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Adding forums to existing site

sticker · 2007-05-22 08:08:48

Hey all, I've been running a small site for a sub aqua club, and they've expressed an intrest for a forum to talk back... I've no experience of implamenting this, and advice? is there much involved? Thanks in advance

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22-05-2007 9:08am

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sticker

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Hey all,

I've been running a small site for a sub aqua club, and they've expressed an intrest for a forum to talk back...

I've no experience of implamenting this, and advice? is there much involved?

Thanks in advance

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#2 22-05-2007 9:14am
axer

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Install Simple Machines Forum. It is pretty simple to install. PM me if you want me to install it for you.

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#3 22-05-2007 9:42am
seamus

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www.phpBB.com is also a good choice.

Easy to install.

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#4 22-05-2007 10:02am
axer

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Just a word of warning. phpBB have just released phpBB3 Release Candidate 1 which is a total rewrite of the forum software due to the bad record of security problems. It is expected that it will be fairly bug ridden for quite a while and the old phpBB2 is an easy target for spammers. I used to get one or two spam posts a day when I used it until I switched to SMF. Once phpBB3 gets to stable state i'm sure it will be good software to use but it still won't have the amount of features SMF has.

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#5 22-05-2007 7:44pm
CoNfOuNd

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I think phpBB is very good if you just keep it updated with the latest version. They even have a mailing list to keep you informed about new releases.

vBulletin is also very good, but not free like phpBB.

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#6 22-05-2007 7:45pm
CoNfOuNd

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I should also have said speak to your webhost first, or look in your webhosting control panel.

Many webhosts will have scripts to install a forum for you in seconds. Check out what forums they have available, if any. No point in installing it all manually if a script can do it 10x faster.

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