Is there a site that will let me make a personalised forum?
Ok to explain my question a little better.
Is there any web sites that will provide a forum for free that will let you personalise the name
like for e.g. this forum http://www.webmaster-forums.net
as I have a website that I would like to crate a forum for but do not wish to use fantastico to install anything like a yabb forum or phpbb one
Or how would i go about creating my own forum with my own name my site is
syphonsrelm.co.uk
we are not online yet as it's still a work in progress
and I would like very much to add a forum to my site
but I am new to forum stuff so i just need a little help
thank you.
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Megan posted this at 12:48 — 26th May 2006.
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So you want something that's remotely hosted but uses your own domain name? That's not possible. The best you could do is redirect from your domain to the hosted forum.
Why don't you want to install on your own server? And what is fantastico?
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syphon84 posted this at 13:00 — 26th May 2006.
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Well I just want to know how I would make a forum for my site it does'nt have to be a remote server
I dont know how forums work this is why I ask
I have used phpbb and yabb but want my own name
for e.g. syphonsrelm.co.uk/forum
would I have to host it from my sites root folder or on my own server?
I was as you just suggested going to link to my current forum instead wich is
http://www.getphpbb.com/phpbb/?mforum=syphon
but I would really like my own named forum
and Fantastico is basically installation software included in your cpanel (control Panel) of your website
it just takes out the hastle out of installing scripts and such on your site.
and thank you for the welcome
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popinsiteads posted this at 14:26 — 27th May 2006.
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you can change phpbb just as long as you keep the copyright information on every page of the forum.
In your administration panel of phpbb it allows you to change information like forum name, description, etc. so it should be easy enough
Just change the directory from http://yourdomain.com/phpBB to http://yourdomain/whatever you want - update the details in your administration panel, and all it done
cruzader posted this at 17:01 — 27th May 2006.
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change the skin of your forum and add your name and other details..you can add modifications for your forum like chat,banners and stuff
Megan posted this at 14:25 — 28th May 2006.
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I installed phpBB once, it was a long time ago but I don't remember it being a hassle at all(and I'm not normally good with these things!). I'm sure they've got good documentation. Once you get the database bit figured out everything is good to go. And I imgaine you'd be able to import your current content to the new board.
Another option would be just to put up a page with a frame containing the forum content.
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