HI,
I'de like to create a forum for my new site. But but I don't know anything about it. Can someone hepl me?
I only know the interface part.

Thanks

Are you able to use ASP on your site or do you need to use PHP? You are wanting to host this forum on your site, correct?

I don't know what u mean by ASP n PHP? Could u please explain.

Thanks

Do you have a domain name (I e www.yourdomain.com) or is it off another ISP (www.isp.com/yoururl)?

If you have your own domain name - are you hosting it on a UNIX or Windows server?

Do u use VBulletin or invision? Or are u creating it from scatch using php? If u needed a domain, u could try www.dot.tk

Getting a forum up is easy...

You need to send an e-mail to your webhost (ISP). Asking them something like this.

1. Do you provide a MySQL database. (this stores all the forum posts)
2. Does the server allow php version 4. (this is just a particular type of web page, active ones)

The forum itself is available for free, as open source software, and a really good one at that!

The forum files get uploaded to your website and you then run an installer which will connect to the database. The database (MySQL) resides on the server and contains all the fourm data, just like this one you are reading.

Each time a new page is requested the forum pages ask for the information from the database.

It sounds complex but it really is a piece of cake.

Let me know if you need help.

Time to throw my views in now.

Xtsasy, you'll need to have a web host that supports some kind of server side scripting if you want a forum. Server side scripting is basically code that runs on your web server, not on a person's PC when they download the page (e.g. JavaScript). There's a number of different scripting languages you could use to create a forum. You'll need to find out if your web host supports them first. So check if your web host supports one or more of the following :

* ASP
* PHP
* JSP
* CGI

Once you have found out which one of those your server supports myself and the other peeps here can help you out some more.

Just a warning though. A full blown forum is something you shouldn't undertake unless you know at least the basics of databases and HTML.

You might be better off trying some free guestbooks to start with. If you're hosting your site with someone like Geocities, the chances are they will have a script ready for you to use.

And just one other site to review:
http://www.forumcrafters.com/

LTheobald----im new to this forum, but I'm trying to add a forum to my online store, and would like some assistance to get started, could you advise?


-Rasta

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LTheobald----im new to this forum, but I'm trying to add a forum to my online store, and would like some assistance to get started, could you advise?
-Rasta

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Welcome to the forums Rasta. What is the platform of your webserver - Windows or Unix/Linux?

Corey,


My site is hosted on by Yahoo.

-Rasta

They more than like use Unix / Linux, so you would need a PHP option

You could check out PHPbb, VBulletin, or invision

OK,. PHPbb, VBulletin, or invision... could you explain more?

-rasta

Well those are three forum software programs to use:
http://www.vbulletin.com/
http://www.phpbb.com/
http://www.invisionboard.com/

Check out these links - and see which one might give you the options that you want. Some are free & some require a license fee.

If you know script, just use VB, through the use of Flash, all you need is domain space, and you need to have a idea of what you need to do to achieve this. Clearly you don't. Experience is amust in today's age.

I would go along with this one:

http://www.phpbb.com/

It's very easy to install and you won't need programming skills.

Also it's a fast system, which IS important for you surfers.

Hi Xtazy,

I don't know very much about forums, however, I just had one implemented into my new website that you will find in the link below. If you like the way my sites forum is set up, I can give you direct contact information on the person that I used to create forum and website.

Please contact me if you have any further questions.