I used "iFrame page" for implementing BBS of my class reunion site of my junior high school.
However, in case of this method is ...

• The design of the appearance of the BBS can not be modified by RapidWeaver.
• So it's too hard to unify the design of BBS and RapidWeaver theme.
• The scroll bar operation is not appropriate because Web page and iFrame has own scroll bar.

I had thought about other solution of this coarse approach since then.
And, I hit on another method that is ...

• Generate BBS appearance template ( Web page ) by RapidWeaver.
• A Perl BBS engine loads the appearance template for display BBS.

In case of this architecture, the appearance of BBS will be designed by RapidWeaver, so it's easy to unify between BBS and RapidWeaver theme.
Also the Peal BBS engine solves the internal process, so it's required no skill of any script language for making BBS.

Fortunately, I can use Perl in my rental server (PHP is not supported).
And I learned Perl script when I build BBS of my class reunion site, so I should write BBS engine.
I hope to make this for RapidWeaver plug-in...

tag : rapidweaver bbs