====== How to Create an additional Imageboard. ======

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In this tutorial you will need to replace all instances of 'board2' with the board directory you want* ex 'gaming', 'linux', or 'porn'
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Some knowledge of Linux and HTML are to be expected, however, I wrote this to the best of a "Noobs" ability.

So lets start off by logging in via shh shell.

Enter these commands one after the other:
<code>cd /opt/piratebox/share
sudo cp -Rp board board2
cd /opt/piratebox/www
sudo ln -s /opt/piratebox/share/board2 board2
sudo chown -h nobody:nogroup board2</code>

Now we need to edit the config so we can execute the scripts needed for the new board.
<code>sudo nano /opt/piratebox/conf/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf</code>

Scroll to about line 85 and duplicate this
<code>
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/board/" {
    cgi.assign = ( ".pl" => "/usr/bin/perl" , )
}
</code>
to look like this
<code>
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/board/" {
    cgi.assign = ( ".pl" => "/usr/bin/perl" , )
}
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/board2/" {
    cgi.assign = ( ".pl" => "/usr/bin/perl" , )
}
</code>
save and exit

**This makes an exact clone of your first board\\ 
You could stop here if you wish, but why do that?**

===== To make a fresh board (unactivated) =====
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Don't forget to change 'board2' to whatever name you made your board! ex 'gaming'
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run these commands.
<code>sudo rm /opt/piratebox/share/board2/index.html
cd /opt/piratebox/share/board2/res
sudo rm *.*</code>

==== Make this 2nd board unique ====
<code>sudo nano /opt/piratebox/share/board2/config.pl</code>
change the board name and icon to whatever you want.
<code>use constant TITLE => 'Secret Board #2';
use constant TITLEIMG => '/piratebox-logo-small.png'</code>
save and exit
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The / is relative to www, and piratebox-logo-small.png is in the www root.
Remove the /, and upload an image to the board2 directory and point to it.
Be sure permissions and ownership are correct or the logo may not display properly.
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==== To activate the board ====
<code>wget -qO- %%http://127.0.0.1/board2/kareha.pl%% &> /dev/null</code>

reboot your box for good measure
Once booted direct your browser to piratebox.lan/board2 (or the name you choose)to see your second board. This should not interfere with the first board.

===== And you thought we were done =====
How are your users going to know about this board if you don't have it linked from the main page?
<code>sudo nano /opt/piratebox/www/content/index.html</code>
add this line after <li><a href="/board/">Forum</a></li>
<code><li><a href="/board2/">2nd Board</a></li></code>
save and exit
<code>sudo nano /opt/piratebox/src/HEADER.txt</code>
add this line after <li><a href="/board/">Forum</a></li>
<code><li><a href="/board2/">2nd Board</a></li></code>
save and exit then redistribute the new HEADER.txt with
<code>sudo /opt/piratebox/bin/distribute_files.sh /opt/piratebox/share/Shared 'true'</code>

==== Done ====

===== But wait....There's more! =====
You COULD create a multitude of boards in this manner and point the navigation link to a page with the collection of boards;\\ 
However, I will leave that for you to figure out. Or I may create a tutorial for that if there is a demand for it.

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If you have suggestions or need help, come see us in the chat room or on the forum.
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