forum creation

[chickle4550]

right heres the crack folks. i wanna create my own forum so i will proberly be needing a lot of help from u my fellow megagamers. right i need to know how u get it started up and i need a free webserver my budget is currently £0.00 so it has to free and preferably simple so if any1 can halp me along i would be gratful .


SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!:flame:

[Vile]

phpBB (http://www.phpbb.com)
Invision Board (http://www.invisionboard.com)
YaBB (http://www.yabbforum.com)
XMB (http://www.xmbforum.com)

All of these are free. Others like vBulletin, UBB, Burning Board, etc. you need to pay for.

IMO, none of these free ones even comes cloes to vBulletin, but out of them, your best bet is probably Invision.

[chickle4550]

thanks a lot vile. ur the man mate

[NorthViking]

also here are two others

www.ikonboard.com (iB)
www.togrc.com (they give out free host + vbb/ubb)

[Vile]

Originally posted by molle
also here are two others

www.ikonboard.com (iB)
www.togrc.com (they give out free host + vbb/ubb)
Free host is one thing, but if they give out "free" vb/ubb, that's quite illegal.

[Mihir]

I just visited togrc and they r offering it for free.....whats illegal in that?

[Vile]

Originally posted by Mihir
I just visited togrc and they r offering it for free.....whats illegal in that?

What I meant is, if anyone lets you download it, or releases it for "free" it is illegal, but this place doesn't let you do that. I didn't have a real close look, but it appears that they just let you create one (not actually let you download vb)

And it would be illegal because vB is like any other product/software (costs ~$180)

[NorthViking]

@vile
they let you have a sub board on webmasters main board.
you can't download it, just use it.

plus it's modified.

but i'm not sure if it's illegal or not.

[Vile]

Originally posted by molle

you can't download it, just use it.


Key line right there. That's why the place is probably still around on the Net, becuase they don't let you download it.

[Mihir]

@Vile
Do u surf MGF with that software....

Offtopic:
EGF link doesn't work

[Troop_Zer0]

i got Invision Board but i dont no what to do from there

[NorthViking]

Originally posted by Troop_Zer0
i got Invision Board but i dont no what to do from there
You will need PHP 4.0.3 or better (4.1+ highly recommended) and mySQL 3.22 or better (3.23.33+ recommended). If your web host does not support this, consider hosting with IPS Hosting.


you need a server for the board.
read the documents http://www.invisionboard.com/documentation.cgi
and the info in the downloaded file.

if you don't have any server, you can use
http://myibmain.ikonboard.com
or
www.togrc.com

[WorlWydeHusla]

vb and/or vbb costs like $200??? man i thought it was like 20-40...jeeez 200...at one time i thought it was free lol

i feel dumb now...and im proud...sorry guys one too many smirnoff i think im slowly losing soberness(is thata word LOL)...ill get off MGF now and maybe be back later

sorry i didnt realized...im not funyn when im half sober...oh well after i eat it will be better cause my stomach is empty and all tahts in there is smirnoff...so after a large dish or lasagna i will be fine

see u tmorrow

[Gee Gee]

Originally posted by WuR WyDe HuStLa
sorry i didnt realized...im not funyn when im half sober...oh well after i eat it will be better cause my stomach is empty and all tahts in there is smirnoff...so after a large dish or lasagna i will be fine

see u tmorrow
Lol don't worry about it you made me smile :D

[Mihir]

from where to get that PHP & mySQL

[Vile]

Originally posted by Mihir
@Vile
Do u surf MGF with that software....

Offtopic:
EGF link doesn't work

yes, MG is running on vBulletin.

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