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How do i make a forum?
Replies: 6Last Post Nov. 6 10:57pm by awesome10
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What do i need to use to make a forum?

Is it php? or what?


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just use a forum host

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They make forums in a variety of languages. You will probably end up with PHP.

The best commercial ones are Invision Power Board & PHPbb, in my opinion.

You're going to need a webhost that supports PHP and MySQL.


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For a forum like this, you probably have to pay for a program. Some hosting sites will let you make one

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Forum host.

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If you want to make the forum yourself you will need some experience in order to make it function how you want it and so that there is no security exploits, ect. If you want to make it yourself the things you will need to learn are PHP and MySql. You should also learn HTML, JavaScript and CSS.

Or you can buy a license to use a commercial forum script, Like PHPbb, Invision, vBulletin, ect. If you pay for shared hosting a lot of shared hosting companies have these scripts available in the installatron section of your cpanel which means you can just install them from your cpanel and you don't have to pay for the license.

I would recommend taking the time to learn the programming languages I mentioned previously, This will be better for your website in the long run. You will notice that A LOT of websites on the internet use commercial forum scripts like PhpBB, ect. If you used these scripts too your website would not be much different from theirs, Making your own forum script is also better because you have full control over what you want in it and what you don't want in it. You can fully customize it however you want!

If you want to start learning those programming languages you should check out W3Schools for tutorials & information.
If you want to use a commercial forum script you can find some free and open source ones Here.
If you have any questions or need advice you can PM me.

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