Adding a forum to a website?

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   Hi you can use one of many open source freely available forums. One that I know is PHPBB. Its the one used by many sites

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   if you are planning to run a forum then use vbulletin, basically to make a forum you need a domain,webhosting and  vbulletin.The best way to buy a domain for free is to purchase your domain and webhosting together. In this way it is possible to get your domain for free. Some webhosting companies offer this as a gift . I am using bluehost webhosting for mine
   
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   You need forum hosting softwares such as IPB(Invision Power Board), vBulletin, Phpbb, SMF(Simple Machine Forum). OF these Phpbb and SMF are free. Of these i support phpbb beacause, its not only free but also you will get thousands of plugins, themes, mods etc.
   
   Phpbb
   
   http://www.phpbb.com
   
   To insatll a forum to your website. Create a folder in your web root. And move all the forum software files in to that folder. Then install as it says in the document.
   
   For example if you want to create a forum like this www.myweb.com/forum, create a folder named forum in your root. to store the files.
   
   Also make sure that your web host supports php and mysql

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   You will definitely need some form of server-side scripting: PHP, ASP, etc. with accompanying database (MySQL, SQLServer, etc.) Seeing as you're asking how to go about it, I take it you are not familiar with coding in these technologies.
   
   My advise, at least for now, is to go with a pre-built solution that you can deploy on your site. Your web hosting plan may already have one provided, or you can use several available for free. phpbb (phpbb.com) is a good recommendation; you can deploy it and customize to your needs.
   
   An alternative would be AJAX or RIA solutions (such as building a dynamic forum using FlexBuilder) and having data stored and accessed in XML, but this is possibly more involving if you at the moment just work in HTML/CSS.
   
   Happy coding!

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   If you’re going to create a forum site at your own domain without any forced ads, you need a web host providing forum tools (phpbb or vbulletin).
   
   One of these services is reachable at: http://bluehost-service.atspace.com . Their service is really great and easy to use.

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