added the skeleton of what will be the board functionality

b/index.php

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+<?php
+$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
+require_once($path . '/core/board.php');
+
+$settings = array(
+	'title' => 'random',
+	'code' => 'b',
+	'splash' => array(
+		'wacky',
+		'totally tubular'
+	)
+);
+
+display_board($settings);
+
+?>

core/board.php

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+<?php
+
+// this function is the main control over displaying boards. 
+function display_board(array $settings) {
+
+	// default settings
+	$defaults = array(
+		'title' => 'default',
+		'code' => 'd',
+		'splash' => array(
+			'splash 1',
+			'splash 2',
+			'splash 3'	
+		)
+	);
+
+	$settings = array_merge($defaults, $settings);
+
+	// load in the required files
+	$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
+	require_once($path . '/core/header.php');
+	require_once($path . '/core/footer.php');
+	require_once($path . '/core/database.php');
+
+	display_header('~chan - /' . $settings['code'] . '/');
+?>
+<div style="
+	margin: auto;
+	width: 40%;
+	padding-top: 100px;
+">
+	<h1><?php echo '/' . $settings['code'] . '/ - ' . $settings['title'];?></h1>
+	<p><?php echo $settings['splash'][array_rand($settings['splash'])]; ?></p>
+<?php
+
+	echo '</div>';
+}
+?>
+

core/config.php

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 # - # - # - # - # - # - # - #
 #                           #
-#          ~chan            #
-#            -              #
-#       by stilbruch        #
+#       ~chan config        #
 #                           #
 # - # - # - # - # - # - # - #
 
-
 # ~ database ~
 define('DB_NAME', 		'tildechan');
 define('DB_USER',		'root' );
 define('DB_PASSWORD',	'' );
 define('DB_HOST',		'localhost' );
+
+# ~ users ~
+