1. Forum
  2. fsxNet
  3. Mystic BBS Support

  • Web Interface

    From Lupine Furmen@21:4/102 to All on Sat Sep 18 13:58:31 2021
    Has anyone made a web interface for mystic yet? Something along the lines of what is available with SBBS or VA? Would love to be able to allow my users to use the BBS via HTML for those that can't do telnet connections (Like I am unable to do from work). I can use my SBBS board via web, but I hate the Message base interface.

    Want to consolidate my boards into a single instance, and would rather use Mystic than SBBS, but the web interface issue is the only thing holding up
    this project.
    ---

    Before the Web - telnet: furmenservices.net:23232
    Legends of Yesteryear (FIDO 1:123/256) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23322
    Sound Source ]|[ - telnet: furmenservices.net:2323
    Furmen's Folly (FIDO 1:123/257) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23233

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Before the Web (21:4/102)
  • From bcw142@21:1/145 to Lupine Furmen on Mon Sep 20 15:59:46 2021
    On 18 Sep 2021, Lupine Furmen said the following...

    Has anyone made a web interface for mystic yet? Something along the

    It has been made long ago and is used by many via 'proxy-us-nj.ftelnet.ca'.
    An example is the one I use for my AlphaTest BBS (port 2323):
    <HTML>
    <title>AlphaTest BBS from Web</title>
    <div id="fTelnetContainer"></div>
    <!-- Looks weird, but this ensures your users always get the latest version of fTelnet and not an old version from their cache -->
    <script>document.write('<script src="//embed.ftelnet.ca/js/ftelnet-loader.js?v=' + (new Date()).getTime() + '"><\/script>');</script>
    <script>
    fTelnet.Hostname = "bcw142.zapto.org";
    fTelnet.Port = 2323;
    fTelnet.ProxyHostname = "proxy-us-nj.ftelnet.ca";
    fTelnet.ProxyPort = 80;
    fTelnet.ProxyPortSecure = 443;
    fTelnet.ConnectionType = "telnet";
    fTelnet.Emulation = "ansi-bbs";
    fTelnet.Init();
    fTelnet.Connect();
    </script>
    <A HREF=http://bcw142.zapto.org:2380/>Back to BBS's Web page</A>
    </HTML>

    In the calling HTML I use:
    <A HREF=bbs.html>Telnet to AlphaTest BBS</A> |

    So as you see the HTML bbs.html is called by the index.html run on Mystic.

    ... Top secret! Burn before reading!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/09/07 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org:23 (21:1/145)
  • From Lupine Furmen@21:4/102 to bcw142 on Mon Sep 20 21:24:18 2021
    'proxy-us-nj.ftelnet.ca'. An example is the one I use for my AlphaTest

    Can't use fTelnet. All telnet access is blocked at my place of employment. Probably need an HTML5 interface.
    ---

    Before the Web - telnet: furmenservices.net:23232
    Legends of Yesteryear (FIDO 1:123/256) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23322
    Sound Source ]|[ - telnet: furmenservices.net:2323
    Furmen's Folly (FIDO 1:123/257) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23233

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Before the Web (21:4/102)
  • From HSM@21:2/162 to Lupine Furmen on Tue Sep 21 07:23:00 2021
    On 20 Sep 2021, Lupine Furmen said the following...

    'proxy-us-nj.ftelnet.ca'. An example is the one I use for my AlphaTes

    Can't use fTelnet. All telnet access is blocked at my place of
    employment. Probably need an HTML5 interface.

    My employer blocks telnet but I can still connect using fTelnet web page as well as my web page that has fTelnet embedded.

    |01 Ã|06HSM|01Ä|14aka|01Ä|07Ga|08ry|01ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
    |14 ¿|01³ Mystic|14.|01BBSGameTime|14.|01com|14:|0323|01 ³|14Ú
    ³|01³ ScoobysDoo|14.|01ddns|14.|01net|14:|032023|01 ³|14³
    ³|01ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ|14³

    ... If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/08/22 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: BBS GameTime - mystic.BBSGameTime.com:23 (21:2/162)
  • From bcw142@21:1/145 to Lupine Furmen on Tue Sep 21 09:32:30 2021
    On 20 Sep 2021, Lupine Furmen said the following...

    'proxy-us-nj.ftelnet.ca'. An example is the one I use for my AlphaTes

    Can't use fTelnet. All telnet access is blocked at my place of
    employment. Probably need an HTML5 interface.

    Normally you don't expect to be able to run a BBS people can access from outside at a place of employment! That's why I called the one I have here
    (where I work) Workpoint you can't get here
    I as the name says is a point off the main bbs, not something made to be totally stand alone. You need a VPN setup and then you might as well run it
    on a machine on the other end. As a point system that isn't needed as there
    is an out going connection to talk to the main bbs through.

    ... We all live in a yellow subroutine...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/09/07 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org:23 (21:1/145)
  • From Solaris@21:2/1202 to Lupine Furmen on Mon Sep 27 08:35:55 2021
    SysopSolaris.com

    ... I will Quell the Storm, and Ride the Thunder.

    Sysop SolaRis
    Error 1202 and Error 404 BBS !
    FSXnet HuB 2 Tholian AdmiN !

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/06/28 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Error 1202 BBS (21:2/1202)
  • From Mike Dippel@21:4/176 to All on Wed Mar 2 15:32:04 2022
    Is there any work being done on providing a web interface where users can log in via the
    web to read and write messages or upload and download messages?

    Currently, users can log into my site via: http://mystic-hobbies.us/ but only via telnet.

    It would be nice to be able to use the web have full access to the system.

    Mike Dippel

    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
    * Origin: The Hobby Line! Internet - hobbylinebbs.com (21:4/176)
  • From Al@21:4/106 to Mike Dippel on Wed Mar 2 13:23:02 2022
    Is there any work being done on providing a web interface where users can log in via the web to read and write messages or upload and download messages?

    Not currently as far as I know.

    Currently, users can log into my site via: http://mystic-hobbies.us/ but only via telnet.

    Mystic will serve html files if setup to do so but there is no access to the bbs in any way. Not yet anyway.

    It would be nice to be able to use the web have full access to the system.

    It would but either g00r00 would have to implement that or perhaps it can be done by users of Mystic. I see a road to travel there but I'm not sure how to implement that.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)
  • From Zylone@21:3/150 to Mike Dippel on Wed Mar 2 17:35:07 2022
    On 02 Mar 2022, Mike Dippel said the following...

    Is there any work being done on providing a web interface where users
    can log in via the
    web to read and write messages or upload and download messages?

    I know of a mod being developed to do such a thing..

    |15Z|07ylone

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/01/28 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: bbs.pLANETcARAVAN.org:23 ssh:1337 (21:3/150)
  • From opicron@21:3/126 to Zylone on Fri Mar 4 20:46:24 2022
    Is there any work being done on providing a web interface where users can log in via the
    web to read and write messages or upload and download messages?

    I know of a mod being developed to do such a thing..
    Zylone

    :P

    ... Error 3032 - Recursion error. See error 3032.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: TheForze - bbs.opicron.eu:23 (21:3/126)
  • From bcw142@21:1/145 to Mike Dippel on Sat Mar 5 11:55:18 2022
    On 02 Mar 2022, Mike Dippel said the following...

    Is there any work being done on providing a web interface where users
    can log in via the
    web to read and write messages or upload and download messages?

    The normal setup is Ftelnet, using html:
    <HTML>
    <title>Web to Telnet</title>
    <div id="fTelnetContainer"></div>
    <!-- Looks weird, but this ensures your users always get the latest version of fTelnet and not an old version from their cache -->
    <script>document.write('<script src="//embed.ftelnet.ca/js/ftelnet-loader.js?v=' + (new Date()).getTime() + '"><\/script>');</script>
    <script>
    fTelnet.Hostname = "bcw142.zapto.org";
    fTelnet.Port = 23;
    fTelnet.ProxyHostname = "proxy-us-nj.ftelnet.ca";
    fTelnet.ProxyPort = 80;
    fTelnet.ProxyPortSecure = 443;
    fTelnet.ConnectionType = "telnet";
    fTelnet.Emulation = "ansi-bbs";
    fTelnet.Init();
    fTelnet.Connect();
    </script>
    <A HREF=http://bcw142.zapto.org:80/>Back to BBS's Web page</A>
    </HTML>

    So it's html that works via telnet from the web. You can try it to my BBS
    and see it's working. So far that is what severs to get from web to the BBS.

    ... "No comment" is a comment.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org:23 (21:1/145)
  • From Mike Dippel@21:4/176 to Bcw142 on Sat Mar 5 13:48:50 2022
    On 3/5/2022 12:00 PM, Bcw142 wrote to Mike Dippel:


    Is there any work being done on providing a web interface where users can log in via the
    web to read and write messages or upload and download messages?

    The normal setup is Ftelnet, using html:

    So it's html that works via telnet from the web. You can try it to my BBS and see it's working. So far that is what severs to get from web to the BBS.


    I am currently doing this on mine: http://mystic-hobbies.us and it works well. I would
    like to be able to copy-and-paste some things into a message, and a web interface
    would make it easier to accomplish this instead of having to use a telnet connection.

    I DO use a web interface on my main site at http://hobbylinebbs.com a Wildcat system.

    There, I am able to log in via a web interface to read and write messages and to upload
    or download files, The only thing I can't do is play Door Games. There was talk about
    creating a new wcNavigator program that would allow a quick telnet connection from the
    web to be able to play games, but I don't see that ever happening. The developer
    hasn't even given it much thought lately.

    Mike Dippel
    telnet/http hobbylinebbs.com

    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
    * Origin: The Hobby Line! Internet - hobbylinebbs.com (21:4/176)