Forum Creating Programs

NDSMASTER8 · Aug 11, 2008, 08:41 PM

Hi,
I'm a co-owner of a small Mac software company and was looking for a good piece of software that I may be able to use to easily make and manage forums on my website.

I'm not concerned wether it is shareware or freeware but I haven't been able to find anything good like this for Mac OS X.

Thanks

Cromulent · Aug 11, 2008, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NDSMASTER8

Hi,
I'm a co-owner of a small Mac software company and was looking for a good piece of software that I may be able to use to easily make and manage forums on my website.

I'm not concerned wether it is shareware or freeware but I haven't been able to find anything good like this for Mac OS X.

Thanks

vBulletin. Best forum software available, in fact it is what Mac Rumours uses

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TuffLuffJimmy · Aug 11, 2008, 08:45 PM

Something like Macrumors? I wish I could remember the name of what this sort of forum is built on.

Cromulent · Aug 11, 2008, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuffluffjimmy

Something like Macrumors? I wish I could remember the name of what this sort of forum is built on.

Hint: It says at the bottom of every forum page

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angelwatt · Aug 11, 2008, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NDSMASTER8

I'm not concerned wether it is shareware or freeware but I haven't been able to find anything good like this for Mac OS X.

Mac is built on Unix so most of the forum software out there will run on it. Very little is Windows specific actually. You shouldn't have any trouble locating forum software.

redwarrior · Aug 11, 2008, 09:18 PM

I use SMF (simplemachines.org) on the server side. It's free, easy, works very well, and has a TON of themes.

fuzorsilverbolt · Aug 11, 2008, 10:30 PM

Do you want to host your own website or have someone else do the hosting. Remember that web hosting is 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. You must have a redundant connection with at least two web servers to start out. Or you can pay someone else to host. I use www.1and1.com to host my web pages. They run on linux which is specifically tailored to run most of the web 2.0 applications such as bulletin boards. If you're going to host your own you will need to customize your apache installation, install php, install php extensions, install a database like mysql and configure the scripts.

If you need help setting up a forum or want to discuss more, send me an e-mail and I can get you setup. fuzor_silverbolt@hotmail.com

redwarrior · Aug 11, 2008, 10:32 PM

hostgator is a good hosting provider too. They give you all the bells and whistles, including shell access. I recommend them. (No I don't work for them.)

one3 · Aug 11, 2008, 11:09 PM

Try Vanilla - simple and good:

http://getvanilla.com/

Aug 11, 2008, 08:41 PM	#1
NDSMASTER8 macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2008	Forum Creating Programs Hi, I'm a co-owner of a small Mac software company and was looking for a good piece of software that I may be able to use to easily make and manage forums on my website. I'm not concerned wether it is shareware or freeware but I haven't been able to find anything good like this for Mac OS X. Thanks

Aug 11, 2008, 08:45 PM	#3
TuffLuffJimmy macrumors 601 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, OR	Something like Macrumors? I wish I could remember the name of what this sort of forum is built on. __________________ "Next PM I get from you about this, and it gets posted as my signature." --LTD

Aug 11, 2008, 09:18 PM	#6
redwarrior macrumors Demi-Goddess Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: one nation under God	I use SMF (simplemachines.org) on the server side. It's free, easy, works very well, and has a TON of themes. __________________ the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. Aerosmith

Aug 11, 2008, 10:30 PM	#7
fuzorsilverbolt macrumors member Join Date: May 2008	forum software Do you want to host your own website or have someone else do the hosting. Remember that web hosting is 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. You must have a redundant connection with at least two web servers to start out. Or you can pay someone else to host. I use www.1and1.com to host my web pages. They run on linux which is specifically tailored to run most of the web 2.0 applications such as bulletin boards. If you're going to host your own you will need to customize your apache installation, install php, install php extensions, install a database like mysql and configure the scripts. If you need help setting up a forum or want to discuss more, send me an e-mail and I can get you setup. fuzor_silverbolt@hotmail.com

Aug 11, 2008, 10:32 PM	#8
redwarrior macrumors Demi-Goddess Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: one nation under God	hostgator is a good hosting provider too. They give you all the bells and whistles, including shell access. I recommend them. (No I don't work for them.) __________________ the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. Aerosmith

Aug 11, 2008, 11:09 PM	#9
one3 macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vancouver-ish	Try Vanilla - simple and good: http://getvanilla.com/ __________________ me: designrepublic.ca my apples: MacBook Pro C2D 15" + 23" Apple LCD \| video 30GB \| iPhone 3G 16GB black

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