<s>
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
free	O
online	B-Application
forum	I-Application
or	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
developed	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
for	O
use	O
on	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
flat	B-Application
file	I-Application
databases	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Matt	O
Mecham	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
being	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
0.9	O
beta	O
in	O
September	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
they	O
switched	O
to	O
Ikonboard.com,	O
and	O
by	O
April	O
2001	O
the	O
majority	O
had	O
been	O
recovered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
April	O
2001	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
officially	O
joined	O
the	O
Jarvis	O
Network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matt	O
Mecham	O
sold	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
to	O
the	O
Jarvis	O
Entertainment	O
Group	O
for	O
50,000	O
shares	O
of	O
common	O
stock	O
in	O
the	O
publicly	O
traded	O
company	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
in	O
a	O
2002	O
interview	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
sell	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
shares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
3.0	O
Mecham	O
stopped	O
developing	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
departed	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
believed	O
that	O
Mecham	O
had	O
been	O
paying	O
for	O
the	O
domain	O
during	O
the	O
time	O
JEG	O
owned	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
departure	O
of	O
Matt	O
Mecham	O
,	O
owner	O
of	O
JEG	O
made	O
a	O
public	O
request	O
for	O
individuals	O
to	O
staff	O
and	O
develop	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
12	O
,	O
2002	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
3.1	O
was	O
made	O
with	O
plans	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
versions	O
being	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
summer	O
2005	O
it	O
emerged	O
that	O
former	O
JEG	O
chairman	O
John	O
Jarvis	O
was	O
taking	O
legal	O
action	O
against	O
Westlin	O
,	O
to	O
regain	O
ownership	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
amongst	O
other	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2005	O
,	O
with	O
Westlin	O
still	O
declining	O
to	O
talk	O
to	O
the	O
support	O
staff	O
and	O
developers	O
,	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
releases	O
were	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
after	O
weeks	O
of	O
speculation	O
,	O
ownership	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
was	O
officially	O
transferred	O
to	O
John	O
Jarvis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
John	O
Jarvis	O
officially	O
owned	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
he	O
had	O
no	O
visible	O
presence	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
with	O
Joshua	O
Johnson	O
managing	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
on	O
his	O
behalf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
coming	O
back	O
online	O
development	O
on	O
3.1.3	O
resumed	O
,	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
volunteers	O
who	O
referred	O
to	O
themselves	O
as	O
'	O
The	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
Team	O
 '	O
(	O
and	O
in	O
addition	O
provided	O
support	O
via	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
forums	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
3.1.3	O
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
3.1.4	O
was	O
subsequently	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
Pitboss	O
Entertainment	O
no	O
longer	O
existed	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
all	O
its	O
assets	O
(	O
including	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
)	O
now	O
came	O
under	O
'	O
Level	O
6	O
Studios	O
 '	O
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
related	O
contact	O
details	O
were	O
amended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
the	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
team	O
started	O
development	O
on	O
'	O
3.2	O
'	O
though	O
their	O
work	O
was	O
never	O
publicly	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2006	O
development	O
on	O
this	O
release	O
was	O
discontinued	O
as	O
the	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
team	O
departed	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
IkonForums	O
1.0.0	O
,	O
their	O
own	O
independent	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
most	O
of	O
June	O
2007	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
suffered	O
downtime	O
,	O
with	O
'	O
DNS	O
issues	O
 '	O
being	O
cited	O
as	O
the	O
cause	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
the	O
(	O
former	O
)	O
official	O
German	O
support	O
site	O
'	O
ikonboard.de	O
-	O
Reloaded	O
 '	O
completed	O
its	O
transition	O
in	O
converting	O
to	O
IkonForums	O
,	O
though	O
still	O
provided	O
support	O
for	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
ikonboard	B-Protocol
name	O
(	O
and	O
possibly	O
the	O
software	O
itself	O
)	O
passed	O
back	O
to	O
Joshua	O
Johnson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
3.1.5A	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
containing	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
minor	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
PHP	B-Application
was	O
making	O
progress	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
support	O
forum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WHOIS	O
records	O
suggest	O
the	O
domain	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
owned	O
by	O
either	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
Services	O
Inc	O
or	O
Joshua	O
Johnson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
released	O
version	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
was	O
0.9	O
beta	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Matthew	O
Mecham	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
and	O
stored	O
all	O
data	O
in	O
flat	B-Application
text	I-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
present-day	O
message	B-Application
board	I-Application
software	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Mecham	O
's	O
own	O
Invision	B-Protocol
Power	I-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
,	O
it	O
contained	O
only	O
basic	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Releases	O
in	O
the	O
1.x	O
series	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
built	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
0.9	O
beta	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
's	O
2.1.x	O
series	O
incorporated	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
ideas	O
and	O
developments	O
from	O
the	O
1.x	O
series	O
,	O
but	O
started	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
with	O
the	O
2.1.x	O
series	O
releases	O
that	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
really	O
became	O
popular	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
perhaps	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
status	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
alternative	O
to	O
UBB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2.1.x	O
releases	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
contained	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
found	O
in	O
today	O
's	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
previous	O
releases	O
,	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
2.1.x	O
releases	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
and	O
used	O
a	O
flat	B-Application
file	I-Application
storage	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
actual	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
exclusively	O
by	O
Mecham	O
,	O
other	O
members	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
community	O
"	O
assisted	O
in	O
providing	O
things	O
like	O
images	O
and	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
2.2	O
was	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
continue	O
improving	O
the	O
2.x	O
series	O
after	O
Mecham	O
shifted	O
his	O
efforts	O
to	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
3.0	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
occurred	O
alongside	O
that	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
,	O
promotion	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
efforts	O
were	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
3.0	O
series	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
has	O
never	O
been	O
a	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
2.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
3.0	O
represented	O
a	O
"	O
total	O
rewrite	O
"	O
for	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
board	O
was	O
still	O
coded	O
entirely	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
;	O
however	O
,	O
Mecham	O
adopted	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
style	O
of	O
coding	O
,	O
and	O
did	O
away	O
with	O
flat	B-Application
files	I-Application
in	O
favor	O
of	O
storage	O
abstraction	O
,	O
allowing	O
data	O
storage	O
in	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
such	O
as	O
MySQL	B-Application
or	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
3.0	O
,	O
Mecham	O
stopped	O
developing	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
for	O
various	O
reasons	O
work	O
of	O
this	O
version	O
stalled	O
,	O
this	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
next	O
release	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
becoming	O
3.1.3	O
and	O
was	O
developed	O
mainly	O
by	O
2	O
coders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
returned	O
online	O
work	O
on	O
3.1.3	O
continued	O
,	O
and	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
3.1.3	O
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2010	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
Released	O
3.1.5a	O
with	O
minor	O
updates	O
and	O
bug	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
3.2	O
is	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
publicly	O
released	O
,	O
though	O
already	O
has	O
a	O
notable	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
development	O
on	O
this	O
release	O
was	O
restarted	O
on	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2006	O
by	O
'	O
The	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
Team	O
 '	O
,	O
however	O
they	O
departed	O
on	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2006	O
taking	O
their	O
work	O
with	O
them	O
to	O
IkonForums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
their	O
departure	O
Ikonboards	B-Protocol
 '	O
developer	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
'll	O
be	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
3.2	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
myIkonboard	O
is	O
a	O
separate	O
product	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Ikonboards	B-Protocol
 '	O
parent	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
directly	O
connected	O
to	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
,	O
it	O
was	O
originally	O
powered	O
by	O
a	O
Perl	B-Language
version	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
with	O
a	O
custom	O
installer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2006	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Ikonboards	B-Protocol
 '	O
new	O
owners	O
that	O
myIkonboard	O
would	O
return	O
,	O
powered	O
by	O
the	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
Perl	B-Language
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
myIkonboard	O
is	O
now	O
back	O
online	O
,	O
under	O
control	O
of	O
ikonboard	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
based	O
version	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
was	O
commissioned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
work	O
was	O
entitled	O
"	O
Project	O
Mongoose	O
"	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
re-write	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
in	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
'	O
Project	O
Mongoose	O
 '	O
reached	O
a	O
release	O
candidate	O
stage	O
the	O
core	O
functionality	O
which	O
included	O
an	O
advanced	O
session-handler	O
and	O
template	O
system	O
,	O
then	O
owners	O
(	O
Jarvis	O
Entertainment	O
Group	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
requested	O
that	O
the	O
existing	O
MyIkonboard	O
service	O
-	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Perl-Based	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
product	O
and	O
running	O
on	O
over	O
a	O
dozen	O
Windows-based	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
PHP	B-Application
was	O
adapted	O
to	O
a	O
multi-user	O
system	O
that	O
allowed	O
thousands	O
of	O
individual	O
forums	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
and	O
hosted	O
through	O
a	O
completely	O
PHP-based	O
service	O
and	O
a	O
converter	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
automate	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
transferring	O
forums	O
that	O
were	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
old	O
Perl-based	O
MyIkonboard	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
never	O
a	O
public	O
release	O
of	O
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
PHP	B-Application
because	O
the	O
developers	O
left	O
the	O
company	O
in	O
February	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ikonboard	B-Protocol
PHP	B-Application
Lite	O
was	O
a	O
re-branded	O
version	O
of	O
a	O
forum	O
that	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
John	O
Jarvis	O
(	O
Then	O
CEO	O
of	O
Jarvis	O
Entertainment	O
Group	O
)	O
through	O
an	O
eBay	O
auction	O
.	O
</s>
