I'm Trying to get a Forum running.
Hi,
I don't know if this is the right area for this but.....I'm trying to get a Forum started for a Kids Club. We're talking small potatoes, low budget. I have up loaded some free-ware from Discuss.com but I see that I need some intermediary software to link to the site live...Pearlscript etc. As you can see I am a newbie at this. It's for a non-profit thing and the kids are really excited about having their own little Forum. I want to keep it exclusive to only those who belong to the club to prevent any negative stuff getting posted. Any ideas? I have access to about 10meg web space and I'm using Win98, with Frontpage 2000. It doesn't have to be very sophisticated.
DMC
modulargaming posted this at 16:21 — 5th August 2004.
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try invisionboard.com
teammatt3 posted this at 21:55 — 5th August 2004.
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or phpbb.com
DMC posted this at 03:23 — 6th August 2004.
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Thanks man, this looks very interesting. Do I need any additional software to administer this thing, I know some of the packages require Pearlscrip or something like that. (sorry I'm a web design idiot).
PS Sauraun, I like your crock. Is he trying to bite the title or does it just looke like that. I did get it to run ok, I think it was my computer. I looked at the guy from the UK who was trashing you and his is so dark you can't make anything out. It's a good thing he's so professional :flame:
teammatt3 posted this at 03:41 — 6th August 2004.
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The script itself does everything, but it requires MySql. You have to know how to setup a database and thats about it.
KarenArt posted this at 03:42 — 6th August 2004.
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Well I haven't used the php forum scripts yet, so if I'm wrong I hope someone will correct me but...
All the (cgi) forum scripts I've installed (and I'm sure the php ones are no exception) come with a read me file. Open that text file first and read it all the way through. It will explain what version of php your server will need to have installed or will give you the link to the documentation to find the info.
Usually they will include a short script that you can run on your server to check to make sure your host has the right versions of everything you need to run the package.
If it's a script you have to pay for very often they will offer a "light" version or at least a test program to run to make sure you can run the full script before you buy it.
Also go to the forum where you download the script and read what praises and problems other users have with it. Sometimes that can tell you a lot of what you need to know.
Best of luck!
gotta finish redesigning my sites so I can show them again.
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