Posted: 9/23/2004 2:18:46 PM EDT
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I'm back again with more questions. This time my question is how do I create my own forum? I have an organization that I would like to create a forum for and I was wondering if there are templates already made that I could use to get my forum up and running. I have 10 mb (I think) of free webspace that comes along with my ISP. Would that be sufficient for a forum < 100 people? Any feed back would be greatly appreciated and thanks for replying to my post about pictures. GRH - God's Right Hand - "Hold No Quarter. Feel No Remorse" |
| Check out phpBB. You must also have access to a SQL database and PHP. Your ISP should be able to tell you if they provide those. I'm no computer guru and got it running on my linux server. Hope someone that knows a little more about this chimes in. |
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Well. I can offer a few suggestions. phpBB is very good stuff - free, pretty easy to use, and great to learn on if you're interested in learning PHP. It's pretty forgiving on webservers, so if you're on a shared webhosting plan, that will help. I personally use Invision. It's sort of free, sort of not. You can download it and use it, but you can't take out their tags. They are very small though - so you don't notice them. If you pay for it, you can get support and what not. However, in terms of performance and features, there is no difference between the free version and the paid version. Both use the database software MySQL. That's also free. The webserver needs to be running Apache 1.x (2.x is not recommended for production) or Windows IIS5 or IIS6. You will also need to have PHP version 4.x regardless of what platform you're running on. If I had choice, I would take the Apache on *nix over IIS. For my site, I use Solaris for the database server and FreeBSD and Solaris for the front. If you've got more questions, let me know. |
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I took some info. I gathered from a different forum site and am using the more "noob" friendly ezBoard server. It gives you a free account and such and a 30 days free "Gold Membership". It is TRULY a template and, although I am computer savvy I am not so internet web page building savvy :) . Thanks for all the help though guys.. really appreciate it. "People sleep peacably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell |