Forums.

[-Luke-]

Right im basicly trying to create a forum (A free one till forum picks up). Now iv made about 6 differnt forums since yesterday and i just keep coming across stuff i cant do. Not what i can do myself, i mean the forum dont give me the option(s) to do a few things witch i realy need. Yet on another forum it will let me do it, but then not something else. So im wondering what do you guys recommend to use as a free forum that has most options to what you can edit.

Cheers

 

[Babyhack]

www.phpbb.com

Its prob one of the best free ones out there
But if you are really thinking of charging people to use the forum then you have too go vBulletin

BH

 

[-Luke-]

Wow got to rig it up to sql, not done this before will give it a try and see what happens, Thanks BabyHack.

Is it easy to setup ?

 

[-Luke-]

There guides just confuse me, realy do. Dont have the time for all that at the moment got a million and one things to do. There a more simpliar one use?

 

[jasper]

http://www.invisionfree.com/

 

[Sanity]

I would go with SMF or Discuz, both have alot more features then phpbb, Discuz is kinder buggy as its a Chinese software but you can get the English version around somewere.

Edit:

Just re read your posts.
smfforfree.com
freesmf.org

Discuz dose have anything like this yet.

 

[-Luke-]

Currently trying out the link Jasper posted, and geting on well with it so far. Thanks Jasper. The address is poor though having "z7.invisionfree.com/FORUMNAME" Good enough though till i get a domain sorted i quess. Now i got a forum going. I will need a domain. Few questions about it.

Where can i get a decent domain name?
How do i set it up to my current forum?
What price tag do they carry?

Thanks again for all replys and help.

 

[Shady]

when u get your website hosting , you'll have to upload a template and you edit it in dreanweaver i believe , so you would edit the forum button , so when you click it will take you to your forum.

its not hard i did it when i was like 14.

you can find webhosting v cheap. like 5 quid a month.

google is your friend , use it.