Kyle 0 Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Hi,I was wondering if there is certain code you need to know to make forums, or if it's more like building tables with html and then using some kind of scripting language to make them work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas 151 Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 You would use HTML and preferably CSS for layout, and then a scripting language like PHP combined with mySQL databases for storing users and posts... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nikosapi 0 Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 An easy way to set up a forum is to use something like phpbb, it's free and easy to set up.All you need is a server with php and mysql installed on it and it pretty much installs itself.-->nikosapi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kcarson 0 Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 He is right about phpBB. Another option is CommunityServer (ASP.net).Here is a site explaining both of these a little bit better with links to the respective pages.http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/forum.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kyle 0 Posted November 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Well, I currently use proboards forums, but I was thinking my site would be more professional if we made our own forum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paim 0 Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Good luck. Its always a good thing to make your own forums, I want to make one later on when I've mastered PHP a bit more. It'll take a tonne of tables, lots of coding and errors along the way. Don't expect to make an invision power board overnight...start small (just creating topics and replying) then add more things (editing, quoting, search) then the trivial stuff (smilies, layout). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rohan_har 0 Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 You could also set up and invisionfree forum, that needs hardly any scripting at all. Its more of a user friendly way of doing it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alzable 0 Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 But i think Kyle wants to make one of his/her own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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