diff --git a/api.php b/api.php
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+<?php header('Content-Type: application/json'); ?>
+{
+    "posts": [
+<?php
+require "creds.php";
+
+function test_input($data) {
+	$data = stripslashes($data);
+	$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
+	return $data;
+}
+
+if (isset($_GET["postID"])) {
+	$postID = test_input($_GET["postID"]);
+	$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT PostID,Username,Time,Message FROM posts WHERE PostID = ".$postID);
+} else {
+	$postID = "";
+	$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT PostID,Username,Time,Message FROM posts ORDER BY PostID DESC");
+}
+
+while($res = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
+	echo "         {\n";
+	echo '             "postID": '.$res['PostID'].",\n";
+	echo '             "username": "'.$res['Username'].'"'.",\n";
+	echo '             "time": "'.$res['Time'].'"'.",\n";
+	$message = str_replace("\r\n","\\n",test_input($res['Message']));
+	//$message = str_replace('"','a',$amessage]);
+	echo '             "message": "'.$message.'"'."\n";
+	if($res['PostID'] == "1" || $res['PostID'] == $postID) {
+		echo "         }\n";
+	} else {
+		echo "         },\n";
+	}
+}
+?>
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/beta-icon.png b/beta-icon.png
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diff --git a/creds.php b/creds.php
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+<?php
+// CHANGE THESE!!!
+$databaseHost='127.0.0.1';
+$databaseUsername='USERNAME';
+$databasePassword='PASSWORD';
+$databaseName='DATABASE';
+
+$mysqli=mysqli_connect($databaseHost, $databaseUsername, $databasePassword, $databaseName);
+?>
diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
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+++ b/css/style.css
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+body {
+	background-color: #D0D0D0;
+	font-family: monospace;
+}
+table, th, td {
+	border: 1px solid #000000;
+	background-color: #EEEEEE;
+	font-size: 10pt;
+	margin: auto;
+}
+.logotable {
+	border: 0px;
+	background-color: #D0D0D0;
+}
+.center {
+	margin: auto;
+}
+.text-center {
+	text-align: center !important;
+}
+.navbar {
+	border: 1px solid #000000;
+	background-color: #EEEEEE;
+	padding: 3px;
+}
+a {
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+span#id {
+	color: #2c49c9 !important;
+}
+span#name{
+	color: #1c8757;
+}
+span#date {
+	color: #727272;
+}
+span#message {
+	color: #000000;
+	white-space: pre-line;
+	text-overflow: ellipsis;
+	overflow-wrap: break-word;
+	max-width: 100%;
+}
+div#message {
+	background-color: #EEEEEE;
+	border: 1px solid #000000;
+	padding: 5px;
+	width: fit-content;
+	max-width: 100%;
+	display: block;
+}
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diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
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+<?php include 'templates/header.php'?>
+		<form name="message" method="post" action="post.php" class="center">
+			<table>
+				<tr> 
+					<td>username</td>
+					<td>
+						<input type="text" name="username" /> <i>30 char limit</i>
+					</td>
+				</tr>
+				<tr> 
+					<td>message</td>
+					<td>
+						<textarea rows=8 cols=40 name="message"></textarea>
+					</td>
+				</tr>
+				<tr>
+					<td>action</td>
+					<td>
+						<input type="submit" name="send" value="send" />
+					</td>
+				</tr>
+			</table>
+		</form>
+		<hr/>
+		<div>
+<?php
+require "creds.php";
+
+$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT PostID,Username,Time,Message FROM posts ORDER BY PostID DESC");
+
+while($res = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
+	echo "<div id='message'>";
+	echo "<span id='id'>".$res['PostID']."</span> ";
+	if(empty($res['Username'])) {
+		echo "<span id='name'>Anonymous</span> ";
+	} else {
+		echo "<span id='name'>".$res['Username']."</span> ";
+	}
+	echo "<span id='date'>".$res['Time']."</span><br>";
+	echo "<span id='message'>".$res['Message']."</span>";
+	echo "</div><br>";
+}
+?>
+	</div>
+<?php include 'templates/footer.php'?>
diff --git a/messages.txt b/messages.txt
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+Hello!
+If you are reading this message, it means you are using an outdated rautafarmi client.
+As of 2022-09-07, rautafarmi has stopped using the old messages.txt method for retrieving messages.
+An alternative will be released soon. To continue using the original rautafarmi, set your instance to
+https://donut.gq/old-rautafarmi.
+
+--jornmann, donut.gq and rautafarmi sysop
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
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+++ b/post.php
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+<?php
+
+require 'creds.php';
+
+if(isset($_POST['message'])) {
+	$username = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli, $_POST['username']);
+	$message = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli, $_POST['message']);
+	
+	if(empty($message)) {
+		die("cannot post empty message!");
+	}
+
+	$mysqli->query("INSERT INTO posts (username, message, ip) VALUES('" . $username . "', '" . $message . "', '" . $_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] . "')");
+
+	echo "<p>success</p>";
+
+	header("Location: index.php");
+}
+echo "<p>done</p>";
+
+
+?>
diff --git a/privacy-policy.php b/privacy-policy.php
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+<?php include 'templates/header.php'?>
+		<h1>privacy policy</h1>
+		<p>this page only exists because the law wants it to.</p>
+		<p>the only data we collect about you is your IP address.</p>
+		<p>your IP address is only used for banning you in case you do something bad.</p>
+		<p>if you want your data removed, you must send us the data you want removed. since this is an anonymous messageboard, we need your whole IP address for us to be able to remove it which kind of defeats the point, otherwise we can't confirm your identity.</p>
+<?php include 'templates/footer.php'?>
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
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+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS posts (
+	PostID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT primary key,
+	Username VARCHAR(30),
+	IP VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
+	Time TIMESTAMP,
+	Message VARCHAR(1000)
+);
diff --git a/templates/footer.php b/templates/footer.php
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+
+		<hr/>
+		<div class="text-center">
+			<p>made with love, php, blood, sweat, and tears. lots of tears.</p>
+			<p><?php system("uptime -p") ?></p>
+			<p>(c) donut.gq and contributors 2022</p>
+		</div>
+	</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/templates/header.php b/templates/header.php
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+++ b/templates/header.php
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+	<head>
+		<title>rautafarmi Beta</title>
+		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" />
+		<link rel="icon" href="/rautafarmi/favicon.ico" />
+	</head>
+	<body>
+		<div class="navbar">
+			<a href="/">[ root ]</a>
+			<a href="/rautafarmi/index.php?rand=<?php echo rand(); ?>">[ refresh ]</a>
+			<a href="/rautafarmi/api.php">[ api ]</a>
+			<a href="mailto:webmaster@donut.gq">[ e-mail ]</a>
+			<a href="privacy-policy.php">[ privacy policy ]</a>
+		</div>
+		<br>
+		<div class="center">
+			<table class="logotable">
+				<tr class="logotable">
+					<!--td class="logotable"><img src="icon.png" alt="rautafarmi logo" width="75px" height="143px"></td-->
+					<td class="logotable"><img src="beta-icon.png" alt="beta rautafarmi logo" width="75px" height="157px"></td>
+					<td class="logotable"><h1>&nbsp;rautafarmi <i>Beta!</i></h1></td>
+				</tr>
+			</table>
+		</div>
+		<hr/>