I want to start my own Car Forum/Message Board.

[AE86Lover]

Out of frustration with a certain car website, I decided to embark on a project to create my own forum. However, I would like some assistance in knowing what I need to exactly know.

Would it be XML? PHP? I would like a message board where you can have advertisements, and assign admins to control the forums.

Also, i'd like to know the level of difficulty. I've played with computers all my life and i have pretty strong HTML skills, however I do not have any/limited programming skills. Maybe absolute simple skills, like basic basic perl/java.

Any input would be apprecaited.

 

[John]

All you need to do is get a reliable web host and decide on forum software. I like phpBB (free), other people like using vBulletin, invision, fusetalk, etc.

It only takes about 20 min to get one set up if you know what you're doing. You then have to figure out how to attract visitors.