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How do I create forums for my webpage?
Question:
How do I create forums for my webpage?
Answer:Although it is possible for someone to create their own forums,
because of the wide availability of free forums and low cost forums,
we suggest looking at what is available on the Internet before taking
the big step in trying to create your own. Below is a short listing
of some of the more popular and widely used forums on the Internet.
- Simple Machines
- Fantastic free forum system that
Computer Hope
forums are currently using. If your server supports PHP and
MySQL this is a great solution.
- YaBB - Short
for Yet another Bulletin Board, YaBB is a great, free,
easy to use and install open source forum that is widely used. In fact,
Computer Hope initially used this as its primary forum.
- phpBB - Another
excellent PHP bulletin board
that is also widely used.
- vBulletin -
Another great and powerful forum program that requires a small
license fee to use.
- Search
for others - Click here to search for other free
bulletin board solutions.
Note: If you're interested in installing and setting up your
own forum, we suggest you refer to the company's website for
additional setup information and help if you encounter problems.
In addition to the above forums / bulletin boards that you can
install and setup on your own web server, there are many web hosting
and ISPs, as well as third-party companies, that will setup and run
your forum for you. If you're hosting your website through another
company, look at their available options and/or free scripts; often,
most will offer a free forum that you can easily enable on their
server.
If your web host does not supply its users with a free forum
solution or is incapable of supporting a forum, you may also wish to
consider using a third-party site such as
bestfreeforums and ezboard,
which hosts your own forum for you on their site.
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