creating a forum for my website.

**cgijoe** · 05:45 PM

Hi,
I'm looking for information on how I set up a forum for my website. I would like to add a few forums actually. These forums will be used so that people can write film reviews and discuss other issues such as television shows and the latest computer games.
I am strictly a visual designer, and not a programmer so my programming skills are zero. Are there any tutorials that explain (Leymans Terms) step by step how to do this. I have Dreamweaver for Dummies but even looking at that can be wayover my head. If there is anyone out there who could help me I would be very grateful, and I am also willing to help anyone in the visual design department in exchange for this knowledge.
Thank You
Jason from the UK

www.scifi-design.com

**thevirus** · 03-20-2005, 05:57 PM

http://www.phpbb.com

**Minaki** · 03-20-2005, 09:17 PM

Or for ASP Servers:
http://forum.snitz.com/

There are others...
http://www.vbulletin.com/

Or make your own, if you're up to it... although it might be a bit of a mission.

**cgijoe** · 03-21-2005, 01:58 AM

Thanks guys

**Andy12** · 03-21-2005, 01:48 PM

Are there many other ways of doing this?

**Minaki** · 03-21-2005, 03:47 PM

Yup, there's probably lots of forum software floating around - the ones posted here tend to be the most popular.

www.suddenlaunch.com do a fully hosted froo forum I think. My cheerleading squad uses it... a little small and simple but it does the job. Might try and talk them into moving away from it when I finish designing their full site...

You can always write your own as well, if you just want something simple or specific...

**dojo** · 03-21-2005, 03:57 PM

If they are still using YaBB no need to register there. It's a very weak forum script, although years ago it was quite popular. I had a forum hosted there and had to move to phpBB since Yabb was seriously outdated.