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holy

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 4:05 am
Post subject: Suggestions on starting a website with discussion board system?
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For someone who's had no website development, what would you guys
suggest would be one of the easiers ways to start a website that
mainly features just discussion boards? Thanks.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:57 am
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Holy Moses <holy.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<t5v4tv4dggn7bv3ql8hcqkj75o2gvc1gg6.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>...
 > For someone who's had no website development, what would you guys
 > suggest would be one of the easiers ways to start a website that
 > mainly features just discussion boards? Thanks.

someone suggest a hosted solution (ezboard) - I would STRONGLY urge
against using a hosted board - your content is NOT considered yours by
the search engines! If you use a hosted solution, your hosted
solution ranks well for your content, not your domain!!!! Bad idea in
my books... a REALLY bad idea!

You should get your name registered, and get a host which supports PHP
and MySQL (most linux hosts do), then use one of the php boards - we
recommend phpbb (from phpbb.com) for the following reasons:

1. it's free of licensing costs
2. it's VERY easy to install
3. it's pretty low load on the server until you get busy... at that
point, you'll have enough income (hopefully) to afford your own
server.

check out the many hosts who are found around here - some offer
control panels which install the software for you - we will install it
by hand for you if you need it - free of charge in December. You
would need a "business account with us - and we're not the cheapest
host around, nor will we ever be - business accounts start at $12.50 a
month.

Above all - get a solution that you can alter easily - phpbb allows
this - there are a lot of "skins" available, and the templates are
easy to edit when you get a bit more adventurous - many hosted
solutions offer SOME customization, but generally not a lot.

hth

Greg Hewitt-Long

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 9:41 pm
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"Holy Moses" <holy.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in
 > For someone who's had no website development, what would you guys
 > suggest would be one of the easiers ways to start a website that
 > mainly features just discussion boards? Thanks.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ezboard.com" target="_blank">www.ezboard.com</a> is easy!

Its has more posts a day than all of usenet, and everyone posting on the hundred
thousand other forums can instantly join in your forum without registering. Free with
ads, about $5 a month to remove the ads but you get a free month.

Search on the forums and check out some of the larger ones. You can insert
your own HTML at the top of the forum if that's your main page.

For a free (cheaper overall) forum get a hosting account at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.affordablehost.com" target="_blank">www.affordablehost.com</a> and just
click 'add forum'.

But with ezyboard you can just visit some of the others and invite them over!!

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:41 am
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On 7 Dec 2003 08:57:46 -0800, newsposting0209.DeleteThis@webyourbusiness.com
(Greg Hewitt-Long) wrote:

 >You should get your name registered, and get a host which supports PHP
 >and MySQL (most linux hosts do), then use one of the php boards - we
 >recommend phpbb (from phpbb.com) for the following reasons:
 >
 >1. it's free of licensing costs
 >2. it's VERY easy to install
 >3. it's pretty low load on the server until you get busy... at that
 >point, you'll have enough income (hopefully) to afford your own
 >server.
 >
 >check out the many hosts who are found around here - some offer
 >control panels which install the software for you - we will install it
 >by hand for you if you need it - free of charge in December. You
 >would need a "business account with us - and we're not the cheapest
 >host around, nor will we ever be - business accounts start at $12.50 a
 >month.
 >
 >Above all - get a solution that you can alter easily - phpbb allows
 >this - there are a lot of "skins" available, and the templates are
 >easy to edit when you get a bit more adventurous - many hosted
 >solutions offer SOME customization, but generally not a lot.

Great, great, thanks Greg! I was wondering, do you know much about
CMS (content management system)? Any pros or cons? Thanks again.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 10:36 am
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Crikey Schmikey <holy.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<gkl7tvgpn2fdi3riom4s3c67maq9idbl55.DeleteThis@4ax.com>...
 > On 7 Dec 2003 08:57:46 -0800, newsposting0209.DeleteThis@webyourbusiness.com
 > (Greg Hewitt-Long) wrote:
 >
  > >You should get your name registered, and get a host which supports PHP
  > >and MySQL (most linux hosts do), then use one of the php boards - we
  > >recommend phpbb (from phpbb.com) for the following reasons:
  > >
  > >1. it's free of licensing costs
  > >2. it's VERY easy to install
  > >3. it's pretty low load on the server until you get busy... at that
  > >point, you'll have enough income (hopefully) to afford your own
  > >server.
  > >
  > >check out the many hosts who are found around here - some offer
  > >control panels which install the software for you - we will install it
  > >by hand for you if you need it - free of charge in December. You
  > >would need a "business account with us - and we're not the cheapest
  > >host around, nor will we ever be - business accounts start at $12.50 a
  > >month.
  > >
  > >Above all - get a solution that you can alter easily - phpbb allows
  > >this - there are a lot of "skins" available, and the templates are
  > >easy to edit when you get a bit more adventurous - many hosted
  > >solutions offer SOME customization, but generally not a lot.
 >
 > Great, great, thanks Greg! I was wondering, do you know much about
 > CMS (content management system)? Any pros or cons? Thanks again.


Sorry, I have little experience of CMS's. I've installed phpnuke and
postnuke:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.postnuke.com" target="_blank">http://www.postnuke.com</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.phpnuke.org" target="_blank">http://www.phpnuke.org</a>

You might try looking at:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://cgi-resources.com" target="_blank">http://cgi-resources.com</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://php.resourceindex.com" target="_blank">http://php.resourceindex.com</a>

I'm sure others in the group have experience of these systems, I seem
to recall that one or other of the two I mentioned has performance
issues on lower powered or overloaded servers (I can't remember
which).

regards

Greg Hewitt-Long
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