PunkwebBB

PunkwebBB is a Django application that provides a simple forum board software for your Django website.

One of the main goals of this project is to be as simple as possible to install, and not depend on any other Django apps. I want users of this package to be able to install a fully working forum board in under a minute, and then be able to configure it further from there.

Check out punkweb.net for documentation, support and a live demonstration of the software.

Built with

• Django
• HTMX
• jQuery
• bbcode
• Markdown
• SCEditor
• TinyMDE
• PrismJS

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• Django 3.2+

It may work with older versions of Python and Django, but it has not been tested.

Installation

pip install punkweb-bb

Add punkweb_bb to your INSTALLED_APPS in your Django settings module:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    "punkweb_bb",
]

Optionally: Add the following middleware to your MIDDLEWARE setting, at the end of the list:

MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...
    "punkweb_bb.middleware.ProfileOnlineCacheMiddleware",
]

Add the following URL pattern to your urls.py:

from django.urls import path, include

urlpatterns = [
    ...
    path("forum/", include("punkweb_bb.urls")), # or any other path you want
]

And finally, install the models:

python manage.py migrate

Configuration

These are the default settings for PunkwebBB, which can be overridden in your Django settings module:

PUNKWEB_BB = {
  "SITE_NAME": "PUNKWEB",
  "SITE_TITLE": "PunkwebBB",
  "PARSER": "bbcode", # "bbcode" or "markdown"
  "FAVICON": "punkweb_bb/favicon.ico",
  "OG_IMAGE": None, # Used for Open Graph meta tags, must be a full URL!
  "SHOUTBOX_ENABLED": True,
  "SHOUTBOX_POLLING_ENABLED": True,
  "SHOUTBOX_POLLING_INTERVAL": 30, # in seconds
  "DISCORD_WIDGET_ENABLED": False,
  "DISCORD_WIDGET_THEME": "dark",
  "DISCORD_SERVER_ID": None, # Found under Server Settings > Widget > Server ID
}

Testing

Report:

coverage run && coverage report

HTML:

coverage run && coverage html

Found 59 test(s).
Creating test database for alias 'default'...
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
...........................................................
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Ran 59 tests in 8.594s

OK
Destroying test database for alias 'default'...
Name                                           Stmts   Miss  Cover
------------------------------------------------------------------
punkweb_bb/__init__.py                             0      0   100%
punkweb_bb/admin.py                               42      0   100%
punkweb_bb/admin_forms.py                         34      0   100%
punkweb_bb/apps.py                                 6      0   100%
punkweb_bb/bbcode.py                             118     46    61%
punkweb_bb/decorators.py                          12      0   100%
punkweb_bb/forms.py                               59      0   100%
punkweb_bb/guests.py                              13      0   100%
punkweb_bb/middleware.py                          27      3    89%
punkweb_bb/mixins.py                              11      0   100%
punkweb_bb/models.py                             154      1    99%
punkweb_bb/pagination.py                          11      4    64%
punkweb_bb/response.py                             3      0   100%
punkweb_bb/searching.py                            8      5    38%
punkweb_bb/settings.py                            13      0   100%
punkweb_bb/signals.py                              9      0   100%
punkweb_bb/templatetags/__init__.py                0      0   100%
punkweb_bb/templatetags/can_delete.py              5      0   100%
punkweb_bb/templatetags/can_edit.py                5      0   100%
punkweb_bb/templatetags/can_post.py                5      0   100%
punkweb_bb/templatetags/humanize_int.py            9      5    44%
punkweb_bb/templatetags/punkweb_bb.py              6      0   100%
punkweb_bb/templatetags/render.py                 38     16    58%
punkweb_bb/templatetags/styled_group_name.py       7      1    86%
punkweb_bb/templatetags/styled_username.py         6      0   100%
punkweb_bb/tests.py                              418      0   100%
punkweb_bb/urls.py                                 4      0   100%
punkweb_bb/utils.py                               44     26    41%
punkweb_bb/views.py                              319    123    61%
punkweb_bb/widgets.py                             16      2    88%
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TOTAL                                           1402    232    83%