I would like to setup a forum for support for a couple of my ebooks- A simple forum is all thats needed.... But ive never moderated on a forum or nothing like that... how hard would this be for someone who never ran a forum??? Are there templates? or how do i go about it?
You could always setup a PHP/MySQL server and then install phpbb on it. Might not be the best forum software, but it should be able to handle your needs just fine.
Its not that difficult...As far as moderation is concerned it depends on the no of members u have.... for eg:- moderating DP is really a challengin job
It is not too hard, most forum software comes with good info on installing. SMF Forum Software PHPBB Forum Software The PHPBB one is proberly easier for you but recives a ton of spam, I would proberly suggest the SMF one to be honest.
There are many forum scripts phpbb smf mybb punbb ...... I would suggest you to use phpbb coz its easy to install and use. - Parag
Follow these 3 simple steps in order and you will get what you want: 1. Get a list of available FREE forums (the most popular ones have already been posted here. 2. Then search for Templates for each of those forum types. 3. Once you have found a template you like then use the related forum. Alot of people install a forum, then cant find a template they like for it and end up taking second best or removing the forum and instaling another. Most forums have the same functionality, some abit more friendly than others. In addition to that, you may want to also think about your long term goal of the forum and before choosing, see what MODs are available and how they would fit into your long term plans. Moderating a forum is probably easier that actually setting it up. If you egt to the point where it becomes too big to moderate yourself, then you would either be in a position to sell it or pay someone to help you moderate it. You will find as the forum grows and you communicate with your regular users you will naturally find users that will want to help you on the site and moderate sections of the forum for you for FREE It is kinda the same way most chat rooms get their moderators (Even people like AOL (Ewww I cant believe i just said AOL!!!!(Argggg twice!!))). Good luck with your forum
Its actually pretty easy. All you need to do is install the forum software, which is easy no matter what software your are using. Then after the installaton you will need to upload a theme/skin that can be downloaded for free.
well upload smf or phpbb forum softwares on your server then its everything easy as you dont want to run any commercial forums i can help you in a bit of few things
I have a forum running, if you pm me, I'll give you log-in info and you can trial and error a little bit there in the admin panel.
moderating would take good bit of time, since you are new you would have to learn a bit to proceed, though its not that difficult.
I agree - you can't really go wrong with SMF. My only criticism would be that the support forum on their site is not that great, but it is very simple to install & configure so you can't really go wrong
I would also recommend Simple Machines Forums (SMF). It is easy to moderate, install mods and to install custom themes. Administration on a small forum is fairly easy, and as your forum gets larger, your admin skills will increase. Best of luck
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