Okay... im really stumped... i got here in search of actually wanting to know how to program a forum... any help would be appreciated
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Yea... how would u program a forum?
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Why would you want to reinvent the wheel???
There are plenty of forum software to chose from and a few very decent ones are available for free.Vladdy | KL
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Originally posted by Garadon
javascript is not needed.Moderator @ WebDeveloper.com
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And just to add on a bit more...
If your host offers php and mysql, then http://www.phpbb.com and http://www.invisionboard.com are the popular free forums to download
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Originally posted by RadarBob
use the same forum software as this forum. The $65 it costs is a lot cheaper than the amount of life you will burn "reinventing the wheel". Oh, it's called VBULLETIN
Better yet use phpbb
It's subjectively superior - and factually less expensive because it costs nothing.
Hey - if you're gonna program a forum, why don't you program me the site I want...
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Originally posted by squirellplaying
If I wanted a forum and I knew how to do it, I too would want to program it my self to say " Yea I coded that." And to make sure it did exsacly what I did, they way I wanted, etc.
There's no logical reason to program a forum from scratch - frankly it's technically impossible.
One can only make a forum once one knows how to make all the pieces seperately, and then conceptualize them into what you call a forum.
Derrrrrr... 0.o 0.o
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A forum isn't technically impossible to program. I could do it, but I don't have time at the moment (and I could probably put some really cool features in it too that some have only touched upon!).
I might do it for a C# .NET project if I ever get a bit more free time (yeah, that's gonna happen...)
I agree with the other posts here, though... if you have time to burn then go ahead and learn as much as you can about relational databases and your preferred server-side language... then once you have mastered them, you should be able to create an awesome (or at least very functional) forum.
But really you're better off using one that's already written and configuring it the way you want. Especially if it's FREE!!!Former ASP Forum Moderator - I'm back!
If you can teach yourself how to learn, you can learn anything. ;)
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Thx for the help... i think
Yea... ok this does in fact help... but I'm like poor and crap so i really am to cheap to actually buy the software for a forum... hence the want to know how to actually programming one... I makes me wonder, are these forums just purchased? or made on frontpage?hahah... ok... well thanks for helping... to tell the truth, I would rather waste my life makin one myself... only 13Last edited by chesseisgod; Feb 23, 2004, 10:48 AM.
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made on frontpage? watch out son, there are some peeps who'd skin ya alive for saying stuff like that
theres an article about it on www.webmonkey.com php section. its a bit outdated though. give it a try ayways. it's fun
another reason to wirte your own forum is that you can make it look exactly how you like (writing a php templae and style would take just abut as long as a simple forum). and you do'nt get the credits at the bottom, however small they may bephotoshop too expensive? use the GIMP! www.gimp.org
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