forum for site

[Cris79]

I want to put on my site a forum but I don't know how. Can you help me I have try to find some sources for a forum but ... :mad:
Do you know where can I find something like this?
TH!!:o

[ronaldb66]

Did you notice the search option on these forums?
Anyway: this thread (http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13896&highlight=forum+on+my+site) is about the subject, and it also contains a link to another thread on the subject with a slightly different focus.
Since all forums use some form of server side scripting, it may help if you state what your possibilities and skills concerning server side languages are.

[Cris79]

Well I have acces to the server is a Linux server and my server is supporting php, cgi, asp but I don't know asp, php, cgi :mad:.
I have found a flash forum but it looks more like a guest book :(
I need a simple forum, easy to instal and configure. TH
:D

[cg9com]

well, there are some listed in that link above, an easy one to install (i hear) is phpbb (http://www.phpbb.com).

[whackaxe]

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phpbb rocks, its VERY easy to install, there are loads of comunitys out there for support. resytling it is as easy or as complicated as you want it to be. thats about it really. bangin'
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check out www.hotscripts.com they have a huge list of disscussion boards.

[zoobie]

Hotscripts has been down all day...No matter...You actually have to know what you're doing when installing a database driven board. However, much easier boards using just a text or flat file system are available at hotscripts, too. Search under php/message boards...Kinda like trying to call the phone company to report an outage I guess...heh heh. :D

[dynagirl]

I highly recommend phpBB as well. It's free, open-source, and there's a ton of help available for set-up and customizing at the phpBB community forums. I have one of these boards myself and, knowing nothing about php, was able to make some decent modifications to the style.

http://www.phpbb.com/

[Cris79]

Thanks for the help. :thumbsup: Now I know what I have to do. TH:)

[whackaxe]

i tried all sorts of flat file dbs off hotscripts, and they all didnt work, i tons of errors coming up from the minute i started working with them, and they didnt stop even after i had set them up. hotscriots down all day:eek: as much as ia hate the hotscripts layout, graphics and layout, its just the best resource fro scripts

[zoobie]

Really? :eek: Bummer...I was gonna use a little flatfile board in the near future since they seemed to work so well. Hmm...

[whackaxe]

well you can try the flatfile forums if you like, it might be my php config. but i just thought, screw it, PHPBB has an installer :p

[scroots]

a good experience is to build your own, i am going to do a php flat file one.
many people on this board have done it. it sounds hard but it isn't that bad as you know what a forum should have.

scroots

[whackaxe]

building a forum, be isnt hard at all (be it flat file or mysql). take a look at this for pointers: www.webmonkey.com/ php section. you can just look at a phpbb databse to see that it isnt impossible to make (look at the basic tables)