Setting Up Forums

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by blang, May 28, 2007.

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    I need to set-up free forums on my site and they need to be customizable.

    Where do i get the software? How do i set it up?

    Thanks
     
    blang, May 28, 2007 IP
  2. Dan Schulz

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    If you need a free forum package to use on your site, try SMF (Simple Machines Forum). Be sure to read this handy reference on how to deal with forum spam and security on SitePoint as well:
    http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=427488

    If you need help setting up SMF, feel free to PM me and I'll be more than happy to help you out. It's (to borrow the phrase from a Geico commercial) so easy a caveman can do it.
     
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    Another favourtie forum software is phpBB, again it is quite easy to use.
     
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    I think phpBB fork called "phpBB by Przemo" is much better!
     
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  5. Dan Schulz

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    The thing is though, phpBB has enough security holes to safely cruise a fleet of Nimitz class super-carriers through in the dark on a moonless night without any navigation aids.
     
    Dan Schulz, May 29, 2007 IP