implemented the rest of the functions on the "posts" page; fixed post links

so they work now; added the HTML Reference (originally from CW); added the
post output filtering to turn the "pseudo-URIs" in the database into real
URIs

TODO

@@ -25,19 +25,6 @@ Lots!
   statements in the case of joined queries (no need to SELECT table.column
   AS name).
 
-- Functions still to do on conferencing "posts" page:
-  Hide/Show Topic
-  Next & Keep New (make it actually Keep New)
-  Freeze/Unfreeze Topic
-  Archive/Unarchive Topic
-  Delete Topic
-  Make number of "viewable" posts per page a config option
-  Display the message locator (i.e. <Playground.56.123>) above each message
-  Hide/Show Post
-  Scribble Post
-  Nuke Post
-  Put the HTML Guide in (for all pages w/post boxes)
-
 - Slippage during posting is still untested.
 
 - Functions still to do on conferencing "topics" page:

etc/erbo.dict

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ fucking
 hairstyle
 hairstyles
 hasn't
+haven't
 he'd
 html
 i'd

etc/render-config.xml

@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
     <!-- Base URL for all images loaded by the server code.  MUST include the trailing slash. -->
     <image>http://delenn:8080/venice/images/</image>
 
+    <!-- Base URL for all static pages linked to by the engine.  MUST include the trailing slash. -->
+    <static>http://delenn:8080/venice/static/</static>
+
     <!-- The fully-qualified URL to the site logo.  The image should be 140x80 pixels. -->
     <site-logo>http://delenn:8080/venice/images/powered-by-venice.gif</site-logo>
   </paths>

etc/web.xml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
     language governing rights and limitations under the License.
 
-    The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+    The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
 
     The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
     for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 -->
 <web-app>
 
-  <display-name>Venice Web Community System</display-name>
+  <display-name>Venice Web Communities System</display-name>
   <description>
-    The Venice Web conferencing system provides an online conferencing
+    The Venice Web Communities System provides an online conferencing
     environment, including discussions, online services, and other
     things.  Written by Eric J. Bowersox (erbo@silcom.com).
   </description>
@@ -158,6 +158,30 @@
     <servlet-class>com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.Attachment</servlet-class>
   </servlet>
 
+  <servlet>
+    <servlet-name>topicoperations</servlet-name>
+    <description>
+      General topic operations.
+    </description>
+    <servlet-class>com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.TopicOperations</servlet-class>
+  </servlet>
+
+  <servlet>
+    <servlet-name>postoperations</servlet-name>
+    <description>
+      General post operations.
+    </description>
+    <servlet-class>com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.PostOperations</servlet-class>
+  </servlet>
+
+  <servlet>
+    <servlet-name>postshortcut</servlet-name>
+    <description>
+      Processes post links and redirects to the appropriate page.
+    </description>
+    <servlet-class>com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.PostShortcut</servlet-class>
+  </servlet>
+
   <!-- the following are test servlets, they should go away -->
 
   <servlet>
@@ -226,6 +250,21 @@
     <url-pattern>/attachment</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>
 
+  <servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>topicoperations</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/topicops</url-pattern>
+  </servlet-mapping>
+
+  <servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>postoperations</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/postops</url-pattern>
+  </servlet-mapping>
+
+  <servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>postshortcut</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/go/*</url-pattern>
+  </servlet-mapping>
+
   <!-- the following are test servlets, they should go away -->
   <servlet-mapping>
     <servlet-name>testformdata</servlet-name>

setup/database.sql

@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ USE venice;
 # Table Creation
 ##############################################################################
 
+# The global parameters table.  This is used for stuff that a Venice admin would be
+# likely to edit "on the fly."  Stuff that can only be updated with a shutdown should go
+# in the XML config file.  This table has ONLY ONE ROW!
+CREATE TABLE globals (
+    posts_per_page INT NOT NULL,
+    old_posts_at_top INT NOT NULL
+);
+
 # The audit records table.  Most "major" events add a record to this table.
 CREATE TABLE audit (
     record BIGINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -1282,6 +1290,10 @@ INSERT INTO refsigftr (ftr_code, is_default, is_locked, is_hidden, require_read,
 # Database Initialization
 ##############################################################################
 
+# Initialize the system globals table.
+INSERT INTO globals (posts_per_page, old_posts_at_top)
+    VALUES (20, 2);
+
 # Add the 'Anonymous Honyak' user to the users table.
 # (Do 'SELECT * FROM users WHERE is_anon = 1' to retrieve the AC user details.)
 # (UID = 1, CONTACTID = 1)

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/ConferenceContext.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.silverwrist.venice.core;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.htmlcheck.HTMLChecker;
 
 public interface ConferenceContext
 {
@@ -114,4 +115,6 @@ public interface ConferenceContext
 
   public abstract TopicMessageContext getMessageByPostID(long postid) throws DataException, AccessError;
 
+  public abstract HTMLChecker getNewTopicPreviewChecker();
+
 } // end interface ConferenceContext

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/IDUtils.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
  * 
- * The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -72,4 +72,30 @@ public class IDUtils
 
   } // end isValidConfirmationNumber
 
+  public static boolean isValidVeniceIDChar(char c)
+  {
+    if ((c>='A') && (c<='Z'))
+      return true;  // upper-case letters are OK
+    if ((c>='a') && (c<='z'))
+      return true;  // lower-case letters are OK
+    if ((c>='0') && (c<='9'))
+      return true;  // digits are OK
+    return (EXTRA_VALID.indexOf(c)>=0);
+
+  } // end isValidVeniceIDChar
+
+  public static boolean isValidPostLinkChar(char c)
+  {
+    if ((c>='A') && (c<='Z'))
+      return true;  // upper-case letters are OK
+    if ((c>='a') && (c<='z'))
+      return true;  // lower-case letters are OK
+    if ((c>='0') && (c<='9'))
+      return true;  // digits are OK
+    if (EXTRA_VALID.indexOf(c)>=0)
+      return true;  // other characters from Venice IDs are OK
+    return ((c=='.') || (c=='!'));  // also dots and bangs
+
+  } // end isValidPostLinkChar
+
 } // end class IDUtils

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/TopicContext.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.silverwrist.venice.core;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.htmlcheck.HTMLChecker;
 
 public interface TopicContext
 {
@@ -71,4 +72,11 @@ public interface TopicContext
   public abstract TopicMessageContext postNewMessage(long parent, String pseud, String text)
       throws DataException, AccessError;
 
+  public abstract HTMLChecker getPreviewChecker();
+
+  public abstract boolean canDelete();
+
+  public abstract void delete() throws DataException, AccessError;
+
 } // end interface TopicContext
+

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/VeniceEngine.java

@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ public interface VeniceEngine extends SearchMode
 
   public abstract boolean confAliasExists(String alias);
 
-  public abstract HTMLChecker getPreviewChecker();
-
   public abstract HTMLChecker getEscapingChecker();
 
+  public abstract int getNumPostsPerPage();
+
+  public abstract int getNumOldPostsBeforeNew();
+
 } // end interface VeniceEngine

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/BackgroundTopicPurge.java

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.core.impl;
+
+import java.sql.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.db.*;
+
+class BackgroundTopicPurge implements Runnable
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static Category logger = Category.getInstance(BackgroundTopicPurge.class.getName());
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private DataPool datapool;
+  private int topicid;
+  private int num_posts;
+  private long max_postid;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructor
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  BackgroundTopicPurge(DataPool datapool, int topicid, int num_posts, long max_postid)
+  {
+    this.datapool = datapool;
+    this.topicid = topicid;
+    this.num_posts = num_posts;
+    this.max_postid = max_postid;
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface Runnable
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void run()
+  {
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+      logger.debug("BackgroundTopicPurge running on topic #" + String.valueOf(topicid));
+
+    long[] postids = new long[num_posts];  // stores the post IDs
+    Connection conn = null;  // pooled database connection
+
+    try
+    { // get a database connection from the pool
+      conn = datapool.getConnection();
+      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+
+      // look up all the post IDs that are present for this topic
+      StringBuffer sql = new StringBuffer("SELECT postid FROM posts WHERE topicid = ");
+      sql.append(topicid).append(" AND postid <= ").append(max_postid).append(" ORDER BY postid;");
+      ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
+      int posts = 0;
+      while (rs.next())
+	postids[posts++] = rs.getLong(1);
+
+      for (int i=0; i<posts; i++)
+      { // remove all references to the posts in question
+	stmt.executeUpdate("DELETE FROM posts WHERE postid = " + String.valueOf(postids[i]) + ";");
+	stmt.executeUpdate("DELETE FROM postdata WHERE postid = " + String.valueOf(postids[i]) + ";");
+	stmt.executeUpdate("DELETE FROM postattach WHERE postid = " + String.valueOf(postids[i]) + ";");
+	stmt.executeUpdate("DELETE FROM postdogear WHERE postid = " + String.valueOf(postids[i]) + ";");
+
+      } // end for
+
+      // all done, Bunky!
+      if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	logger.debug("BackgroundTopicPurge complete for topic #" + String.valueOf(topicid));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (SQLException e)
+    { // on an error, just die
+      logger.error("BackgroundTopicPurge FATAL EXCEPTION purging #" + String.valueOf(topicid) + ": "
+		   + e.getMessage(),e);
+
+    } // end catch
+    finally
+    { // make sure we release the connection before we go
+      if (conn!=null)
+	datapool.releaseConnection(conn);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+  } // end run
+
+} // end class BackgroundTopicPurge

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/ConferenceBackend.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package com.silverwrist.venice.core.impl;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Date;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.db.PostLinkDecoderContext;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.core.DataException;
 
 public interface ConferenceBackend extends SIGBackend
@@ -44,4 +45,6 @@ public interface ConferenceBackend extends SIGBackend
 
   public abstract void touchUpdate(Connection conn, java.util.Date date) throws DataException;
 
+  public abstract PostLinkDecoderContext createDecoderContext(short topicid);
+
 } // end interface ConferenceBackend

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/ConferenceCoreData.java

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class ConferenceCoreData implements ConferenceData
   private String name;                     // the name of the conference
   private String description;              // the conference's description
   private String cached_alias = null;      // the cached alias (for getAnAlias)
+  private boolean creating_topic = false;  // is somebody creating a topic?
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Constructors
@@ -817,8 +818,8 @@ class ConferenceCoreData implements ConferenceData
 
   } // end getAnAlias
 
-  public ReturnTopicInfo createNewTopic(SIGBackend sig, String title, String pseud, String body,
-					int body_lines) throws DataException
+  public synchronized ReturnTopicInfo createNewTopic(SIGBackend sig, String title, String pseud,
+						     String body, int body_lines) throws DataException
   {
     Connection conn = null;    // database connection
     AuditRecord ar = null;     // audit record
@@ -963,6 +964,40 @@ class ConferenceCoreData implements ConferenceData
 
   } // end touchUpdate
 
+  public synchronized short enterCreateTopic()
+  {
+    while (creating_topic)
+    { // we're ready to create a topic
+      try
+      { // wait for another thread to relinquish the topic create mechanism
+	wait();
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (InterruptedException e)
+      { // do nothing
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end while
+
+    creating_topic = true;
+    // new topic number, needed to properly parse post links in new topic's zero post
+    return (short)(top_topic + 1);
+
+  } // end enterCreateTopic
+
+  public synchronized void exitCreateTopic()
+  {
+    creating_topic = false;
+    notify();  // wake somebody up if they were going to create a topic
+
+  } // end exitCreateTopic
+
+  public short getTopTopic()
+  {
+    return top_topic;
+
+  } // end getTopTopic
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * External static operations (usable only from within package)
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/ConferenceData.java

@@ -86,4 +86,10 @@ public interface ConferenceData extends ReferencedData
 
   public abstract void touchUpdate(Connection conn, Date date) throws DataException;
 
+  public abstract short enterCreateTopic();
+
+  public abstract void exitCreateTopic();
+
+  public abstract short getTopTopic();
+
 } // end interface ConferenceData

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/ConferenceSIGContext.java

@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ public interface ConferenceSIGContext extends ReferencedData
 
   public abstract String getAnAlias() throws DataException;
 
-  public abstract ReturnTopicInfo createNewTopic(SIGBackend sig, String title, String pseud, String body,
-						 int body_lines) throws DataException;
+  public abstract ReturnTopicInfo createNewTopic(SIGBackend sig, String title, String pseud, String body)
+      throws DataException;
 
   public abstract boolean canScribblePosts(int level);
 
@@ -98,4 +98,6 @@ public interface ConferenceSIGContext extends ReferencedData
 
   public abstract void touchUpdate(Connection conn, Date date) throws DataException;
 
+  public abstract short getTopTopic();
+
 } // end interface ConferenceSIGContext

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/ConferenceSIGContextImpl.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.sql.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import org.apache.log4j.*;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.db.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.htmlcheck.*;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.security.AuditRecord;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.core.*;
 
@@ -611,10 +612,48 @@ class ConferenceSIGContextImpl implements ConferenceSIGContext
 
   } // end getAnAlias
 
-  public ReturnTopicInfo createNewTopic(SIGBackend sig, String title, String pseud, String body,
-					int body_lines) throws DataException
+  public ReturnTopicInfo createNewTopic(SIGBackend sig, String title, String pseud, String body)
+      throws DataException
   {
-    return getConferenceData().createNewTopic(sig,title,pseud,body,body_lines);
+    ConferenceData d = getConferenceData();
+    String conf_alias = d.getAnAlias();
+    short new_topic = d.enterCreateTopic();
+
+    try
+    { // preprocess the body argument through the HTML checker
+      HTMLChecker text_ch = engine.createCheckerObject(engine.HTMLC_POST_BODY);
+      text_ch.setContextValue("PostLinkDecoderContext",
+			      new PostLinkDecoderContext(sig.realSIGAlias(),conf_alias,new_topic));
+
+      try
+      { // run through the HTML checker
+	text_ch.append(body);
+	text_ch.finish();
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (AlreadyFinishedException e)
+      { // this isn't right...
+	throw new InternalStateError("HTMLChecker erroneously throwing AlreadyFinishedException",e);
+
+      } // end catch
+
+      try
+      { // call down to create the new topic!
+	return d.createNewTopic(sig,title,pseud,text_ch.getValue(),text_ch.getLines());
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (NotYetFinishedException e)
+      { // this isn't right either!
+	throw new InternalStateError("HTMLChecker erroneously throwing NotYetFinishedException",e);
+
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end try
+    finally
+    { // make sure we relinquish the topic creation no matter what happens
+      d.exitCreateTopic();
+
+    } // end finally
 
   } // end createNewTopic
 
@@ -648,4 +687,14 @@ class ConferenceSIGContextImpl implements ConferenceSIGContext
 
   } // end touchUpdate
 
+  public short getTopTopic()
+  {
+    ConferenceData c = getConferenceDataNE();
+    if (c==null)
+      return -1;
+    else
+      return c.getTopTopic();
+
+  } // end getTopTopic
+
 } // end class ConferenceSIGContextImpl

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/ConferenceUserContextImpl.java

@@ -821,19 +821,16 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
 
     } // end if
 
-    // preprocess the three arguments through HTML checkers
+    // preprocess the pseud and title arguments through HTML checkers
     HTMLChecker title_ch = engine.createCheckerObject(engine.HTMLC_POST_PSEUD);
     HTMLChecker zp_pseud_ch = engine.createCheckerObject(engine.HTMLC_POST_PSEUD);
-    HTMLChecker zp_text_ch = engine.createCheckerObject(engine.HTMLC_POST_BODY);
 
     try
-    { // run all three arguments through the HTML checker
+    { // run arguments through the HTML checker
       title_ch.append(title);
       title_ch.finish();
       zp_pseud_ch.append(zp_pseud);
       zp_pseud_ch.finish();
-      zp_text_ch.append(zp_text);
-      zp_text_ch.finish();
 
     } // end try
     catch (AlreadyFinishedException e)
@@ -848,8 +845,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
     try
     { // call down to create the new topic!
       real_title = title_ch.getValue();
-      new_topic_inf = getConferenceData().createNewTopic(sig,real_title,zp_pseud_ch.getValue(),
-							 zp_text_ch.getValue(),zp_text_ch.getLines());
+      new_topic_inf = getConferenceData().createNewTopic(sig,real_title,zp_pseud_ch.getValue(),zp_text);
 
     } // end try
     catch (NotYetFinishedException e)
@@ -898,6 +894,20 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
 
   } // end getMessageByPostID
 
+  public HTMLChecker getNewTopicPreviewChecker()
+  {
+    ConferenceSIGContext c = getConferenceDataNE();
+    short new_topic;
+    if (c==null)
+      new_topic = 0;
+    else
+      new_topic = (short)(c.getTopTopic() + 1);
+    HTMLChecker rc = engine.createCheckerObject(engine.HTMLC_PREVIEW_BODY);
+    rc.setContextValue("PostLinkDecoderContext",createDecoderContext(new_topic));
+    return rc;
+    
+  } // end getNewTopicPreviewChecker
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Implementations from interface UserBackend
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1097,6 +1107,12 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
 
   } // end getConferenceData
 
+  public PostLinkDecoderContext createDecoderContext(short topicid)
+  {
+    return new PostLinkDecoderContext(sig.realSIGAlias(),realConfAlias(),topicid);
+
+  } // end createDecoderContext
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Static functions usable only from within the package
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/EngineBackend.java

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ public interface EngineBackend
   public static final int HTMLC_PREVIEW_BODY = 2;
   public static final int HTMLC_ESCAPE_BODY_PSEUD = 3;
 
+  public static final int IP_POSTSPERPAGE = 0;
+  public static final int IP_POSTSATTOP = 1;
+
   public abstract SimpleEmailer createEmailer();
 
   public abstract String getStockMessage(String key);
@@ -66,4 +69,8 @@ public interface EngineBackend
 
   public abstract HTMLChecker createCheckerObject(int type);
 
+  public abstract int getParamInt(int selector);
+
+  public abstract void forceParamReload() throws DataException;
+
 } // end interface EngineBackend

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/TopicMessageUserContextImpl.java

@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ class TopicMessageUserContextImpl implements TopicMessageContext
   private void refresh(Connection conn) throws SQLException
   {
     Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
-    StringBuffer sql = new StringBuffer("SELECT p.hidden, p.scribble_uid, p.scribble_date, p.pseud, "
-					+ "a.datalen, a.filename, a.mimetype FROM posts p LEFT JOIN "
-					+ "postattach a ON p.postid = a.postid WHERE p.postid = ");
+    StringBuffer sql = new StringBuffer("SELECT posts.hidden, posts.scribble_uid, posts.scribble_date, "
+					+ "posts.pseud, postattach.datalen, postattach.filename, "
+					+ "postattach.mimetype FROM posts LEFT JOIN postattach ON "
+					+ "posts.postid = postattach.postid WHERE posts.postid = ");
     sql.append(postid).append(';');
     ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
     if (rs.next())

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/TopicUserContextImpl.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
  * 
- * The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ class TopicUserContextImpl implements TopicContext
     // preprocess the two arguments through HTML checkers
     HTMLChecker pseud_ch = engine.createCheckerObject(engine.HTMLC_POST_PSEUD);
     HTMLChecker text_ch = engine.createCheckerObject(engine.HTMLC_POST_BODY);
+    text_ch.setContextValue("PostLinkDecoderContext",conf.createDecoderContext(topicnum));
     try
     { // run both arguments through the HTML checker
       pseud_ch.append(pseud);
@@ -773,6 +774,117 @@ class TopicUserContextImpl implements TopicContext
 
   } // end postMessage
 
+  public HTMLChecker getPreviewChecker()
+  {
+    HTMLChecker rc = engine.createCheckerObject(engine.HTMLC_PREVIEW_BODY);
+    rc.setContextValue("PostLinkDecoderContext",conf.createDecoderContext(topicnum));
+    return rc;
+    
+  } // end getPreviewChecker
+
+  public boolean canDelete()
+  {
+    return conf.userCanNuke();
+
+  } // end canDelete
+
+  public void delete() throws DataException, AccessError
+  {
+    if (!(conf.userCanNuke()))
+    { // we can't delete the topic!
+      logger.error("trying to delete w/o permission!");
+      throw new AccessError("You do not have permission to delete this topic.");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    if (deleted)
+      return;  // an exercise in futility...
+
+    Connection conn = null;
+    AuditRecord ar = null;
+    int post_count;
+    long post_max;
+
+    try
+    { // get a database connection
+      conn = datapool.getConnection();
+      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+
+      // lock some tables while we do the critical parts of the delete
+      stmt.executeUpdate("LOCK TABLES confs WRITE, topics WRITE, topicsettings WRITE, posts READ;");
+      try
+      { // first delete the topic record itself
+	StringBuffer sql = new StringBuffer("DELETE FROM topics WHERE topicid = ");
+	sql.append(topicid).append(';');
+	stmt.executeUpdate(sql.toString());
+
+	// now delete all topicsettings records
+	sql.setLength(0);
+	sql.append("DELETE FROM topicsettings WHERE topicid = ").append(topicid).append(';');
+	stmt.executeUpdate(sql.toString());
+
+	// and indicate that we updated the conference
+	conf.touchUpdate(conn,new java.util.Date());
+
+	// determine the number of posts in this topic, and the maximum post ID
+	sql.setLength(0);
+	sql.append("SELECT COUNT(*), MAX(postid) FROM posts WHERE topicid = ").append(topicid).append(';');
+	ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
+	if (!(rs.next()))
+	  throw new InternalStateError("TopicContext.delete screwup on post SELECT");
+	post_count = rs.getInt(1);
+	post_max = rs.getLong(2);
+	
+	// and record that we're now deleted
+	makeDeleted();
+    
+      } // end try
+      finally
+      { // make sure and unlock before we're done
+	Statement ulk_stmt = conn.createStatement();
+	ulk_stmt.executeUpdate("UNLOCK TABLES;");
+
+      } // end finally
+
+      // record what we did in an audit record
+      ar = new AuditRecord(AuditRecord.DELETE_TOPIC,conf.realUID(),conf.userRemoteAddress(),
+			   conf.realSIGID(),"conf=" + String.valueOf(conf.realConfID()) + ",topic="
+			   + String.valueOf(topicid));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (SQLException e)
+    { // turn SQLException into data exception
+      logger.error("DB error deleting topic: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+      throw new DataException("unable to delete topic: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+
+    } // end catch
+    finally
+    { // make sure we release the connection before we go
+      try
+      { // save off the audit record before we go, though
+	if ((ar!=null) && (conn!=null))
+	  ar.store(conn);
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (SQLException e)
+      { // we couldn't store the audit record!
+	logger.error("DB error saving audit record: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+
+      } // end catch
+
+      if (conn!=null)
+	datapool.releaseConnection(conn);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+    // Delete the rest of the gunk in the background; spin off another thread to handle it.
+    BackgroundTopicPurge purger = new BackgroundTopicPurge(datapool,topicid,post_count,post_max);
+    Thread thrd = new Thread(purger);
+    thrd.setPriority(Thread.NORM_PRIORITY-1);
+    thrd.start();
+
+  } // end delete
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * External operations usable only from within the package
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/VeniceEngineImpl.java

@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ public class VeniceEngineImpl implements VeniceEngine, EngineBackend
   private Hashtable feature_syms = new Hashtable();   // hashtable mapping symbols to features
   private Hashtable conf_objects = new Hashtable();   // holder for ConferenceCoreData objects
   private HTMLCheckerConfig[] html_configs;           // holder for HTML checker configurations
+  private int[] gp_ints;                              // global integer parameters
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Constructor
@@ -239,6 +240,19 @@ public class VeniceEngineImpl implements VeniceEngine, EngineBackend
 
   } // end checkInitialized
 
+  private void loadDefaults(Statement stmt) throws SQLException, DataException
+  {
+    final String query = "SELECT posts_per_page, old_posts_at_top FROM globals;";
+    ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
+    if (!(rs.next()))
+      throw new DataException("Globals table does not appear to be loaded!");
+
+    // stash the globals from the database
+    gp_ints[IP_POSTSPERPAGE] = rs.getInt(1);
+    gp_ints[IP_POSTSATTOP] = rs.getInt(2);
+    
+  } // end loadDefaults
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Implementations from interface VeniceEngine
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -378,6 +392,9 @@ public class VeniceEngineImpl implements VeniceEngine, EngineBackend
 
     } // end catch
 
+    // Allocate the global parameter arrays.
+    gp_ints = new int[2];
+
     // initialize anything that requires us to pull from the database
     Connection conn = null;
     try
@@ -404,6 +421,9 @@ public class VeniceEngineImpl implements VeniceEngine, EngineBackend
       if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
 	logger.debug(String.valueOf(max_value) + " features loaded from database");
 
+      // load the global defaults
+      loadDefaults(stmt);
+
     } // end try
     catch (SQLException e)
     { // convert exceptions to DataException
@@ -1207,18 +1227,24 @@ public class VeniceEngineImpl implements VeniceEngine, EngineBackend
 
   } // end confAliasExists
 
-  public HTMLChecker getPreviewChecker()
-  {
-    return html_configs[HTMLC_PREVIEW_BODY].createHTMLChecker();
-
-  } // end getPreviewChecker
-
   public HTMLChecker getEscapingChecker()
   {
     return html_configs[HTMLC_ESCAPE_BODY_PSEUD].createHTMLChecker();
 
   } // end getEscapingChecker
 
+  public int getNumPostsPerPage()
+  {
+    return gp_ints[IP_POSTSPERPAGE];
+
+  } // end getNumPostsPerPage
+
+  public int getNumOldPostsBeforeNew()
+  {
+    return gp_ints[IP_POSTSATTOP];
+
+  } // end getNumOldPostsBeforeNew
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Implementations from interface EngineBackend
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1557,4 +1583,36 @@ public class VeniceEngineImpl implements VeniceEngine, EngineBackend
 
   } // end createCheckerObject
 
+  public int getParamInt(int selector)
+  {
+    return gp_ints[selector];
+
+  } // end getParamInt
+
+  public void forceParamReload() throws DataException
+  {
+    Connection conn = null;  // data pooled connection
+
+    try
+    { // get a connection and use it to reload
+      conn = datapool.getConnection();
+      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+      loadDefaults(stmt);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (SQLException e)
+    { // just log an error if we screwed up
+      logger.error("DB error loading parameters: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+      throw new DataException("Database error reloading parameters: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+
+    } // end catch
+    finally
+    { // make sure the connection is released before we go
+      if (conn!=null)
+	datapool.releaseConnection(conn);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+  } // end forceParamReload
+
 } // end class VeniceEngineImpl

src/com/silverwrist/venice/db/PostLinkRewriter.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
  * 
- * The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ import com.silverwrist.venice.core.IDUtils;
 
 public class PostLinkRewriter implements Rewriter
 {
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public static final String URI_PREFIX = "x-postlink:";
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Attributes
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ public class PostLinkRewriter implements Rewriter
 
   private static String buildPostLink(PostLinkDecoder pl, PostLinkDecoderContext ctxt)
   {
-    StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer("x-postlink:");
+    StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(URI_PREFIX);
     boolean started = false;
     if (pl.getSIG()==null)
       b.append(ctxt.getSIGName());

src/com/silverwrist/venice/db/UserNameRewriter.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
  * 
- * The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ import com.silverwrist.venice.core.IDUtils;
 
 public class UserNameRewriter implements Rewriter
 {
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public static final String URI_PREFIX = "x-userlink:";
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Attributes
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -85,8 +92,9 @@ public class UserNameRewriter implements Rewriter
 
     } // end finally
 
-    StringBuffer open_a = new StringBuffer("<A HREF=\"x-userlink:");
-    open_a.append(data).append("\"");
+    // build the markup data and return it
+    StringBuffer open_a = new StringBuffer("<A HREF=\"");
+    open_a.append(URI_PREFIX).append(data).append("\"");
     String catenate = svc.getRewriterAttrValue("ANCHORTAIL");
     if (!(StringUtil.isStringEmpty(catenate)))
       open_a.append(' ').append(catenate);

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/ConfDisplay.java

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public class ConfDisplay extends VeniceServlet
 
   } // end getViewSortDefaults
 
-  private static PostInterval getInterval(ServletRequest request, TopicContext topic)
+  private static PostInterval getInterval(VeniceEngine engine, ServletRequest request, TopicContext topic)
      throws ValidationException
   {
     int first, last;
@@ -274,10 +274,10 @@ public class ConfDisplay extends VeniceServlet
     { // no range specified - cook up a default one
       last = topic.getTotalMessages();
       int ur = topic.getUnreadMessages();
-      if ((ur==0) || (ur>=20))  // TODO: configurable
-	first = last - 20;
+      if ((ur==0) || (ur>=engine.getNumPostsPerPage()))
+	first = last - engine.getNumPostsPerPage();
       else
-	first = last - (ur+2);
+	first = last - (ur + engine.getNumOldPostsBeforeNew());
       last--;
 
     } // end if
@@ -324,6 +324,72 @@ public class ConfDisplay extends VeniceServlet
 
   } // end getInterval
 
+  private static void restorePosts(ServletRequest request, ConferenceContext conf)
+  {
+    String xtopic = request.getParameter("rtop");
+    if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(xtopic))
+      return;
+    String xcount = request.getParameter("rct");
+    if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(xcount))
+      return;
+    
+    TopicContext topic;
+    try
+    { // get the topic corresponding to the first parameter
+      topic = conf.getTopic(Short.parseShort(xtopic));
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+    { // the topic number was invalid - forget it
+      logger.warn("restorePosts: error translating topic number");
+      return;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (DataException de)
+    { // could not get the topic...
+      logger.warn("restorePosts: DataException getting topic - " + de.getMessage(),de);
+      return;
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (AccessError ae)
+    { // no access to the topic
+      logger.warn("restorePosts: AccessError getting topic - " + ae.getMessage(),ae);
+      return;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    int nunread;
+    try
+    { // translate the number of unread posts to set
+      nunread = Integer.parseInt(xcount);
+      if ((nunread<=0) || (nunread>topic.getTotalMessages()))
+      { // must be in the range [1, #messages]...
+	logger.warn("restorePosts: unread post count out of range");
+	return;
+
+      } // end if
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+    { // the number of unread posts was invalid - forget it
+      logger.warn("restorePosts: error translating unread post count");
+      return;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    try
+    { // now try to set the unread messages
+      topic.setUnreadMessages(nunread);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (DataException de)
+    { // could not get the topic...
+      logger.warn("restorePosts: DataException setting unread messages - " + de.getMessage(),de);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end restorePosts
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Overrides from class HttpServlet
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -428,14 +494,18 @@ public class ConfDisplay extends VeniceServlet
 	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
 	  logger.debug("MODE: display messages in topic");
 
+	// if this request is restoring the number of unread posts in another topic, try to do so
+	restorePosts(request,conf);
+
 	try
 	{ // determine what the post interval is we want to display
-	  PostInterval piv = getInterval(request,topic);
+	  VeniceEngine engine = getVeniceEngine();
+	  PostInterval piv = getInterval(engine,request,topic);
 	  boolean read_new = !(StringUtil.isStringEmpty(request.getParameter("rnm")));
 	  boolean show_adv = !(StringUtil.isStringEmpty(request.getParameter("shac")));
 
 	  // create the post display
-	  TopicPosts tpos = new TopicPosts(request,sig,conf,topic,piv.getFirst(),piv.getLast(),
+	  TopicPosts tpos = new TopicPosts(request,engine,sig,conf,topic,piv.getFirst(),piv.getLast(),
                                            read_new,show_adv);
 	  content = tpos;
 	  page_title = topic.getName() + ": " + String.valueOf(topic.getTotalMessages()) + " Total; "

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/ConfOperations.java

@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ public class ConfOperations extends VeniceServlet
 
 	    try
 	    { // do a preview generation
-	      ntf.generatePreview(getVeniceEngine(),request);
+	      ntf.generatePreview(getVeniceEngine(),conf,request);
 
 	      if (ntf.isNullRequest())
 	      { // no title or text specified - this is a "204 No Content" return

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/PostOperations.java

@@ -0,0 +1,393 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlets;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import javax.servlet.*;
+import javax.servlet.http.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.StringUtil;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.ValidationException;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.core.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.*;
+
+public class PostOperations extends VeniceServlet
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static final String NUKE_CONFIRM_ATTR = "servlets.PostOperations.nuke.confirm";
+  private static final String NUKE_CONFIRM_PARAM = "confirm";
+
+  private static Category logger = Category.getInstance(TopicOperations.class.getName());
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal functions
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static SIGContext getSIGParameter(ServletRequest request, UserContext user)
+      throws ValidationException, DataException
+  {
+    String str = request.getParameter("sig");
+    if (str==null)
+    { // no SIG parameter - bail out now!
+      logger.error("SIG parameter not specified!");
+      throw new ValidationException("No SIG specified.");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    try
+    { // turn the string into a SIGID, and thence to a SIGContext
+      int sigid = Integer.parseInt(str);
+      return user.getSIGContext(sigid);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+    { // error in Integer.parseInt
+      logger.error("Cannot convert SIG parameter '" + str + "'!");
+      throw new ValidationException("Invalid SIG parameter.");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getSIGParameter
+
+  private static ConferenceContext getConferenceParameter(ServletRequest request, SIGContext sig)
+    throws ValidationException, DataException, AccessError
+  {
+    String str = request.getParameter("conf");
+    if (str==null)
+    { // no conference parameter - bail out now!
+      logger.error("Conference parameter not specified!");
+      throw new ValidationException("No conference specified.");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    try
+    { // turn the string into a ConfID, and thence to a ConferenceContext
+      int confid = Integer.parseInt(str);
+      return sig.getConferenceContext(confid);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+    { // error in Integer.parseInt
+      logger.error("Cannot convert conference parameter '" + str + "'!");
+      throw new ValidationException("Invalid conference parameter.");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getConferenceParameter
+
+  private static TopicContext getTopicParameter(ServletRequest request, ConferenceContext conf)
+    throws ValidationException, DataException, AccessError
+  {
+    String str = request.getParameter("top");
+    if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(str))
+    { // no topic parameter - bail out now!
+      logger.error("Topic parameter not specified!");
+      throw new ValidationException("No topic specified.");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    try
+    { // turn the string into a TopicID, and thence to a TopicContext
+      short topicid = Short.parseShort(str);
+      return conf.getTopic(topicid);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+    { // error in Integer.parseInt
+      logger.error("Cannot convert topic parameter '" + str + "'!");
+      throw new ValidationException("Invalid topic parameter.");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getTopicParameter
+
+  private static TopicMessageContext getMessageParameter(ServletRequest request, TopicContext topic)
+    throws ValidationException, DataException, AccessError
+  {
+    String str = request.getParameter("msg");
+    if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(str))
+    { // no topic parameter - bail out now!
+      logger.error("Message parameter not specified!");
+      throw new ValidationException("No message specified.");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    try
+    { // turn the string into a TopicID, and thence to a TopicContext
+      int message_num = Integer.parseInt(str);
+      return topic.getMessage(message_num);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+    { // error in Integer.parseInt
+      logger.error("Cannot convert message parameter '" + str + "'!");
+      throw new ValidationException("Invalid message parameter.");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getMessageParameter
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class HttpServlet
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getServletInfo()
+  {
+    String rc = "PostOperations servlet - General post operations (hide, scribble, etc.)\n"
+              + "Part of the Venice Web Communities System\n";
+    return rc;
+
+  } // end getServletInfo
+
+  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+    throws ServletException, IOException
+  {
+    UserContext user = getUserContext(request);
+    RenderData rdat = createRenderData(request,response);
+    String location = "top";
+    String locator = null;
+    String page_title = null;
+    Object content = null;
+    SIGContext sig = null;            // SIG context
+    ConferenceContext conf = null;    // conference context
+    TopicContext topic = null;        // topic context
+    TopicMessageContext msg = null;   // message context
+
+    try
+    { // this outer try is to catch ValidationException
+      try
+      { // all commands require a SIG parameter
+	sig = getSIGParameter(request,user);
+	changeMenuSIG(request,sig);
+	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	  logger.debug("found SIG #" + String.valueOf(sig.getSIGID()));
+	locator = "sig=" + String.valueOf(sig.getSIGID());
+	location = "sigprofile?" + locator;
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (DataException de)
+      { // error looking up the SIG
+	page_title = "Database Error";
+	content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error finding SIG: " + de.getMessage(),location);
+
+      } // end catch
+
+      if (content==null)
+      { // we got the SIG parameter OK
+	try
+	{ // all commands require a conference parameter
+	  conf = getConferenceParameter(request,sig);
+	  if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	    logger.debug("found conf #" + String.valueOf(conf.getConfID()));
+	  locator += "&conf=" + String.valueOf(conf.getConfID());
+	  location = "confdisp?" + locator;
+	  
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // error looking up the conference
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error finding conference: " + de.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+
+      } // end if
+
+      if (content==null)
+      { // we got the conference parameter OK
+	try
+	{ // now we need a topic parameter
+	  topic = getTopicParameter(request,conf);
+	  if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	    logger.debug("found topic #" + String.valueOf(topic.getTopicID()));
+	  locator += "&top=" + String.valueOf(topic.getTopicID());
+	  location = "confdisp?" + locator;
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // error looking up the conference
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error finding topic: " + de.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+
+      } // end if
+
+      if (content==null)
+      { // we got the topic parameter OK
+	try
+	{ // now we need a message parameter
+	  msg = getMessageParameter(request,topic);
+	  if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	    logger.debug("found message #" + String.valueOf(msg.getPostID()));
+	  location = "confdisp?" + locator + "&p1=" + msg.getPostNumber() + "&shac=1";
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // error looking up the conference
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error finding message: " + de.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+
+      } // end if
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (ValidationException ve)
+    { // these all get handled in pretty much the same way
+      page_title = "Error";
+      content = new ErrorBox(null,ve.getMessage(),location);
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (AccessError ae)
+    { // these all get handled in pretty much the same way
+      page_title = "Access Error";
+      content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),location);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    if (content==null)
+    { // figure out what command we want to perform
+      String cmd = request.getParameter("cmd");
+      if (cmd==null)
+	cmd = "???";
+
+      if (cmd.equals("HY") || cmd.equals("HN"))
+      { // we want to hide or show the message
+	try
+	{ // attempt to hide or show the message
+	  msg.setHidden(cmd.equals("HY"));
+
+	  // go back and display stuff
+	  rdat.redirectTo(location);
+	  return;
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // there was a database error
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error setting hidden status: " + de.getMessage(),
+				 location);
+
+	} // end catch
+	catch (AccessError ae)
+	{ // naughty naughty = you can't do this!
+	  page_title = "Access Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+
+      } // end if ("hide" or "show")
+      else if (cmd.equals("SCR"))
+      { // we want to scribble the message
+	try
+	{ // attempt to scribble the message
+	  msg.scribble();
+
+	  // go back and display stuff
+	  rdat.redirectTo(location);
+	  return;
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // there was a database error
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error scribbling message: " + de.getMessage(),
+				 location);
+
+	} // end catch
+	catch (AccessError ae)
+	{ // naughty naughty = you can't do this!
+	  page_title = "Access Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+
+      } // end else if ("scribble")
+      else if (cmd.equals("NUKE"))
+      { // nuking requires confirmation
+	try
+	{ // we need confirmation on this operation!
+	  if (ConfirmBox.isConfirmed(request,NUKE_CONFIRM_ATTR,NUKE_CONFIRM_PARAM))
+	  { // OK, go ahead, nuke the message!
+	    msg.nuke();
+
+	    // after which, redirect to topic view
+	    rdat.redirectTo("confdisp?" + locator);
+	    return;
+
+	  } // end if
+	  else
+	  { // not a proper confirmation - better display one
+	    List aliases = conf.getAliases();
+	    String message = "You are about to nuke message <" + (String)(aliases.get(0)) + "."
+	                   + String.valueOf(topic.getTopicNumber()) + "." + String.valueOf(msg.getPostNumber())
+                           + ">, originally composed by <" + msg.getCreatorName()
+	                   + ">!  Are you sure you want to do this?";
+	    String confirm_url = "postops?" + locator + "&msg=" + msg.getPostNumber() + "&cmd=NUKE";
+
+	    page_title = "Nuke Message";
+	    content = new ConfirmBox(request,NUKE_CONFIRM_ATTR,NUKE_CONFIRM_PARAM,page_title,
+				     message,confirm_url,location);
+
+	  } // end else
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // there was a database error
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error nuking message: " + de.getMessage(),
+				 location);
+
+	} // end catch
+	catch (AccessError ae)
+	{ // naughty naughty = you can't do this!
+	  page_title = "Access Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+
+      } // end else if ("nuke")
+      else
+      { // unrecognized command!
+	page_title = "Internal Error";
+	logger.error("invalid command to PostOperations.doGet: " + cmd);
+	content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Invalid command to PostOperations.doGet",location);
+
+      } // end else
+
+    } // end if (got parameters OK)
+
+    BaseJSPData basedat = new BaseJSPData(page_title,location,content);
+    basedat.transfer(getServletContext(),rdat);
+
+  } // end doGet
+
+} // end class PostOperations
+
+
+
+
+
+

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/PostShortcut.java

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlets;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import javax.servlet.*;
+import javax.servlet.http.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.ValidationException;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.core.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.db.PostLinkDecoder;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.*;
+
+public class PostShortcut extends VeniceServlet
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class HttpServlet
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getServletInfo()
+  {
+    String rc = "PostShortcut servlet - Decodes a post link and redirects to it\n"
+              + "Part of the Venice Web Communities System\n";
+    return rc;
+
+  } // end getServletInfo
+
+  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+    throws ServletException, IOException
+  {
+    UserContext user = getUserContext(request);
+    RenderData rdat = createRenderData(request,response);
+    String raw_link = request.getPathInfo().substring(1);
+    PostLinkDecoder decoder;
+
+    try
+    { // attempt to decode the path link information
+      decoder = new PostLinkDecoder(raw_link);
+      if (decoder.getSIG()==null)  // it must include the SIG
+	throw new ValidationException("ambiguous post link (no SIG)");
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (ValidationException e)
+    { // display an error message for validation
+      String page_title = "Invalid Post Link";
+      ContentRender content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Invalid post link \"" + raw_link + "\": "
+					   + e.getMessage(),null);
+      new BaseJSPData(page_title,"top",content).transfer(getServletContext(),rdat);
+      return;
+      
+    } // end catch
+
+    SIGContext sig;
+    try
+    { // get the SIG represented by that alias
+      sig = user.getSIGContext(decoder.getSIG());
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (DataException e)
+    { // can't find the SIG - we're screwed
+      String page_title = "Invalid Post Link";
+      ContentRender content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Invalid post link \"" + raw_link
+					   + "\": cannot find SIG: " + e.getMessage(),null);
+      new BaseJSPData(page_title,"top",content).transfer(getServletContext(),rdat);
+      return;
+      
+    } // end catch
+
+    if (decoder.getConference()==null)
+    { // it's a SIG link only - redirect to the SIG's default page
+      rdat.redirectTo("sig/" + decoder.getSIG());
+      return;
+
+    } // end if
+
+    ConferenceContext conf;
+    try
+    { // get the conference represented by that alias
+      conf = sig.getConferenceContext(decoder.getConference());
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (DataException e)
+    { // can't find the conference - we're screwed
+      String page_title = "Invalid Post Link";
+      ContentRender content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Invalid post link \"" + raw_link
+					   + "\": cannot find conference: " + e.getMessage(),null);
+      new BaseJSPData(page_title,"top",content).transfer(getServletContext(),rdat);
+      return;
+      
+    } // end catch
+    catch (AccessError ae)
+    { // we can't get to the conference...
+      String page_title = "Access Error";
+      ContentRender content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),null);
+      new BaseJSPData(page_title,"top",content).transfer(getServletContext(),rdat);
+      return;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // compute an elementary "locator"
+    String locator = "sig=" + String.valueOf(sig.getSIGID()) + "&conf=" + String.valueOf(conf.getConfID());
+
+    if (decoder.getTopic()==-1)
+    { // just a conference link - go to the top-level display
+      rdat.redirectTo("confdisp?" + locator);
+      return;
+
+    } // end if
+
+    TopicContext topic;
+    try
+    { // get the topic number specified within that topic
+      topic = conf.getTopic(decoder.getTopic());
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (DataException e)
+    { // we can't find the topic - we're screwed
+      String page_title = "Invalid Post Link";
+      ContentRender content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Invalid post link \"" + raw_link
+					   + "\": cannot find topic: " + e.getMessage(),null);
+      new BaseJSPData(page_title,"top",content).transfer(getServletContext(),rdat);
+      return;
+      
+    } // end catch
+    catch (AccessError ae)
+    { // we can't get to the topic...
+      String page_title = "Access Error";
+      ContentRender content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),null);
+      new BaseJSPData(page_title,"top",content).transfer(getServletContext(),rdat);
+      return;
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    // add the topic to our locator
+    locator += "&top=" + String.valueOf(decoder.getTopic());
+
+    if (decoder.getFirstPost()==-1) // we're just referencing the topic
+      rdat.redirectTo("confdisp?" + locator + "&rnm=1");
+    else  // we're referencing a post range within the topic
+      rdat.redirectTo("confdisp?" + locator + "&p1=" + String.valueOf(decoder.getFirstPost()) + "&p2="
+		      + String.valueOf(decoder.getLastPost()));
+
+  } // end doGet
+
+} // end class PostShortcut
+

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/SIGFrontEnd.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
  * 
- * The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -25,10 +25,15 @@ import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.*;
 
 public class SIGFrontEnd extends VeniceServlet
 {
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class HttpServlet
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
   public String getServletInfo()
   {
     String rc = "SIGFrontEnd servlet - Redirects to the \"default feature\" of a SIG\n"
-              + "Part of the Venice Web conferencing system\n";
+              + "Part of the Venice Web Communities System\n";
     return rc;
 
   } // end getServletInfo

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/TopicOperations.java

@@ -0,0 +1,357 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlets;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import javax.servlet.*;
+import javax.servlet.http.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.StringUtil;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.ValidationException;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.core.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.*;
+
+public class TopicOperations extends VeniceServlet
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+ 
+  private static final String DELETE_CONFIRM_ATTR = "servlets.TopicOperations.delete.confirm";
+  private static final String DELETE_CONFIRM_PARAM = "confirm";
+
+  private static Category logger = Category.getInstance(TopicOperations.class.getName());
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Internal functions
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static SIGContext getSIGParameter(ServletRequest request, UserContext user)
+      throws ValidationException, DataException
+  {
+    String str = request.getParameter("sig");
+    if (str==null)
+    { // no SIG parameter - bail out now!
+      logger.error("SIG parameter not specified!");
+      throw new ValidationException("No SIG specified.");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    try
+    { // turn the string into a SIGID, and thence to a SIGContext
+      int sigid = Integer.parseInt(str);
+      return user.getSIGContext(sigid);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+    { // error in Integer.parseInt
+      logger.error("Cannot convert SIG parameter '" + str + "'!");
+      throw new ValidationException("Invalid SIG parameter.");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getSIGParameter
+
+  private static ConferenceContext getConferenceParameter(ServletRequest request, SIGContext sig)
+    throws ValidationException, DataException, AccessError
+  {
+    String str = request.getParameter("conf");
+    if (str==null)
+    { // no conference parameter - bail out now!
+      logger.error("Conference parameter not specified!");
+      throw new ValidationException("No conference specified.");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    try
+    { // turn the string into a ConfID, and thence to a ConferenceContext
+      int confid = Integer.parseInt(str);
+      return sig.getConferenceContext(confid);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+    { // error in Integer.parseInt
+      logger.error("Cannot convert conference parameter '" + str + "'!");
+      throw new ValidationException("Invalid conference parameter.");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getConferenceParameter
+
+  private static TopicContext getTopicParameter(ServletRequest request, ConferenceContext conf)
+    throws ValidationException, DataException, AccessError
+  {
+    String str = request.getParameter("top");
+    if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(str))
+    { // no topic parameter - bail out now!
+      logger.error("Topic parameter not specified!");
+      throw new ValidationException("No topic specified.");
+
+    } // end if
+
+    try
+    { // turn the string into a TopicID, and thence to a TopicContext
+      short topicid = Short.parseShort(str);
+      return conf.getTopic(topicid);
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+    { // error in Integer.parseInt
+      logger.error("Cannot convert topic parameter '" + str + "'!");
+      throw new ValidationException("Invalid topic parameter.");
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getTopicParameter
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class HttpServlet
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getServletInfo()
+  {
+    String rc = "TopicOperations servlet - General topic operations (freeze, archive, etc.)\n"
+              + "Part of the Venice Web Communities System\n";
+    return rc;
+
+  } // end getServletInfo
+
+  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+    throws ServletException, IOException
+  {
+    UserContext user = getUserContext(request);
+    RenderData rdat = createRenderData(request,response);
+    String location = "top";
+    String locator = null;
+    String page_title = null;
+    Object content = null;
+    SIGContext sig = null;            // SIG context
+    ConferenceContext conf = null;    // conference context
+    TopicContext topic = null;        // topic context
+
+    try
+    { // this outer try is to catch ValidationException
+      try
+      { // all commands require a SIG parameter
+	sig = getSIGParameter(request,user);
+	changeMenuSIG(request,sig);
+	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	  logger.debug("found SIG #" + String.valueOf(sig.getSIGID()));
+	locator = "sig=" + String.valueOf(sig.getSIGID());
+	location = "sigprofile?" + locator;
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (DataException de)
+      { // error looking up the SIG
+	page_title = "Database Error";
+	content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error finding SIG: " + de.getMessage(),location);
+
+      } // end catch
+
+      if (content==null)
+      { // we got the SIG parameter OK
+	try
+	{ // all commands require a conference parameter
+	  conf = getConferenceParameter(request,sig);
+	  if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	    logger.debug("found conf #" + String.valueOf(conf.getConfID()));
+	  locator += "&conf=" + String.valueOf(conf.getConfID());
+	  location = "confdisp?" + locator;
+	  
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // error looking up the conference
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error finding conference: " + de.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+
+      } // end if
+
+      if (content==null)
+      { // we got the conference parameter OK
+	try
+	{ // now we need a topic parameter
+	  topic = getTopicParameter(request,conf);
+	  if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	    logger.debug("found topic #" + String.valueOf(topic.getTopicID()));
+	  locator += "&top=" + String.valueOf(topic.getTopicNumber());
+	  location = "confdisp?" + locator;
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // error looking up the conference
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error finding topic: " + de.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+
+      } // end if
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (ValidationException ve)
+    { // these all get handled in pretty much the same way
+      page_title = "Error";
+      content = new ErrorBox(null,ve.getMessage(),location);
+
+    } // end catch
+    catch (AccessError ae)
+    { // these all get handled in pretty much the same way
+      page_title = "Access Error";
+      content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),location);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+    if (content==null)
+    { // figure out what command we want to perform...
+      String cmd = request.getParameter("cmd");
+      if (cmd==null)
+	cmd = "???";
+
+      if (cmd.equals("HY") || cmd.equals("HN"))
+      { // we want to set the hide status of the topic
+	try
+	{ // call down to set the topic!
+	  topic.setHidden(cmd.equals("HY"));
+
+	  // go back to the topic view
+	  rdat.redirectTo(location);
+	  return;
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // there was a database error
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error setting hide status: " + de.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+	
+      } // end if ("hide" or "show")
+      else if (cmd.equals("FY") || cmd.equals("FN"))
+      { // we want to set the frozen status of the topic
+	try
+	{ // call down to set the topic!
+	  topic.setFrozen(cmd.equals("FY"));
+
+	  // go back to the topic view
+	  rdat.redirectTo(location);
+	  return;
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // there was a database error
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error setting freeze status: " + de.getMessage(),
+				 location);
+
+	} // end catch
+	catch (AccessError ae)
+	{ // naughty naughty = you can't do this!
+	  page_title = "Access Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+	
+      } // end else if ("freeze" or "unfreeze")
+      else if (cmd.equals("AY") || cmd.equals("AN"))
+      { // we want to change the archived status of the topic
+	try
+	{ // call down to set the topic!
+	  topic.setArchived(cmd.equals("AY"));
+
+	  // go back to the topic view
+	  rdat.redirectTo(location);
+	  return;
+
+	} // end try
+	catch (DataException de)
+	{ // there was a database error
+	  page_title = "Database Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error setting archive status: " + de.getMessage(),
+				 location);
+
+	} // end catch
+	catch (AccessError ae)
+	{ // naughty naughty = you can't do this!
+	  page_title = "Access Error";
+	  content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),location);
+
+	} // end catch
+	
+      } // end else if ("archive" or "unarchive")
+      else if (cmd.equals("DEL"))
+      { // we need confirmation on this operation!
+	if (ConfirmBox.isConfirmed(request,DELETE_CONFIRM_ATTR,DELETE_CONFIRM_PARAM))
+	{ // OK, go ahead, delete the topic!
+	  location = "confdisp?sig=" + String.valueOf(sig.getSIGID()) + "&conf="
+                   + String.valueOf(conf.getConfID());
+
+	  try
+	  { // delete the bloody topic!
+	    topic.delete();
+
+	    // after which, redirect to conference view
+	    rdat.redirectTo(location);
+	    return;
+
+	  } // end try
+	  catch (DataException de)
+	  { // there was a database error
+	    page_title = "Database Error";
+	    content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Database error deleting topic: " + de.getMessage(),location);
+
+	  } // end catch
+	  catch (AccessError ae)
+	  { // naughty naughty = you can't do this!
+	    page_title = "Access Error";
+	    content = new ErrorBox(page_title,ae.getMessage(),location);
+
+	  } // end catch
+
+	} // end if
+	else
+	{ // not a proper confirmation - better display one
+	  String message = "You are about to delete topic " + String.valueOf(topic.getTopicNumber())
+                 + " from the \"" + conf.getName() + "\" conference!  Are you sure you want to do this?";
+	  String confirm_url = "topicops?" + locator + "&cmd=DEL";
+	  page_title = "Delete Topic";
+	  content = new ConfirmBox(request,DELETE_CONFIRM_ATTR,DELETE_CONFIRM_PARAM,page_title,
+				   message,confirm_url,location);
+
+	} // end else
+
+      } // end else if ("delete")
+      else
+      { // unrecognized command
+	page_title = "Internal Error";
+	logger.error("invalid command to TopicOperations.doGet: " + cmd);
+	content = new ErrorBox(page_title,"Invalid command to TopicOperations.doGet",location);
+
+      } // end else
+
+    } // end if
+
+    BaseJSPData basedat = new BaseJSPData(page_title,location,content);
+    basedat.transfer(getServletContext(),rdat);
+
+  } // end doGet
+
+} // end class TopicOperations

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/NewTopicForm.java

@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ public class NewTopicForm implements JSPRender
 
   } // end setupNewRequest
 
-  public void generatePreview(VeniceEngine engine, ServletRequest request) throws ValidationException
+  public void generatePreview(VeniceEngine engine, ConferenceContext conf, ServletRequest request)
+      throws ValidationException
   {
     HTMLChecker check;
 
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ public class NewTopicForm implements JSPRender
       post_box = check.getValue();
 
       // generate the body text preview
-      check = engine.getPreviewChecker();
+      check = conf.getNewTopicPreviewChecker();
       check.append(foo);
       check.finish();
       preview = check.getValue();

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/PostPreview.java

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class PostPreview implements JSPRender
       this.data = check.getValue();
 
       // now generate the preview
-      check = engine.getPreviewChecker();
+      check = topic.getPreviewChecker();
       check.append(data);
       check.finish();
       this.preview = check.getValue();

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/PostSlippage.java

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public class PostSlippage implements JSPRender
   private String pseud;
   private String text;
   private boolean attach;
+  private String topic_stem;
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Constructor
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ public class PostSlippage implements JSPRender
     this.messages = topic.getMessages(lastval,topic.getTotalMessages()-1);
     this.next = next;
     this.attach = attach;
+    List aliases = conf.getAliases();
+    topic_stem = (String)(aliases.get(0)) + "." + String.valueOf(topic.getTopicNumber()) + ".";
 
     try
     { // run the text and pseud through an HTML checker to escape them
@@ -213,4 +216,10 @@ public class PostSlippage implements JSPRender
 
   } // end getBodyText
 
+  public String getMessageReference(TopicMessageContext msg)
+  {
+    return topic_stem + String.valueOf(msg.getPostNumber());
+
+  } // end getMessageReference
+
 } // end class PostSlippage

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderConfig.java

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class RenderConfig
   private String font_face;
   private String base_url;
   private String image_url;
+  private String static_url;
   private String site_logo;
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -148,6 +149,17 @@ public class RenderConfig
     if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
       logger.debug("Image path: " + image_url);
 
+    static_url = paths_sect_h.getSubElementText("static");
+    if (static_url==null)
+    { // no <static/> tag - bail out now!
+      logger.fatal("<paths/> section has no <static/> element");
+      throw new ConfigException("no <static/> found in <paths/> section",paths_sect);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+      logger.debug("Static files path: " + static_url);
+
     site_logo = paths_sect_h.getSubElementText("site-logo");
     if (site_logo==null)
     { // no <image/> tag - bail out now!
@@ -256,6 +268,14 @@ public class RenderConfig
 
   } // end getFullImagePath
 
+  String getStaticFilePath(String name)
+  {
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+    buf.append(static_url).append(name);
+    return buf.toString();
+
+  } // end getStaticFilePath
+
   String getTitleTag(String specific)
   {
     StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderData.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
  * 
- * The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import javax.servlet.*;
 import javax.servlet.http.*;
 import org.apache.log4j.*;
 import com.silverwrist.util.StringUtil;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.core.IDUtils;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.db.PostLinkRewriter;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.db.UserNameRewriter;
 
 public class RenderData
 {
@@ -128,6 +131,12 @@ public class RenderData
 
   } // end getFullImagePath
 
+  public String getStaticFilePath(String name)
+  {
+    return rconf.getStaticFilePath(name);
+
+  } // end getStaticFilePath
+
   public String getFormatJSPPath(String name)
   {
     return "/format/" + name;
@@ -320,4 +329,87 @@ public class RenderData
 
   } // end sendBinaryData
 
+  public String rewritePostData(String data)
+  {
+    if ((data.indexOf(PostLinkRewriter.URI_PREFIX)<0) && (data.indexOf(UserNameRewriter.URI_PREFIX)<0))
+      return data;
+
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+    String interm;
+
+    if (data.indexOf(PostLinkRewriter.URI_PREFIX)>=0)
+    { // begin replacing everything with post links
+      String t = data;
+      int p = t.indexOf(PostLinkRewriter.URI_PREFIX);
+      while (p>=0)
+      { // break off the start of the string
+	if (p>0)
+	  buf.append(t.substring(0,p));
+	t = t.substring(p + PostLinkRewriter.URI_PREFIX.length());
+
+	// find the end of the post link...
+	p = 0;
+	while (IDUtils.isValidPostLinkChar(t.charAt(p)))
+	  p++;
+
+	if (p>0)
+	{ // append the post link to the "go" servlet path, and encode the lot
+	  buf.append(getEncodedServletPath("go/" + t.substring(0,p)));
+	  t = t.substring(p);
+
+	} // end if
+	else  // false alarm
+	  buf.append(PostLinkRewriter.URI_PREFIX);
+
+	// and now look again...
+	p = t.indexOf(PostLinkRewriter.URI_PREFIX);
+
+      } // end while
+
+      buf.append(t);
+      interm = buf.toString();
+      buf.setLength(0);
+
+    } // end if
+    else  // no post link strings, this is the intermediate form
+      interm = data;
+
+    if (interm.indexOf(UserNameRewriter.URI_PREFIX)>=0)
+    { // begin replacing everything with user links
+      String t = interm;
+      int p = t.indexOf(UserNameRewriter.URI_PREFIX);
+      while (p>=0)
+      { // break off the start of the string
+	if (p>0)
+	  buf.append(t.substring(0,p));
+	t = t.substring(p + UserNameRewriter.URI_PREFIX.length());
+
+	// find the end of the user link...
+	p = 0;
+	while (IDUtils.isValidVeniceIDChar(t.charAt(p)))
+	  p++;
+
+	if (p>0)
+	{ // append the post link to the "user" servlet path, and encode the lot
+	  buf.append(getEncodedServletPath("user/" + t.substring(0,p)));
+	  t = t.substring(p);
+
+	} // end if
+	else  // false alarm
+	  buf.append(UserNameRewriter.URI_PREFIX);
+
+	// and now look again...
+	p = t.indexOf(UserNameRewriter.URI_PREFIX);
+
+      } // end while
+
+      buf.append(t);
+      return buf.toString();
+
+    } // end if
+    else  // no more to find - just return this
+      return interm;
+
+  } // end rewritePostData
+
 } // end class RenderData

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/TopicPosts.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
+  private VeniceEngine engine;
   private SIGContext sig;
   private ConferenceContext conf;
   private TopicContext topic;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
   private int unread;
   private List messages;
   private TopicVisitOrder visit_order;
+  private String topic_stem;
   private String cache_locator = null;
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -54,10 +56,11 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
-  public TopicPosts(HttpServletRequest request, SIGContext sig, ConferenceContext conf, TopicContext topic,
-		    int first, int last, boolean read_new, boolean show_advanced)
+  public TopicPosts(HttpServletRequest request, VeniceEngine engine, SIGContext sig, ConferenceContext conf,
+		    TopicContext topic, int first, int last, boolean read_new, boolean show_advanced)
       throws DataException, AccessError
   {
+    this.engine = engine;
     this.sig = sig;
     this.conf = conf;
     this.topic = topic;
@@ -70,6 +73,8 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
     this.messages = topic.getMessages(first,last);
     this.visit_order = TopicVisitOrder.retrieve(request.getSession(true),conf.getConfID());
     visit_order.visit(topic.getTopicNumber());
+    List aliases = conf.getAliases();
+    topic_stem = (String)(aliases.get(0)) + "." + String.valueOf(topic.getTopicNumber()) + ".";
 
   } // end constructor
 
@@ -192,6 +197,14 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
 
   } // end getNextLocator
 
+  public String getRestoreLocator()
+  {
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer("rtop=");
+    buf.append(topic.getTopicNumber()).append("&rct=").append(unread);
+    return buf.toString();
+
+  } // end getRestoreLocator
+
   public String getIdentifyingData()
   {
     StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer("Posts ");
@@ -262,7 +275,7 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
 
   public boolean canDeleteTopic()
   {
-    return false;  // TODO: fix me
+    return topic.canDelete();
 
   } // end canDeleteTopic
 
@@ -274,7 +287,7 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
 
   public String getScrollUpLocator()
   {
-    int new_first = first - 20;  // TODO: configurable
+    int new_first = first - engine.getNumPostsPerPage();
     int new_last = last - 1;
     if (new_first<0)
     { // normalize so we start at 0
@@ -291,14 +304,14 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
 
   public boolean canScrollDown()
   {
-    return ((topic.getTotalMessages() - (1 + last))>=20); // TODO: configurable
+    return ((topic.getTotalMessages() - (1 + last))>=engine.getNumPostsPerPage());
 
   } // end canScrollDown
 
   public String getScrollDownLocator()
   {
     StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer("p1=");
-    buf.append(last+1).append("&p2=").append(last+20);  // TODO: configurable
+    buf.append(last+1).append("&p2=").append(last+engine.getNumPostsPerPage());
     return buf.toString();
 
   } // end getScrollDownLocator
@@ -313,7 +326,7 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
   {
     int my_last = topic.getTotalMessages();
     StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer("p1=");
-    buf.append(my_last-20).append("&p2=").append(my_last-1);  // TODO: configurable
+    buf.append(my_last-engine.getNumPostsPerPage()).append("&p2=").append(my_last-1);
     return buf.toString();
 
   } // end getScrollToEndLocator
@@ -351,4 +364,16 @@ public class TopicPosts implements JSPRender
 
   } // end getDefaultPseud
 
+  public String getMessageReference(TopicMessageContext msg)
+  {
+    return topic_stem + String.valueOf(msg.getPostNumber());
+
+  } // end getMessageReference
+
+  public int getNumPostsPerPage()
+  {
+    return engine.getNumPostsPerPage();
+
+  } // end getNumPostsPerPage
+
 } // end class TopicPosts

web/format/newtopic.jsp

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       There were <%= data.getNumSpellingErrors() %> spelling errors in your post.
     <% } // end if %>
   </B></FONT>
-  <P><PRE><%= data.getPreviewData() %></PRE><HR>
+  <P><PRE><%= rdat.rewritePostData(data.getPreviewData()) %></PRE><HR>
 <% } // end if %>
 
 <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confops") %>">
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <TR>
       <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>Message:</FONT></TD>
       <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>
-        <A HREF="TODO" TARGET="_blank">HTML Guide</A>
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getStaticFilePath("html-reference.html") %>" TARGET="_blank">HTML Guide</A>
       </FONT></TD>
     </TR>
     <TR><TD ALIGN=LEFT COLSPAN=2>

web/format/posts.jsp

@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
          BORDER=0></A>
       &nbsp;&nbsp;
       <% if (data.isTopicHidden()) { %>
-        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("topicops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=HN") %>"><IMG
          SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_show_topic.gif") %>" ALT="Show Topic" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
          BORDER=0></A>
       <% } else { %>
-        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("topicops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=HY") %>"><IMG
          SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_hide_topic.gif") %>" ALT="Hide Topic" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
          BORDER=0></A>
       <% } // end if %>
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
          BORDER=0></A>
         &nbsp;&nbsp;
         <% if (data.getNewMessages()>0) { %>
-          <%-- TODO: this doesn't do Keep New yet --%>
-          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getNextLocator() + "&rnm=1") %>"><IMG
+          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getNextLocator() + "&"
+                                                  + data.getRestoreLocator() + "&rnm=1") %>"><IMG
            SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_next_keep_new.gif") %>" ALT="Next & Keep New" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
            BORDER=0></A>
           &nbsp;&nbsp;
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
       <% if (data.canFreezeTopic()) { %>
         &nbsp;&nbsp;
         <% if (data.isTopicFrozen()) { %>
-          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("topicops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=FN") %>"><IMG
            SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_unfreeze_topic.gif") %>" ALT="Unfreeze Topic" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
            BORDER=0></A>
         <% } else { %>
-          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("topicops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=FY") %>"><IMG
            SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_freeze_topic.gif") %>" ALT="Freeze Topic" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
            BORDER=0></A>
         <% } // end if %>
@@ -87,18 +87,18 @@
       <% if (data.canArchiveTopic()) { %>
         &nbsp;&nbsp;
         <% if (data.isTopicArchived()) { %>
-          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("topicops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=AN") %>"><IMG
            SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_unarchive_topic.gif") %>" ALT="Unarchive Topic" WIDTH=80
            HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></A>
         <% } else { %>
-          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("topicops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=AY") %>"><IMG
            SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_archive_topic.gif") %>" ALT="Archive Topic" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
            BORDER=0></A>
         <% } // end if %>
       <% } // end if %>
       <% if (data.canDeleteTopic()) { %>
         &nbsp;&nbsp;
-        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("topicops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=DEL") %>"><IMG
          SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_delete_topic.gif") %>" ALT="Delete Topic" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
          BORDER=0></A>
       <% } // end if %>
@@ -119,18 +119,17 @@
     </TD>
     <TD NOWRAP ALIGN=RIGHT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>
       <% if (rdat.useHTMLComments()) { %><!-- Upper navigation linkset --><% } %>
-      <%-- TODO: the number "20" should be configurable --%>
       <A NAME="top">[</A>&nbsp;
       <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getLocator() + "&p1=0&p2=-1") %>">View All</A>
       <% if (data.canScrollUp()) { %>
         &nbsp;|&nbsp;
         <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getLocator() + "&"
-                                                + data.getScrollUpLocator()) %>">Scroll Up 20</A>
+                    + data.getScrollUpLocator()) %>">Scroll Up <%= data.getNumPostsPerPage() %></A>
       <% } // end if %>
       <% if (data.canScrollDown()) { %>
         &nbsp;|&nbsp;
         <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getLocator() + "&"
-                                                + data.getScrollDownLocator()) %>">Scroll Down 20</A>
+                 + data.getScrollDownLocator()) %>">Scroll Down <%= data.getNumPostsPerPage() %></A>
       <% } // end if %>
       <% if (data.canScrollDown()) { %>
         &nbsp;|&nbsp;
@@ -165,7 +164,11 @@
     <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getLocator() + "&shac=1&p1="
                                + String.valueOf(msg.getPostNumber())) %>"><%= msg.getPostNumber() %></A> of
     <A HREF="<%= last_post %>"><%= data.getTotalMessages() - 1 %></A>
-    <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,1) %>&lt;<%= "TODO" %>&gt;</FONT><BR>
+    <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,1) %>&lt;<%= data.getMessageReference(msg) %>&gt;</FONT>
+    <% if (data.showAdvanced() && msg.isHidden()) { %>
+      <B><EM>(Hidden)</EM></B>
+    <% } // end if %>
+    <BR>
     <B><%= msg.getPseud() %></B>
     (<EM>
       <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("user/" + poster) %>" TARGET="_blank"><%= poster %></A>,
@@ -183,36 +186,37 @@
     <TT><EM><B>
       (Scribbled by <%= data.getMessageBodyText(msg) %> on
       <%= rdat.formatDateForDisplay(msg.getScribbleDate()) %>)
-    </B></EM></TT>
+    </B></EM></TT><P>
   <% } else if (msg.isHidden() && !(data.showAdvanced())) { %>
     <TT><EM><B>
       <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getLocator() + "&shac=1&p1="
                                               + String.valueOf(msg.getPostNumber())) %>">(Hidden
-      Message: <%= msg.getNumLines() %> <% if (msg.getNumLines()==1) { %>Line<% } else { %>Lines<% } %></A>
-    </B></EM></TT>
+      Message: <%= msg.getNumLines() %> <% if (msg.getNumLines()==1) { %>Line<% } else { %>Lines<% } %>)</A>
+    </B></EM></TT><P>
   <% } else { %>
-    <PRE><%= data.getMessageBodyText(msg) %></PRE>
+    <PRE><%= rdat.rewritePostData(data.getMessageBodyText(msg)) %></PRE>
   <% } // end if %>
   <% if (data.showAdvanced()) { %>
+    <% String po_loc = data.getLocator() + "&msg=" + String.valueOf(msg.getPostNumber()); %>
     </TD><TD NOWRAP ALIGN=RIGHT>
       <% if (!(msg.isScribbled())) { %>
         <% if (msg.canHide()) { %>
           <% if (msg.isHidden()) { %>
-            <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+            <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("postops?" + po_loc + "&cmd=HN") %>"><IMG
              SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_show.gif") %>" ALT="Show" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></A><P>
           <% } else { %>
-            <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+            <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("postops?" + po_loc + "&cmd=HY") %>"><IMG
              SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_hide.gif") %>" ALT="Hide" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></A><P>
           <% } // end if %>
         <% } // end if (can hide) %> 
         <% if (msg.canScribble()) { %>
-          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("postops?" + po_loc + "&cmd=SCR") %>"><IMG
            SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_scribble.gif") %>" ALT="Scribble" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
            BORDER=0></A><P>
         <% } // end if (can scribble) %> 
       <% } // end if (not already scribbled) %> 
       <% if (msg.canNuke()) { %>
-        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("postops?" + po_loc + "&cmd=NUKE") %>"><IMG
          SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_nuke.gif") %>" ALT="Nuke" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
          BORDER=0></A><P>
       <% } // end if (can nuke) %> 
@@ -227,18 +231,17 @@
     <TD NOWRAP ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD NOWRAP ALIGN=RIGHT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>
       <% if (rdat.useHTMLComments()) { %><!-- Upper navigation linkset --><% } %>
-      <%-- TODO: the number "20" should be configurable --%>
       <A NAME="bottom">[</A>&nbsp;
       <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getLocator() + "&p1=0&p2=-1") %>">View All</A>
       <% if (data.canScrollUp()) { %>
         &nbsp;|&nbsp;
         <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getLocator() + "&"
-                                                + data.getScrollUpLocator()) %>">Scroll Up 20</A>
+                   + data.getScrollUpLocator()) %>">Scroll Up <%= data.getNumPostsPerPage() %></A>
       <% } // end if %>
       <% if (data.canScrollDown()) { %>
         &nbsp;|&nbsp;
         <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getLocator() + "&"
-                                                + data.getScrollDownLocator()) %>">Scroll Down 20</A>
+               + data.getScrollDownLocator()) %>">Scroll Down <%= data.getNumPostsPerPage() %></A>
       <% } // end if %>
       <% if (data.canScrollDown()) { %>
         &nbsp;|&nbsp;
@@ -258,11 +261,11 @@
          BORDER=0></A>
       &nbsp;&nbsp;
       <% if (data.isTopicHidden()) { %>
-        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("topicops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=HN") %>"><IMG
          SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_show_topic.gif") %>" ALT="Show Topic" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
          BORDER=0></A>
       <% } else { %>
-        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO?" + data.getLocator()) %>"><IMG
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("topicops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=HY") %>"><IMG
          SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_hide_topic.gif") %>" ALT="Hide Topic" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
          BORDER=0></A>
       <% } // end if %>
@@ -273,8 +276,8 @@
          BORDER=0></A>
         &nbsp;&nbsp;
         <% if (data.getNewMessages()>0) { %>
-          <%-- TODO: this doesn't do Keep New yet --%>
-          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getNextLocator() + "&rnm=1") %>"><IMG
+          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getNextLocator() + "&"
+                                                  + data.getRestoreLocator() + "&rnm=1") %>"><IMG
            SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_next_keep_new.gif") %>" ALT="Next & Keep New" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
            BORDER=0></A>
           &nbsp;&nbsp;
@@ -305,7 +308,7 @@
       <TR>
         <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>Message:</FONT></TD>
         <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>
-          <A HREF="TODO" TARGET="_blank">HTML Guide</A>
+          <A HREF="<%= rdat.getStaticFilePath("html-reference.html") %>" TARGET="_blank">HTML Guide</A>
         </FONT></TD>
       </TR>
       <TR><TD ALIGN=LEFT COLSPAN=2>

web/format/preview.jsp

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     There were <%= data.getNumSpellingErrors() %> spelling errors in your post.
   <% } // end if %>
 </B></FONT>
-<P><PRE><%= data.getPreviewData() %></PRE><HR>
+<P><PRE><%= rdat.rewritePostData(data.getPreviewData()) %></PRE><HR>
 
 <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("post") %>">
   <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="sig" VALUE="<%= data.getSIGID() %>">
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <TR>
       <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>Message:</FONT></TD>
       <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>
-        <A HREF="TODO" TARGET="_blank">HTML Guide</A>
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getStaticFilePath("html-reference.html") %>" TARGET="_blank">HTML Guide</A>
       </FONT></TD>
     </TR>
     <TR><TD ALIGN=LEFT COLSPAN=2>

web/format/slippage.jsp

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   %>
   <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>
     <B><%= msg.getPostNumber() %></B> of <B><%= data.getTotalMessages() - 1 %></B>
-    <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,1) %>&lt;<%= "TODO" %>&gt;</FONT><BR>
+    <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,1) %>&lt;<%= data.getMessageReference(msg) %>&gt;</FONT><BR>
     <B><%= msg.getPseud() %></B>
     (<EM>
       <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("user/" + poster) %>" TARGET="_blank"><%= poster %></A>,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       <%= rdat.formatDateForDisplay(msg.getScribbleDate()) %>)
     </B></EM></TT>
   <% } else { %>
-    <PRE><%= data.getMessageBodyText(msg) %></PRE>
+    <PRE><%= rdat.rewritePostData(data.getMessageBodyText(msg)) %></PRE>
   <% } // end if %>
 <% } // end while %>
 <% if (rdat.useHTMLComments()) { %><!-- End Slipped Messages --><% } %>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <TR>
       <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>Message:</FONT></TD>
       <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>
-        <A HREF="TODO" TARGET="_blank">HTML Guide</A>
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getStaticFilePath("html-reference.html") %>" TARGET="_blank">HTML Guide</A>
       </FONT></TD>
     </TR>
     <TR><TD ALIGN=LEFT COLSPAN=2>

web/format/topics.jsp

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   String tmp;
 %>
 <% if (rdat.useHTMLComments()) { %><!-- Topic list for conf #<%= data.getConfID() %> --><% } %>
-<% rdat.writeContentHeader(out,data.getConfName() + " Topics",null); %>
+<% rdat.writeContentHeader(out,"Topics in " + data.getConfName(),null); %>
 <%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %>
   <DIV ALIGN="LEFT">
     <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confops?sig=" + String.valueOf(data.getSIGID())) %>"><IMG
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                             WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;
     <% } // end if %>
     <% if (data.canDoReadNew()) { %>
-      <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getNextLocator()) %>"><IMG
+      <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confdisp?" + data.getNextLocator() + "&rnm=1") %>"><IMG
        SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_read_new.gif") %>" ALT="Read New" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
        BORDER=0></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;
     <% } // end if %>