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SlowMac
New Member
USA
70 Posts |
 Posted - 29 Apr 2003 : 14:42:56
I want to add some simple forums to my website where people can request hardware there looking for and general hardware discussion. What is the easiest / cheapest way to do this? I don't want to have to link my site to some 3rd party site to do this. I want to keep everything local on my server.Also what's up with this site? Lots of times when I try it load it up it's down. I like it slow |
Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 29 Apr 2003 : 15:13:41
PHP has LOTS of forum possibilities, just do a simple google for php forums, and you will be amazed. There are also cgi script based forums, as well as more proprietary ones (such as this one).(OT)
BTW, my mail server is borked for a while, could you email me at level37@lycos.com to continue that MV200 shipping?
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Jobf
Junior Member
United Kingdom
162 Posts |
Posted - 30 Apr 2003 : 00:57:48
IMO, PhpBB is by far the best software. Easy to configure & learn but years to master.http://www.phpbb.com/ You'll need a semi decent machine hosting the site tho. All that php & sql local processing is gonna need a bit of ooommph! :) Jobf. http://jobf.kicks-ass.org |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2003 : 21:12:38
You mean my IIsi (33MB ram) with A/UX and some bodge-job installation of apache and the other junk wont' work????
I'd go with phpbb or ikonboard www.ikonboard.com (iThink) Official 68k videographer
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~tl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
312 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2003 : 15:35:20
YaBB is quite good aswell as it dosent require setting up php etc ... but if you have php/mySQL then i would ahve to suggest phpBB as well ... little demo of it athttp://www.mac-board.tk/ Orcadian MLA Division
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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member
Ivory Coast
1006 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2003 : 19:09:45
Running a board that uses SQl databases uses alot of resources on a host machine, so if your board goes over say 100 members you might see a performance decrease. So it's best to use a profesional hosting package for that part, your home machine/server might be too slow for that unless it's a high end one with lots of ram etc., and you don't mind it being tied up doing sql transactions.:)
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 : 02:30:38
quote:
You mean my IIsi (33MB ram) with A/UX and some bodge-job installation of apache and the other junk wont' work????
I'd go with phpbb or ikonboard www.ikonboard.com (iThink) Official 68k videographer
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~tl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
312 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 : 04:30:53
phpBB also has the advance of complete templates ... so you can customise every little bit of the forum layout ... as well as being alot faster and more secure than most other forumsOrcadian MLA Division
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 : 04:45:46
And more compatible. In my experiences, phpBB is very nice to 68ks. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2003 : 12:08:40
heh... yeah PHPbb is great... if you have MySQL and php installed... even I could set it up!!!in fact.. my server project centers around a PHPbb2 forum... which is why I'm looking for a Blue/White G3 so I can run OSX.2 server... then it'll let me use "MySQL manager" with OSX... is there any way to make like... YaBB work with MacHTTP? Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2003 : 16:18:38
I dunno...you'll still need a database server or whatever they call it, and YaBB is sorta crappy anyway.... "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member
Ivory Coast
1006 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2003 : 18:48:27
When you start mixing and matching web server, perl, cgi etc, you sorta end up with this sticky mess that is really hard to sort out, so sometimes it's easier to go with a package that has it all.Unless you like frequent nights up with cofee and the coder's handbook by your side. 
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2003 : 19:03:47
Exactly what i was thinking."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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