Message Boards

[Expendable]

I was trying to set up a message board for a friend's website and (being lazy and not feeling like creating my own) I wanted to know if I could get a pre-made message board like this one that I could just modify.

 

[minendo]

Look into phpBB or Invision Power Board.

 

[RossMAN]

minendo is right.

Personally I like InvisionPowerBoard which you can see in action here. and it's free

I can install it for you in about 8 minutes if you'd like (assuming your web host uses a control panel like cPanel or DirectAdmin).

 

[Expendable]

I'm still putting the server together....I think I'm going to use Apache...Do you think I should run it on WinXP or RedHat Linux?...Oh...I think I have Mandrake too...

 

[RossMAN]

Linux definitely

There are over 180 discussion boards, most are free and easy to install.

Out of curiosity, does your friend already own a domain?

Also YGPM

 

[toy4x4]

Linux w/ Yabb

 

[Expendable]

Yes, the domain has already been purchased and right now he is using a company that does pre-fab websites...it's expensive and the site is pretty tacky about the only thing he controls is the text content....the layout, the pictures, the links....just about everything is controlled by the company...

 

[Twista]

phpBB is very easy and i used it on lycos free hosting like 2 yrs ago.