warriors1405241493 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2005 hi i am thinking of doing a forum. but i am not sure what software is best to design one. anyone can recommend me. or have any website they explain how to do one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
earlymorningmist 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2005 Personally, I've never tried one of the "Download the software and upload to your webspace" forums - I go for the ones that are already built, you just ake it how you want - and I use http://www.zifboards.com/ for mine - it's free. There's also https://invisionpower.com/ which is the paid version with more features. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warriors1405241493 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2005 do you have any idea how to create forum like vBulletin kind. an example is at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/?or how bout a forum like this kind which we are using now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2005 Hi warriors - while Invision Power Board is really powerful in handling high load forums, and vBulletin is one of the best when you consider the looks (hundreds of really beautiful skins available for it) - you might also consider using the freeware opensource ones like SMF - Simple Machines Forum. At it's current release it has come upto almost it's commercial counterparts - though it still lacks in many respects... But SMF is free and easy to setup. From Fantastico in cPanel it's a one-click job. Give it a try - or see it in action... http://www.simplemachines.org/It's got hundreds of cool skins/modules/add-on stuff that you can plug into your board to give it even more functionality I'd say try SMF for a starter...Here's a list of demonstration forums:1. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/2. http://ww4.forum500.com/3. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/4. If you're interested in seeing how Invision Board is skinnable - check out:1. https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=antilost&e=com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warriors1405241493 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2005 Hi warriors - while Invision Power Board is really powerful in handling high load forums, and vBulletin is one of the best when you consider the looks (hundreds of really beautiful skins available for it) - you might also consider using the freeware opensource ones like SMF - Simple Machines Forum. At it's current release it has come upto almost it's commercial counterparts - though it still lacks in many respects... But SMF is free and easy to setup. From Fantastico in cPanel it's a one-click job. Give it a try - or see it in action... http://www.simplemachines.org/ Â It's got hundreds of cool skins/modules/add-on stuff that you can plug into your board to give it even more functionality I'd say try SMF for a starter... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> u really clear my doubts man. i go try the smf since its FREE lol. does invision and vBulletin charge user? anyway to get them for free? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2005 u really clear my doubts man. i go try the smf since its FREE lol. does invision and vBulletin charge user? anyway to get them for free? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lol.. not that I know of - InvisionFree is still Free but it's in almost stone ages compared to the recent advances in Forum Systems. vBulletin and Invision Power are both fully commercial.. The only way to grab these is from someone who's got a registered copy and is willing to share it with you (okay - I didn't give u this advice ) Otherwise, SMF is your best bet. Ooo.. another one I completely forgot to mention is phpBB - even that's free and can be downloaded from https://www.phpbb.com/ .. Only problem with this is it's got some well known security issues as well as doesn't support multiple levels of subforums like IPB/vBulletin/SMF. You can have forums only one level deep in this one... Give it a shot - I'd say try out both SMF and phpBB parallely and see which one you can operate easier and feel more at home with..  Good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warriors1405241493 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2005 so what u mean is that vBulletin can be downloaded from the internet and use so long as i can find the serial just like the way we crack software rite lol? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2005 so what u mean is that vBulletin can be downloaded from the internet and use so long as i can find the serial just like the way we crack software rite lol? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> errr..uhm..lol..I told you that I never said all this but yea to your question Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warriors1405241493 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2005 haha well i got it. lol thanks pal!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
