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gizmocreations Posts: 10 Joined: 11/21/2006 Status: offline	Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 10:11:17 When I took over this Frontpage site, the previous designer had site up a forum on ezboard.com. So the forum is no actually on the website - you have to go to ezboard.com or click a link on the site and be taken there. We would like to move the forum over to the website. I am not the best at forums and I am looking for a forum that we can easily integrate into an existing site. Also, we would like to be able to copy the data in the ezboard forum and move it over. Any suggestions on a forum we could use?


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 10:25:40 The easiest of the lot is Aimoo which at one time was a pain in the backside due to support problems but they've now taken on paid mods so it should be much better. It's all hosted online, you pay a small amount to have the ads removed, and you just plug the link into your existing site. The only problem, and it may have been sorted, I'm not aware of any way to get your existing data in there. Might be worth a look to see if that's changed in the 2 years or so since I used it. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to gizmocreations)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 10:28:24 OK, I've just read your post properly. Aimoo is similar to EZBoard. If you want your own then you're going to have to get your hands dirty. You don't say what your host has available but if you have PHP then I recommend SMF Forum. Easiest of all to set up and upgrade. They do have a lot of scripts to pull data in from other fora but if EZBoard is anything like Aimoo, you can't get your data out of it, they physically stop you from doing it. [edit] found this thread which relates to getting data out of EZBoard _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to jaybee)


Tailslide Posts: 6368 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: online	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 11:03:22 Womble loves SMF nearly as much as her minstrels so you've got to pay attention to that amount of devotion! Other than that I'd say PunBB or Vanilla (which is a really really simple layout - not the choice if you want anything complex). _____________________________ Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Land Rover project (in reply to jaybee)


womble Posts: 5721 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 12:14:51 /dashes into thread Did someone mention Minstrels? Yep, SMF is absolutely lovely, and one of the easiest to use and upgrade and stuff. As Jaybee says though, if you're going to run your own, you're gonna need to get your hands dirty with the code and be comfortable with at least HTML and CSS, and a bit of knowledge about PHP helps as well. With any forum system, unless you're using the basic installation without any modifications, you have to know what you're doing, and maintaining them can be fraught with difficulties - you need a lot of patience and be prepared to have to learn stuff. Admining a forum isn't an easy job, and takes a fair amount of time, particularly on busy boards. SMF though is fairly easy to integrate into existing sites (I integrate mine by adding my main site's header and footer into the main forum template), and has decent support. There's also a converter to convert db's from other forum systems into SMF which is ridiculously easy to use so long as you're aware of a couple of pitfalls - I converted three of mine with no problems. _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ ~~ Erase hate. Practice love. ~~ (in reply to Tailslide)


gizmocreations Posts: 10 Joined: 11/21/2006 Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 14:55:19 This is a business type forum and she restricts who has access - got to keep the competition out you know. I will check out SMF. I am not great with php, but have dabbled with it. It seems like in the past I have researched this and came up with a couple possibilities, but now don't remember where I found them. (in reply to womble)

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RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 17:01:09

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Also, we would like to be able to copy the data in the ezboard forum and move it over.

- See this for phpBB
- See this for vBulletin (paid, but well worth the cost)

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Any suggestions on a forum we could use?

- I highly suggest vBulletin. The problem with a lot of these open source forums, is that there are TONS of holes being found way too frequently. Ask Jaybee about how much fun she had updating her phpBB install multiple times

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jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 18:06:15 Ahhh but then I found SMF and it's lurve baby! phpBB is great if you really want to learn PHP in a hurry. By the time you've applied all the fixes you're almost an expert. SMF on the other hand, log in to the admin panel, press a button and you're done. I was so stunned I had to go check the code to make sure it had done it. Add to that the phpBB spamming problems which was the final straw and why I went looking for a replacement and I would only recommend phpBB to a masochist. There is a big debate going on over on Sitepoint about SMF and VBulletin. I've been following it closely. The scales are fairly evenly balanced but they tip in SMFs favour because it's free and VBulletin isn't. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to BobbyDouglas)


womble Posts: 5721 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 19:18:40 quote: ORIGINAL: jaybee phpBB is great if you really want to learn PHP in a hurry. By the time you've applied all the fixes you're almost an expert. So tr00! _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ ~~ Erase hate. Practice love. ~~ (in reply to jaybee)


BobbyDouglas Posts: 5479 Joined: 5/15/2003 From: Arizona Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 19:19:47 Jaybee, I tried to find the link you're talking about, but the closest I came across was this I'd like to read some more about SMF compared to vB.... _____________________________ Arizona Web Design - Mr Bobs Web Design in Arizona The Arizona Web Hosting Challenge (in reply to jaybee)


Charles W Davis Posts: 1725 Joined: 3/7/2002 From: Henderson Nevada USA Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/5/2006 23:09:12 Does your hosting company provide one? _____________________________ Enjoy! It' s your endeavor! http://www.anthemwebs.com (in reply to BobbyDouglas)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/6/2006 5:49:24 quote: ORIGINAL: BobbyDouglas Jaybee, I tried to find the link you're talking about, but the closest I came across was this I'd like to read some more about SMF compared to vB.... OMG!!! It's gone. It was there on Friday. Called Why does everyone hate SMF. There were a few people getting heated on there so maybe they zapped it. It was also spawning lookalikes there's a hate phpBB thread as well. This one carried the theme on though but doesn't have quite so much balance. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to BobbyDouglas)


BobbyDouglas Posts: 5479 Joined: 5/15/2003 From: Arizona Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/7/2006 0:34:49 Any chance? http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=439323 That was the only one Google was able to pick up :/ Btw, if vB was completely free, would you use it over SMF? _____________________________ Arizona Web Design - Mr Bobs Web Design in Arizona The Arizona Web Hosting Challenge (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/7/2006 7:36:21 Some of the posts look familiar but if that's it there's a heck of a lot missing. If it was free would I use it? No. Because I'm delighted with SMF. I have no reason to spend time checking out yet another forum. If I get problems with SMF that start to drive me nuts then maybe I'll go take a look but otherwise I don't have the time to research and learn yet another one. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to BobbyDouglas)


coreybryant Posts: 2549 Joined: 3/17/2002 From: Castle Rock CO USA Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/7/2006 10:03:09 There is also some information on this thread: Adding a Forum to a frontpage websit that might help you out. _____________________________ Corey R. Bryant My Merchant Account Blog \| Toll Free Numbers \| Expression Web Blog (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/7/2006 11:51:10 quote: the other International Web Developers Network, which our own Corey B is one of the core members does not appear to have any spam at all. Is this true? No spam? And errr are there any forums you're not on? _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to coreybryant)


Tailslide Posts: 6368 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: online	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/7/2006 12:38:11 quote: ORIGINAL: jaybee And errr are there any forums you're not on? Not that I've come across! _____________________________ Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Land Rover project (in reply to jaybee)


coreybryant Posts: 2549 Joined: 3/17/2002 From: Castle Rock CO USA Status: offline	RE: Looking for easy to use forum - 12/7/2006 13:43:01 quote: ORIGINAL: jaybee quote: the other International Web Developers Network, which our own Corey B is one of the core members does not appear to have any spam at all. Is this true? No spam? And errr are there any forums you're not on? Just a few actually. I had to do something since I quit my day job LOL _____________________________ Corey R. Bryant My Merchant Account Blog \| Toll Free Numbers \| Expression Web Blog (in reply to jaybee)