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vichan - A lightweight and full featured PHP imageboard. Lainchan - A fork of vichan
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About About
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vichan is a free light-weight, fast, highly configurable and user-friendly vichan is a fork of [vichan](http://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan),
imageboard software package. It is written in PHP and has few dependencies.
vichan is a fork of (now defunc'd) [Tinyboard](http://github.com/savetheinternet/Tinyboard),
a great imageboard package, actively building on it and adding a lot of features and other a great imageboard package, actively building on it and adding a lot of features and other
improvements. improvements.
Support and announcements: https://engine.vichan.net/
Requirements Requirements
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1. PHP >= 5.4 (we still try to keep compatibility with php 5.3 as much as possible) 1. PHP >= 5.4 (we still try to keep compatibility with php 5.3 as much as possible)
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4. [PHP GD](http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.image.php) 4. [PHP GD](http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.image.php)
5. [PHP PDO](http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.pdo.php) 5. [PHP PDO](http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.pdo.php)
We try to make sure vichan is compatible with all major web servers and We try to make sure lainchan is compatible with all major web servers and
operating systems. vichan does not include an Apache ```.htaccess``` file nor does operating systems. lainchan does not include an Apache ```.htaccess``` file nor does
it need one. it need one.
### Recommended ### Recommended
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Contributing Contributing
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You can contribute to vichan by: You can contribute to lainchan by:
* Developing patches/improvements/translations and using GitHub to submit pull requests * Developing patches/improvements/translations and using GitHub to submit pull requests
* Providing feedback and suggestions * Providing feedback and suggestions
* Writing/editing documentation * Writing/editing documentation
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Installation Installation
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1. Download and extract vichan to your web directory or get the latest 1. Download and extract lainchan to your web directory or get the latest
development version with: development version with:
git clone git://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan.git git clone git://github.com/lainchan/lainchan.git
2. Navigate to ```install.php``` in your web browser and follow the 2. Navigate to ```install.php``` in your web browser and follow the
prompts. prompts.
3. vichan should now be installed. Log in to ```mod.php``` with the 3. lainchan should now be installed. Log in to ```mod.php``` with the
default username and password combination: **admin / password**. default username and password combination: **admin / password**.
Please remember to change the administrator account password. Please remember to change the administrator account password.
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Support Support
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vichan is still beta software -- there are bound to be bugs. If you find a If you find a bug, please report it.
bug, please report it.
If you need assistance with installing, configuring, or using vichan, you may If you need assistance with installing, configuring, or using lainchan, you may
find support from a variety of sources: find support from a variety of sources:
* If you're unsure about how to enable or configure certain features, make * If you're unsure about how to enable or configure certain features, make
sure you have read the comments in ```inc/config.php```. sure you have read the comments in ```inc/config.php```.
* Check out an [official vichan board](http://int.vichan.net/devel/). * You can join lainchan's IRC channel for support
* You can join vichan's IRC channel for support [irc.freenode.net #lainchan](irc://irc.freenode.net/lainchan)
[irc.6irc.net #vichan-devel](irc://irc.6irc.net/vichan-devel)
### Tinyboard support ### Tinyboard support
vichan is based on a Tinyboard, so both engines have very much in common. These vichan, and by extension lainchan, is based on a Tinyboard, so both engines have very much in common. These
links may be helpful for you as well: links may be helpful for you as well:
* Tinyboard documentation can be found [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20121016074303/http://tinyboard.org/docs/?p=Main_Page). * Tinyboard documentation can be found [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20121016074303/http://tinyboard.org/docs/?p=Main_Page).
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Donations Donations
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Do you like our work? You can motivate us financially to do better ;) Do you like our work? You can motivate us financially to do better ;)
* Bitcoin: 1GjZEdLaTQ8JWVFGZW921Yv4x59f9oiZME * Bitcoin: 18CshTkxW6HRFoBhXo9mLJcjkReMmjvuq9
You can also ask us to develop some feature specially for you <3. Join our IRC You can also ask us to develop some feature specially for you <3. Join our IRC
channel and ask for a quote (there are a few of us, who work with the codebase channel and ask for a quote (there are a few of us, who work with the codebase
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Localisation Localisation
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Wanting to have vichan in your language? You can contribute your translations at this URL: Wanting to have lainchan in your language? You can contribute your translations to vichan at this URL:
https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/tinyboard-vichan-devel/ https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/tinyboard-vichan-devel/
Oekaki Oekaki
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vichan makes use of [wPaint](https://github.com/websanova/wPaint) for oekaki. After you pull the repository, however, you will need to download wPaint separately using git's `submodule` feature. Use the following commands: lainchan makes use of [wPaint](https://github.com/websanova/wPaint) for oekaki. After you pull the repository, however, you will need to download wPaint separately using git's `submodule` feature. Use the following commands:
``` ```
git submodule init git submodule init
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Read `inc/lib/webm/README.md` for information about enabling webm. Read `inc/lib/webm/README.md` for information about enabling webm.
vichan API lainchan API
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vichan provides by default a 4chan-compatible JSON API. For documentation on this, see: lainchan provides by default a 4chan-compatible JSON API, just like vichan. For documentation on this, see:
https://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan-API/ . https://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan-API/ .
License License
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See [LICENSE.md](http://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan/blob/master/LICENSE.md). See [LICENSE.md](http://github.com/lainchan/lainchan/blob/master/LICENSE.md).