how can i create a forum?

[fraknot]

hi

i'm a beginner in php, and i need to create a forum... can you give me some references or information about that?

thanx

[Nightfire]

If you have no experience in a serverside language, then it won't be easy. Create a guestbook in MYsql and php and work from there, it's near enough the same structure as a forum

[SDP2006]

Guestbooks use the same mechanism, but for a controlled forum, you'll need a membership/login system

[cg9com]

How about a prefab forum?

[SDP2006]

Prefabricated?

That would work also, but you dont have as much control over what you can do in the forums as to writing your own.

[mordred]

SDP: That's true for every piece of software.

fraknot: I think you should decide and tell us if you want to build a forum from scratch or if you just want to have one. There do exist quite mature forum projects done in PHP, most notable is http://www.phpbb.com , which gives you a lot of control of the look-and-feel and has also many mods available. It's easy to setup too.

[fraknot]

thanx i will try phpbb

[SpeedFreak]

if your forum is not gonna be massive and you want something easier and simpler i would suggest yabbse (www.yabb.info) as its simpler to use and smaller than PHPbb, plus its much easier to skin. However if this is a high volume forum go for Invision Board or PHPbb

Cheers