Writing my own web based user forum

Hi Everyone, I am looking at writing my own web based user forum somewhat for my own knowledge, and because I know that I don't know enough to be able to tie in authentication so they only need 1 user account. Does anyone have any examples short of downloading something like phpbb and tearing it apart? It will probably be really light weight, basic forum that hopefully will expand into more as time goes on :) I've tried searching the web but have not been able to turn up any help unless I was to write a bridge for a song... Any knowledge you can bestow upon me is greatly appreciated! Thanks! -- Jason Pruim Raoset Inc. Technology Manager MQC Specialist 11287 James St Holland, MI 49424 www.raoset.com japruim@raoset.com