make a forum

sweetanam · Apr 8th, 2008, 14:08

Can anyone tell me how to make a nice goof forum. iam making my website from frontpage. and i dont want the frontpage forum i want to make my own can any tell how can i make.
thank you

crackafaza · Apr 8th, 2008, 14:42

Hi,

There are a number of free forum making websites out there that you can create, I couldn't find the post from this forum listing all the best free forum software, but heres a link to the 22 free software:

http://bloggingbits.com/22-free-foru...e-communities/

I must recommend phpbb, I have used it several times, and has never served me wrong

shalom_m · Apr 8th, 2008, 16:41

Updates in phpbb are a bit on the difficult side.

If you want a good, stable, free forum I recommend Simple Machines

What also is good with Simple Machines, Right to Left languages like Arabic and Hebrew are very easy to implement.

See foe example the forum of a client in Hebrew.

Bocaj · Apr 8th, 2008, 18:39

i'd go with the above or punbb, however try not to get enticed by excessive features you don't really need or probably will never use.

christopher · Apr 10th, 2008, 19:10

Simple Machines isnt very Search engine friendly - a popular alternative now is Vanilla...

google it.

motormaniac · Apr 15th, 2008, 01:53

i like phpbb, lots of templates and support. and easy to install.

Boyd 1452 · Apr 29th, 2008, 04:41

I am a senior in college who has spent a good time of it working with the media world but recently came upon a job offer for web content management. As a freshman I started out as a networking major and remember a good bit of programming, how to use dreamweaver and pretty much the basics. Anyways I was wondering what suggestions anybody would have for programs to use for content management, I know Impakt is a recommended extensions of dreamweaver and as far as forum building goes I know php, is recommended and recently looked into Vanilla because it was said to be more search friendly. I'm open to any suggestions.

Ed · Apr 30th, 2008, 13:50

One I have used recently is myBB. I find it very similar to vBulletin, which I use here as an Admin, and at another forum I use myBB. It's supposed to be very stable and secure, but there is a lack of modifications. However, I find it sufficient.

Ed.

Boyd 1452 · Yesterday, 13:04

I was wondering if anybody knew anything about how to get or make a drop box? I have used them in school and recently came into an issue where I need to get input from people and files online, but I really have no idea how to create a drop box or even how to manage it. Any help would be appreciated.

welshstew · Yesterday, 13:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boyd 1452

I was wondering if anybody knew anything about how to get or make a drop box? I have used them in school and recently came into an issue where I need to get input from people and files online, but I really have no idea how to create a drop box or even how to manage it. Any help would be appreciated.

Boyd, please can you start a new thread for this issue.

Thanks,