how do i make my own forum?tnx

I am currently working on my thesis regarding this alumni community site and i need it very badly. we are asked to make our own forum (not downloaded but coded by us)..

 

If you are good at coding, then you can create your own forum.

 

Or you could use phpBB and do one freely...

 

alryt...thanks guys,,

we are having a problem because we were not given good foundation regarding PHP..The fact also that we are working under time pressure adds up to it.. I really need a lot of help here guys,,,

ill appreciate any help..thanks and godbless...

 

i think php BB is a package already..

 

well, if you dont know php, you can use cgi, or asp.

if you dont know any, i recommend you learn, and fast since you are under time pressure

 

Yes, click, install, ready...It's like microwave dinner...

 

yeah btu the problem is he needs to make one himself...

 

You have been told to create an entire working forum without a basic knowledge of say...PHP and MySQL?

Man, you have a long road ahead of you. Good luck with that. Coding a forum that works wont be quick or easy.

 

i have a knowledge regarding PHP and SQL but not that good...

but i am very much willing to learn it.

 

Even if you do learn PHP and MySQL, you should know that creating a forum software is one of the most time consuming tasks around. Takes months to get an established system with good features and addons. Good luck.

 

question,,

i have downloaded a forum software called SNITZ,,

how will i manipulate it?
all codes are there already like the registration, filter of bad words etc.
i think it is written in VB.

 

this is a sample code from the software i have downloaded called SNITZ.. how will i manipulate this? this is an ASP file..:


<!--#INCLUDE FILE="config.asp"-->
<!--#INCLUDE FILE="inc_sha256.asp"-->
<!--#INCLUDE FILE="inc_header.asp" -->
<%
if Session(strCookieURL & "Approval") <> "15916941253" then
scriptname = split(request.servervariables("SCRIPT_NAME"),"/")
Response.Redirect "admin_login.asp?target=" & server.urlencode(scriptname(ubound(scriptname)) & "?" & request.querystring)
end if
Response.Write " <table border=""0"" width=""100%"">" & vbNewLine & _
" <tr>" & vbNewLine & _
" <td width=""33%"" align=""left"" nowrap><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """>" & vbNewLine & _
" " & getCurrentIcon(strIconFolderOpen,"","align=""absmiddle""") & "&nbsp;<a href=""default.asp"">All Forums</a><br />" & vbNewLine & _
" " & getCurrentIcon(strIconBar,"","align=""absmiddle""") & getCurrentIcon(strIconFolderOpen,"","align=""absmiddle""") & "&nbsp;<a href=""admin_home.asp"">Admin Section</a><br />" & vbNewLine & _
" " & getCurrentIcon(strIconBlank,"","align=""absmiddle""") & getCurrentIcon(strIconBar,"","align=""absmiddle""") & getCurrentIcon(strIconFolderOpenTopic,"","align=""absmiddle""") & "&nbsp;Forum Deletion/Archival<br /></font></td>" & vbNewLine & _
" </tr>" & vbNewLine & _
" </table>" & vbNewLine & _
" <br />" & vbNewLine

 

it says its an asp based forum...

how do you have a thesis to write a forum when you cannot even decipher the language that a forum is made in?

maybe you should post in the asp forum? no one in the php forum is an asp expert

 

do you know a free forum software written in PHP?

 

phpbb as mentioned.

 

thanks lordy,,

thanks a lot..

 

i suggest you read the code of deluxebb or flexbb, they are less functional scripts and hence easy to understand and rewrite.

 

Thanks a lot..