dheeraj510 / altered_beast Goto Github PK

The popular rails-based Beast forum, rewritten from the ground up with the same database and views.

• full i18n (with German and English support)

• updated for Rails 2.3.3

• using rspec/model_stubbing

• added a state machine for user logins

• built-in multi-site support

• spam protection from akismet/viking

• forum authorization rules (public/private/invitation)

• email and atom feed support

• xml/json API (not 100% tested yet, fixing soon)

• highline based easy console installer

• internationalization via the I18n framework

Check out the code via git:

git clone git://github.com/courtenay/altered_beast.git

# download altered_beast
# gem install rails 2.3.3
$ mkdir log
$ rake tmp:create
$ rake app:bootstrap

Follow the instructions to create your database and load users.
Start the application with script/server and visit http://localhost:3000 to 
visit your new forum.