I'm thinking about buying a webhost and starting a forum. I want the forum to be IPB My mate said I have to upload the forum to my webhost Is this true? And where can I download/purchase a IPB forum so I can upload it too my host?
why only IPB?? I recently launched a forum www.theSenorita.com/forums I am using phpbb and my hosting company dreamhost helped me install the forum in just few clicks...
PhpBB is not very good TBH. If you want a free forum SMF is the best. This forum is vBulletin, which is the best paid solution in my opinion
I downloaded a IPB forum last nite IPB 2.3.5 Retail And now i'm just trying to make some cash so i can afford the domain name and web host
Many webhosting companies offer 'Fantastico Scripts' or 'Fantastico Deluxe' as some of their main features, this is an addon through cPanel. These are very commonly found nowadays and as nofullstop said yes your company should be able to guide you in order to setup up your forum in a few clicks, this is generally for the beginner, I would recommend it to you. The scripts offered by this is generally myBB, phpBB 2 and SMF. If your looking just to run a forum for a non-profitable organisation or a social based website, I would not recommend spending money on expensive forum software as free software is generally just as good and is more suited. I would recommend phpBB 3 or 2 for a nice scaleable forum or IPB v1.3 if you can get your hands on it. IPB 2.0 requires a licence that isn't particularily cheap, so does vBulletin, and yes I agree that vBulletin is the best forum software available to this present day. I hope my post has helped mate.
You have to upload the forum software to your host, then just configure it. Then thats it, people join, and your forum starts building up
I have no idea with IPB,however,most softwares is not very hard to install.You can ftp the file to your web hosting,or you can contact IPB for help.
This thread isn't a debate about what forum software is best! Do you have hosting atm? if not get some.