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Ziggyzaz Posts: 250 Joined: 5/29/2003 Status: offline	Anybody Know how to design a forum? - 6/4/2003 14:14:55 I' m the webmaster for my college and the school wants a forum and I have no idea how to make one. Can someone help me out? _____________________________ Your Chicken is on Fire


bobby Posts: 11394 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	RE: Anybody Know how to design a forum? - 6/4/2003 15:29:12 I think you' re probably better off picking up one that is already made... It' s not an impossible script to write... in fact it can be pretty simple if you don' t want a lot of bling... But if you want kewl features (like this forum from ASPPlayground) it takes a lot of work. If you don' t know scripting it will take you a while Try checking out www.hotscripts.com you' ll find a few there that you can download, or check out www.aspplayground.net for info on using one like here at OF... _____________________________ If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? (in reply to Ziggyzaz)


Ziggyzaz Posts: 250 Joined: 5/29/2003 Status: offline	RE: Anybody Know how to design a forum? - 6/4/2003 18:14:45 Thanks _____________________________ Your Chicken is on Fire (in reply to Ziggyzaz)


Ziggyzaz Posts: 250 Joined: 5/29/2003 Status: offline	RE: Anybody Know how to design a forum? - 6/4/2003 18:15:59 If I was going to write the script what would i have to do? _____________________________ Your Chicken is on Fire (in reply to Ziggyzaz)


Mike54 Posts: 4791 Joined: 3/26/2001 From: Way Up Over Status: offline	RE: Anybody Know how to design a forum? - 6/4/2003 18:25:08 There' s no point in recreating what others have created for you. Bobby has some good suggestions and you might also want to check out these two free ones. Easy to set up and configure. Snitz WebWizGuide edit - sorry about the links in the other post, the new forum obviously adds the " http://" . Still trying to figure it out. < Message edited by Mike54 -- 6/4/2003 6:28:01 PM > _____________________________ Who was the first guy that looked at a cow and said, "I think that I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them"? New photogalleries, stop by sometime. (in reply to Ziggyzaz)


bobby Posts: 11394 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	RE: Anybody Know how to design a forum? - 6/5/2003 9:56:50 quote: If I was going to write the script what would i have to do? First, learn a scripting language. ASP, PHP or Perl are probably the three you' d want to choose from. YOu could also go with ASP.NET It will depend on which server hosts your website. Then, learn how to work with a database, probably either MySQL or MS-SQL, though there are tons of options out there. MS-Access won' t be able to handle the workload of a forum after a short time. Then it' s just a matter of setting up the database and programming the pages... It probably sounds complicated... because it is. I wouldn' t recommend trying to tackle a forum as your first scripted website... but far be it from me to squash your ambitious nature if you decide to give it a go. _____________________________ If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? (in reply to Ziggyzaz)


Doug G Posts: 1189 Joined: 12/29/2001 From: SoCal Status: offline	RE: Anybody Know how to design a forum? - 6/5/2003 18:02:09 You can find many premade forums both asp and php at www.hotscripts.com Another good source for asp forums is www.aspin.com _____________________________ ====== Doug G ====== (in reply to Ziggyzaz)


Ziggyzaz Posts: 250 Joined: 5/29/2003 Status: offline	RE: Anybody Know how to design a forum? - 6/9/2003 11:37:13 Thanks for all of the great suggestions everyone. We host our own website and already use .asp for all of our pages. I' ll Keep the suggestions in mind, thanks a lot all. _____________________________ Your Chicken is on Fire (in reply to Ziggyzaz)