Online Forum

[R.Youden]

Hi everyone. I want to startup an online forum for a university sport club that I run. I dont want anything nearly as big as the Mac Rumors site but something just like this but smaller would be very cool. if anyone knows how I can do something like this please let me know.

Thanks

 

[redeye be]

Can you do that on the internet? WOW! It never seizes to amaze me...


check out
www.php.org and
http://www.phpbb.com/
should help you getting started

 

[Mr. Anderson]

It never seizes to amaze me...

What does is seize you for then?

Do a google search, there are a number of free software forum packages, but you'll need a hosted website that probably has a MySQL database on it if you want to do your own. There are also a few places you can set one up that are run for you and you don't need your own website - its all a matter of what you're looking for.

Good luck,

D

 

[edesignuk]

Check out http://invisionfree.com. It's free (funny enough), and uses Invision Power Board, which is great forum software - arguably better than vBulletin in fact.

You can see it in use at www.prophotographyforum.com

 

[redeye be]

What does is seize you for then?

Must be a translation error, the word i was looking for does sound like this one though. I think. Any suggestions?

Hey, at least i try

 

[eva01]

personally i would go with vbulletin for a forum (wait i already do)

the people that run IPB are to put it bluntly friggen *******s for their service. they banned someone from getting support on their forums for saying one of their products was not that good.

and phpbb........well i just leave it at that

 

[arn]

for a small bulletin board that you don't expect to grow huge, any of the above solutions is probably fine.

in fact, phpbb or a free IPB would make more sense.

I looked at phpBB during early MacRumors but wanted to buy a product which offered support and I wanted reliable updates etc... With phpBB I ran into an installation problem and the bulk of answers involved something like "well, it's free, so don't complain" or "we can't test every config".

arn

 

[Applespider]

Must be a translation error, the word i was looking for does sound like this one though. I think. Any suggestions?

Hey, at least i try

And you try very well...at least much better than most of us would if we were writing in our non-native tongues. I think you were looking for 'never ceases to amaze me'. Cease and Seize do sound very similar