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    CulverCity Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 7, 2007, 11:35 PM
    Creating a forum on a Webpage
    I'm researching how to add a forum to a Webpage. The Webmaster is a volunteer and I don't expect him to know how to write the code necessary to create a forum. I'm guessing that the easiest way is to buy forum-creating software. Does anyone have suggestions as to the best and most economical software, or information about free forum-creating methods?

    Thank you.

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    Nov 8, 2007, 04:32 AM
    I use Simple Machines (SMF). It's free, easy to use and tweak, and well supported. Get it for free here: Home of SMF: Free PHP and MySQL forum software
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    retsoksirhc Posts: 912, Reputation: 71
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    Nov 8, 2007, 08:15 AM
    SMF is the newer project, it kindof replaced the old Yabb SE forums.

    Another decent project is phpBB • Creating Communities Worldwide

    A decent portal, which includes a forum and has many modules available, is PHP-Nuke
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    vingogly Posts: 718, Reputation: 105
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    Nov 12, 2007, 07:28 AM
    I've read somewhere that SMF creates better code from an SEO perspective than phpBB, so it may take less tweaking to get an SMF BB noticed by search engines (that's why I chose SMF over phpBB). Don't know about the code generated by PHP-Nuke. However, I'm no SEO expert and haven't looked at the code generated so take this for what it is: a second-hand opinion. BTW, there are web sites out there that provide tips on tweaking all three platforms for SEO.

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    RickJ Posts: 7,762, Reputation: 864
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    Nov 12, 2007, 07:35 AM
    Also, it's been my experience that phpBB is a bigger target for hackers than SMF.
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    CulverCity Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 14, 2007, 12:24 AM
    Thank you, Rick. I just looked at it. It looks good.

    Quote Originally Posted by RickJ
    I use Simple Machines (SMF). It's free, easy to use and tweak, and well supported. Get it for free here: Home of SMF: Free PHP and MySQL forum software
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