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[Crowe]

SMF and Phpbb are two very good ones. They are both free to download, and are quite nice to use. They both have support sites, and excellent moddings sites too. But if you are looking for a paid forum, then Vbulletin or IPB are great choices. Most people that I have seen with hosted forums use IPB 1.3, and it is a good choice for starters--it is the same software that is used for Invision Free, and I think IPBfree. You can customize it a lot with out worrying too much about it--and there are many skins and mods for it as well.

Hopefully that helps some.

[Spyda]

WaZ, on Jun 4 2005, 12:08 PM, said:

I want to create a forum after getting a host on this site,but i cant find a propper program for it.Also i want to know how to have polls and other stuff on the side.
P0ZzZ!

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Well I know that many people have probably already replied to this thread, but i think I'm going to give you some insider tricks (LOL yeah I said insider) on getting yourself a forum up and running.

First off you need something called a host. A host is someone who supplies you the tools, and resources to get yourself a website up and running. SOme hosts charge money, while other hosts like TRAP17******, offer a free genuine 100% service at no costs to you, other then spending time and posting on their forums. So once you get the hosting aspect all figured out, then you have to come to the conclusion of learning how to work the control panel that accompanies the hosting that you are getting. For example, let's say you do go with trap17, they have a control panel called Cpanel (how nifty is that?) which controls all the files you have attached to your hosting account. Now, once you get a small grip on that, then you can go ahead and install some forum software. Now, inside of Cpanel there is something called fanatastico that hosts programs for forums, such as phpbb.com, and SMF. Now, if you want a more variety of forum software, you can try mybb, or just search Google for anythign that might spark your interest.

Well I hope that helps you soemwhat

[liod]

Hey. We can install forum by using fantastico,isn`t that right?

Edited by liod, 18 November 2008 - 09:00 AM.

[xpress]

liod, on Nov 18 2008, 02:15 PM, said:

Hey. We can install forum by using fantastico,isn`t that right?

Yes you can install forum software using Fantastico. Currently we have phpBB and SMF forum softwares available in our Fantastico. You can install other forums manually.

[iGuest]

Try the Advanced Forum Free VersionHow To Create A Forum?

Hi, you can install forum Advanced, its free, instructions to install after you purchase your hosting.

 http://fileclutter.Com/hnmc5fho3ff2/Advanced_Forum_V1.08_1_Click_File_Hosting_.Zip.Html

Hope it helps

-reply by chris

[iGuest]

create forum for website hosted localy with apacheHow To Create A Forum?

hi friends.I have designed a website.I have installed WAMPSERVER on my laptop and hosted the website.Now I want to create a frum on the same website and then want it should work as it works on other sites at internet.

Please guide me how to proceed.Please explain step by step as I am just a beginner.

thnx

-question by Achal Mehra

[iGuest]

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-reply by michel