BellaBuzz

BellaBuzz is a small and simple PHP "ask & answer" / faq script, created as a basic secure replacement to the 3rd party Waks Ask & Answer script. It works using "flat files" — that means no need to fiddle with complex MySQL databases!

BellaBuzz has been crafted to provide a very light question system with an easy-to-edit coding structure; using easy HTML and CSS, or, an easy switch to WordPress' template system.

You should probably start with the installation instructions below, or if you're still not convinced skip to the feature list.

Installing BellaBuzz

First things first, you'll want to download the script:

DOWNLOAD BELLABUZZ

Once the script has downloaded — it shouldn't take long — extract the files using the built in Windows zip tool, WinZip, or your favourite archiving software. (Normally as easy as right-clicking the zip and choosing "extract here".) After extraction, you'll want to rename the folder to something like "faq", "qa" or "questions" as this will be part of your URL.

Open prefs.php and customise the options carefully. The options you choose must remain inside the quotation marks. E.g. if you want your username to be jimbo, you'd change $admin_name = "admin"; to: $admin_name = "jimbo";

When you're all done, upload the whole lot to your website using your normal FTP client. You now need to use the chmod command to change the permission of the ".txt" files to 666 (or owner: read, write; group: read, write; world: read, write). If you get stuck, Google should be able to help you out.

BellaBuzz Features

  • Protection on ask box to prevent spam bots
  • Stripping of HTML and pointless special chars (for security)
  • Block URLs in questions to help prevent spam
  • Admin panel to easily answer/delete questions

Convinced? Why not jump back to the download link and instructions.