AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
Allrighty, I have my web hosting sorted now, but I want to set up a very simple forum on it, mostly for my co-contributors to discuss ideas. It doesn't have to be feature rich, in fact I don't even care if it has user accounts, anonymous is fine. I just want people to be able to look at a thread and see all the topics at once, rather than the old hierarchial type forum thingies...ANd also for it to be free, or at least nearly free. Thanks in advance! |
Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
the best open source ------------------ |
AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
Thanks, I've heard of that one. Someone also suggested a hosted forum called Invision Free which has a small banner, but otherwise it looks like a good solution. I'll look into both. |
c h i e f y Member Posts: 415 From: Surrey, United Kingdom Registered: 03-07-2002 |
quote: The above "GEM" is from 'planneroftowns' I do not agree with 'planner' that Installing phpBB is a breeze I think that statement is absolutely patronising and unhelpful - however I do agree with Klumsy, yep phpbb IS certainly the best! Amazing Jas - did you get it set up yet? [This message has been edited by c h i e f y (edited April 07, 2004).] |
CobraA1 Member Posts: 926 From: MN Registered: 02-19-2001 |
If you want to see what phpBB forums are like, I've got my own forums up at http://www.cobraa1.com/forums/ , plus I've got some mods installed. I've got these mods installed: EasyMod makes it easy to install most mods, although it's still mostly beta right now, can't uninstall mods yet. The File Attachment and Quick Reply mods are IMHO must-have mods (although they are also the largest). ------------------ Switch Mayhem now available! Get it here |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
got php on mine too. www.soterionstudios.com/phpbb2/index.php used the Jeneva skin, tho... haha. ------------------ |
AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
Not set up yet, what's actually involved? (how much of a newbie do I sound like now ) |
Imsold4christ Member Posts: 305 From: Gresham, OR, US Registered: 01-20-2001 |
I use phpbb too. It's seriously the best ever. Actually, I modified it to act like online journal software instead of a forum. You can see it at http://caleb.co.nr/journal/ †Caleb† ------------------ |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
cool. to set up a phpbb forum, learn about your server MySQL database and stuff. get a FTP program, like WiseFTP or something. they have some instructions that come with the files. ------------------ |
AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
Does phpbb cost? Everyone is speaking like it's a freebie, but they seem to have some prices listed on their site? |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
It's free. just go to the download section and get it. ------------------ |
c h i e f y Member Posts: 415 From: Surrey, United Kingdom Registered: 03-07-2002 |
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpbb/phpBB-2.0.8a.zip?download download page is there above but your website MUST have a database or else your installation will fail you will need to know your database url and password http://www.phpbb.com/support/tutorials/ Maybe the phpbb TUTORIALS might help? ------------------ |
AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
ah well, I've given up trying to get sql working...well, I never really tried, I've just settled for the invision board option. |
AlexB Junior Member Posts: 3 From: London, Ontario, Canada Registered: 05-08-2004 |
phpBB2 is great........it doesn't take up too much bandwidth either Alex~ ------------------ |
Miami Brice Member Posts: 41 From: Baltimore, MD Registered: 04-19-2004 |
quote: Invision is one of the best out there and all I will use |
planneroftowns Junior Member Posts: 1 From: Registered: 05-03-2006 |
quote: The above "GEM" is from 'planneroftowns' I do not agree with 'planner' that Installing phpBB is a breeze I think that statement is absolutely patronising and unhelpful - however I do agree with Klumsy, yep phpbb IS certainly the best! Amazing Jas - did you get it set up yet? [This message has been edited by c h i e f y (edited April 07, 2004).][/QUOTE] It's funny what you come across a few years down the line...! I find it a shame that I was quoted in this way. My original post was genuinely intended to be a supportive thumbs-up for phpBB. I would have been happy to assist and support someone in installing phpBB, which I really do believe to be very easy to install. The first time I did it I managed it in under 5mins and I possess no specialist technical knowledge. More of a shame is that the original poster saw fit to post into one forum, and then to quote and slate that post in another forum away from the original poster. I think that's a bit off, myself. Perhaps that's because it's me that was being slated. Who knows. Either way - to put the record straight, I was not trying to patronise, but to start a dialogue of recommendation and then support. Nice forum you have here, btw. [This message has been edited by planneroftowns (edited May 03, 2006).] [This message has been edited by planneroftowns (edited May 03, 2006).] |
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004 |
invision free is great... i believe it's invisionfree.com and not invisionboard.com... unless there's a different one... I always use Invision Free... lol.. don't know why, guess i just never found a better one... lol.. ------------------ |
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Budboy strikes again. Revinng dead threads. RIP for this poor thread. EDIT: My bad! It wasn't Buddboy. Sorry, BB! ------------------ [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited May 04, 2006).] |
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004 |
*offended* I CANNOT believe you would have the AUDACITY to automatically ASSUME it was me!! ME!! INNOCENT LITTLE ME!! FRAMED!! ------------------ |