USED TO ENTER A BBS FORUM. # # Read the Comments in the header of the bbs_forum.cgi script # with advice on how to call it directly from an HTML Document. # ############################################################ print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print <<__END_OF_HTML__; Search Messages

Search Messages

Forum Name
Display messages with what keywords?
Exact Match for keyword search?
Range of Dates Posted (First date in range to view messages ie 01/01/07)
Range of Dates Posted (Last date in range to view messages ie 02/05/07)
Range of Age of posts (earliest number of days old to view msgs)
Range of Age of posts (latest number of days old to view msgs)

Instructions: All the fields that appear above are optional except for the forum field. The forum is needed in order to determine which messages to view. Normally all messages in a forum are displayed. However, entering values into the above fields will narrow down the messages that are displayed.

Entering a keyword will display only messages with that keyword. The keyword search can also be specified as an exact match search.

You can also specify a range of dates to view the posts. In other words, you can specify to view only the posts that were created between a certain range of days.

In addition to the above date range search, you can choose to narrow down the age of posts as a factor of days instead of an actual date range. For example, if you wanted to view only posts 2 days old and newer, then you would enter a "2" into the "earliest number of days to view messages" field.



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