https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=general en-us YaBB Development & Mods Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:36:49 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss YaBB 2.7.00 Revision: 2044 30 https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1776048970 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1776048970 bill@myersproductions.com (Bill Myers) Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:58:31 GMT <a href="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1776048970/1#1">Dandello wrote</a> on Apr 13^th, 2026 at 12:09pm:<br /><div id="2D282125224C00">In fact, come the new year, I expect I will be mothballing all my own YaBB forums due to lack of visitors. </div><!--2D282125224C00--><br />I hope you'll reconsider shuttering your forums, but I can certainly empathize with that sentiment.<br /><br />After almost 22 years of operation, the busiest, and most popular YaBB 2.4 forum that I operated finally stopped working in December 2023 due to a <b><i>"500 Internal Server Error"</i></b> that was generated when it could no longer run on a newly installed, and updated version of Perl. I had been expecting that to happen for some time.<br /><br />The thing is, I really only created that particular forum to better manage updates to a popular site that's been operating since 1997. The public chat part of that YaBB 2.4 forum was simply a nice benefit that wasn't really needed, so I didn't move on to another forum software.<br /><br />As I'm guessing you already know quite well, shortly after the release of YaBB 1.0, YaBB's development team broke apart to create a second program called YaBB SE 1, which was released on November 12, 2001.<br /><br />Subsequently, though, the development and support team for YaBB SE was shut down in March 2004 with hundreds of communities in operation. That's when those YaBB developers joined the SMF project. A converter was also developed to convert YaBB SE to SMF (Simple Machines Forum).<br /><br />Even though I decided not to move on to another forum software, as an experiment I installed both a SMF forum, and a phpBB forum. I prefer the phpBB forum software.<br /><br />Like Derek more or less pointed out, Facebook and other social networking services effectively took the place of chat forums like Yabb a long time ago, which is why I decided not to utilize either a SMF or phpBB forum for any of the websites that I still operate. The forums I have online are simply experimental.<br /><br />In any case, YaBB's development fascinated me, even to its end. Had I the knowledge that you have when it comes to coding, I very likely would have continued YaBB's development in some fashion as its original software (and mission) allowed, and encouraged.<br /><br />After all, despite what's taken over when it comes to social media, I still believe that the structure of chat forums are superior to the kind of social media that's popular today.<br /><br />What I'm reminded of is videotape technology of which VHS became the most popular media format for VCRs even though Betamax was superior. Of course, the last remaining VCR manufacturer ceased production in 2016, so even that battle in the history of technology is no longer relevant.<br /><br />If you do make the final decision to shutter your forums, your legacy of keeping YaBB alive longer than it otherwise would have been kept alive is a legacy of which to be proud. Kudos to all that you did.  <img rel=";&#45;&#41;" src="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/yabbfiles/Smilies/cool.gif" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /><br /> https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1744811692 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1744811692 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Normp) Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:54:52 GMT The problem below was resolved by my Hosting folks --- it was a Perl issue that they fixed because it was not handled by the migration. <br /><br />The URL Execution line is this:<br /><a href="https://www.poemtrain2.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/AdminIndex.pl?action=admincheck;username=4F6E736C716E010" target="_blank">https://www.poemtrain2.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/AdminIndex.pl?action=admincheck;username=4F6E736C716E010</a><br /><br />The error message below it is:<br />[an error occurred while processing this directive]<br /><br />I just migrated my forum to KnownHost and they've been terrific. But the only big problem I'm having is the "Admin" function within my form produces the error above.  The techs at Knownhost are looking into it if it is a migration problem but I don't think so? Any ideas how to resolve this? Thanks in advance. https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1732917256 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1732917256 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Dandello) Sat, 30 Nov 2024 02:24:12 GMT <img rel=";&#45;&#41;" src="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/yabbfiles/Smilies/grin.gif" alt="Grin" title="Grin" /> https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1731231433 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1731231433 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Dandello) Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:45:19 GMT Here is what you need. Place the directories in their proper place - yabbfiles on the same level as the cgi-bin and yabb2 inside the cgi-bin.<br /><br />Make sure setup.pl, yabb.pl and admin.pl are CHMOdded to 755. Also Convert2x.pl<br />Run setup.pl - that will tell you what required Perl mods are missing.<br /><br />Once Setup has successfully run, You should get a prompt to run the converter.<br /><br />The converter as not been tested on the most recent Perl. If you get errors, save the error text and we can do fixes.<br /><br />If your old forum was working you'd copy BoardConvert.pl into your OLD yabb2 folder and run it from there on your OLD forum to get a converted forum.control.<br /><br />Since your old forum isn't working, you can't. Which means your boards may be messed up on converting. These CAN be fixed by hand.<br /><br /> https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1728083209 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1728083209 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (RonS2) Tue, 8 Oct 2024 11:30:08 GMT Anybody have an idea what the problem may be? https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1727962907 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1727962907 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (RonS2) Fri, 4 Oct 2024 23:03:08 GMT <a href="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1727962907/1#1">Dandello wrote</a> on Oct 3^rd, 2024 at 3:22pm:<br /><div id="7F7A7377701E01">Ron has a version of 2.5 that is currently working. So maybe he can post a copy of his YaBB.pl for you to look at. </div><!--7F7A7377701E01--><br /><br />Sadly it's not working anymore<br /><br />Change .txt to .pl https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1722181215 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1722181215 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (pyragony54) Thu, 29 Aug 2024 04:32:48 GMT It is possible, but not easy. I reworked a forum some time ago. Unfortunately, the Unix timestep was not converted. The old forums still work with the date. YYYY.MM.DD. The new forums use the ten-digit Unix timestep. So a lot of rework is necessary. Since this forum is very large, it is a lot of work.<br />Here is the forum in question:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.poemtrain2.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl" target="_blank">https://www.poemtrain2.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl</a><br /><br />The timestep has to be done manually, however, otherwise all members are shown as ex-members.<br /><br />Give me the link to your forum and I'll take a quick look at it. https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1721327077 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1721327077 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Fingers) Thu, 18 Jul 2024 22:13:08 GMT site works great thanks. just need to add a "Board". Thank you for the help https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1690327293 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1690327293 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Dandello) Fri, 1 Mar 2024 05:22:02 GMT Is that bug here or someplace else - and how did you get it? https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1705912040 YaBB Development & Mods/general https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1705912040 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Dandello) Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:48:31 GMT At least you're now up and running.  <img rel=";&#45;&#41;" src="https://yabbforumsoftware.com/yabbfiles/Smilies/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> and a thumbs up.