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Making forum by kni on 01-04-2007 at 04:46 PM

I am making a forum i need some help:

Heres what i need help with:

Are you alloud to upload msgplus scripts to a forum?
Can you get the direct download link for msgplus4 and then put it on?
What is a mirror?

The subject of my forum is internet sites,scripts,animation.computing dose any one have suggestions for it?

Can anyone suggest forum sites that is good.
Is phpbb the best i heard of that?

Thanks,

kni

RE: Making forum by Oxy on 01-04-2007 at 04:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kni
What is a mirror?

quote:
Originally posted by kni
The subject of my forum is internet sites,scripts,animation.computing

Erm.. if you dont know what a mirror is, i would reccomend creating a technology related forum...
Besides, there are allready plenty out there.

EDIT:

quote:
Originally posted by kni
Is phpbb the best i heard of that?

No. MyBB is probably the best one out there.
And heres free MyBB hosting...

RE: Making forum by Jimbo on 01-04-2007 at 04:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kni
I am making a forum i need some help:

Heres what i need help with:

Are you alloud to upload msgplus scripts to a forum?
Can you get the direct download link for msgplus4 and then put it on?
What is a mirror?

The subject of my forum is internet sites,scripts,animation.computing dose any one have suggestions for it?

Can anyone suggest forum sites that is good.
Is phpbb the best i heard of that?

Thanks,

kni

Well first, if you upload scripts, make sure you ask the developer first and give him/her full credit on your site.
About getting a direct link to plus live, i'd ask patchou or an admin (WDZ, wj, Chris boulton etc).
A mirror is just like anotehr download link incase the main server download link goes down/exceedes bandwith limit.

quote:
Originally posted by .OxY

quote:
Originally posted by kni
Is phpbb the best i heard of that?
No. MyBB is probably the best one out there.
And heres free MyBB hosting...

Yes i agree asI recomend to use Mybb or Vbuletin as they are both good but you need to upload them to your host. If you want an automated one use http://createmybb.com.

Good luck in your forum

RE: Making forum by kni on 01-04-2007 at 04:56 PM

Whats an automated forum?

RE: Making forum by Jimbo on 01-04-2007 at 04:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kni
Whats an automated forum?

One that us made for you so you don't have to upload anything yourself. E.G. http://www.createmybb.com

RE: Making forum by kni on 01-04-2007 at 05:02 PM

Can you rephrase i dont understand,

sorry

RE: Making forum by Jimbo on 01-04-2007 at 05:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kni
Can you rephrase i dont understand,

sorry

umm well basically, you go onto a website, enter your username,email etc and it makes the forum for you. So you don't have to upload the files yourself. Sorry, maybe someone can explain better...

RE: Making forum by kni on 01-04-2007 at 05:08 PM

oh........ thanks

how do you delete your whole membership and foorum

RE: Making forum by Jimbo on 01-04-2007 at 05:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kni
how do you delete your whole membership and foorum

Short answer: You can't

RE: Making forum by Oxy on 01-04-2007 at 05:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kni
how do you delete your whole membership and foorum

Just leave it, if its inactive, im sure it will be deleted soon enough

RE: Making forum by Fuse on 01-04-2007 at 05:34 PM

kni: please do not double post [use the edit button and the bottom of your last reply]

and i would also back you not opening a technology forum if you dont know much about it, hang here: learn some stuff and then maybe you can open your forum

RE: Making forum by duck! on 01-04-2007 at 05:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by F1/01
kni: please do not double post [use the edit button and the bottom of your last reply]

and i would also back you not opening a technology forum if you dont know much about it, hang here: learn some stuff and then maybe you can open your forum

I totally agree, i think she should just go to a few technolgy forums and learn then create one. But if its "fun" creating one go ahead

Also if you do create this forum and need help ask here

Plus i would advise you to learn some "other" languages such as HTML, java script and also understand the would of technology

RE: Making forum by Oxy on 01-04-2007 at 06:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by duck!

quote:
Originally posted by F1/01
kni: please do not double post [use the edit button and the bottom of your last reply]

and i would also back you not opening a technology forum if you dont know much about it, hang here: learn some stuff and then maybe you can open your forum

I totally agree, i think she should just go to a few technolgy forums and learn then create one. But if its "fun" creating one go ahead

Also if you do create this forum and need help ask here

Plus i would advise you to learn some "other" languages such as HTML, java script and also understand the would of technology

Well, actually, i think that there are too many technology boards around, (big ones like msghelp.net and mess.be, but also include others like the technoage) and i think just having a general discussion board just between you and your friends is a better idea.

RE: RE: Making forum by kni on 01-04-2007 at 09:12 PM

quote:
i think just having a general discussion board just between you and your friends is a better idea.

Thats why i am making one (Y)

Any ideas on what to include on it?

(Dose double posts count if its a quote? If it is i will delete this reply

)

RE: Making forum by Oxy on 01-04-2007 at 09:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kni

Thats why i am making one(Smilie)

Any ideas on what to include on it?

Well, just general things.. erm..
New. (international and local)
Sports
Computering
ect..

quote:
Originally posted by kni
(Dose double posts count if its a quote? If it is i will delete this reply )

Just Highlight the bit you want to quote, press the q. quote, copy, edit and paste in

RE: Making forum by Nagamasa on 01-08-2007 at 11:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by kni
Any ideas on what to include on it?

Homework help?

Sportsman's Corner? (to avoid jocks

)

Poll Centre?

And definitely a T&T of some sort.

RE: Making forum by John Anderton on 01-08-2007 at 01:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by .OxY
No. MyBB is probably the best one out there.

I am pretty sure that's debatable. I prefer MyBB as well but I'm pretty sure that fact is debatable. It always is

MyBB is going quite well though. 'Tis pretty hot right now (as its been for quite a while

)

RE: Making forum by Eddie on 01-08-2007 at 01:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by John Anderton

quote:
Originally posted by .OxY
No. MyBB is probably the best one out there.
I am pretty sure that's debatable. I prefer MyBB as well but I'm pretty sure that fact is debatable. It always is
MyBB is going quite well though. 'Tis pretty hot right now (as its been for quite a while )

very true, the Invision Power Board is pretty good, but you have to pay for that, which is where MyBB wins

Although MyBB is a very nice forum

RE: Making forum by NanaFreak on 01-08-2007 at 01:24 PM

ok seeing as you guys could really answer the first questions i will

quote:
Originally posted by kni
Are you alloud to upload msgplus scripts to a forum?

no you should not do that... you should just post a like to the thread / page where the developer has it

quote:
Originally posted by kni
Can you get the direct download link for msgplus4 and then put it on?

no you should just have a like to the downloads page of msgpluslive.net (here)

quote:
Originally posted by kni
What is a mirror?

it is another website that the author of a program (in this case) has allowed to host the files (and keep VERY up to date) so that it can take some stress of the main server

quote:
Originally posted by kni
Is phpbb the best i heard of that?

i dont know from experience with that particular board but i recommend MyBB. it is very easy to customize and it is also what is run on this forum :cheesy:

i hope this clears things up for you....

RE: Making forum by plus on 01-08-2007 at 04:47 PM

I am making a forum as well and i was wondering this,

On some sites you get an pop like this to sign in
[Image: popup.jpg]

can you have that on mybb or another site?

Thanks (y)

RE: Making forum by WDZ on 01-08-2007 at 04:59 PM

You can have HTTP authentication like that on any site, but you can't use it in place of MyBB's regular login system. It would be a second layer of password-protection.

RE: Making forum by plus on 01-08-2007 at 05:01 PM

Thanks WDZ

but how can i get it

ps: Fast reply thanks

RE: Making forum by WDZ on 01-08-2007 at 05:18 PM

What web server are you using? Apache?

Do you have cPanel or anything that might provide a GUI to set up password-protection?

RE: Making forum by plus on 01-08-2007 at 07:20 PM

i am using a forum site (mybb)

I dont know about a server

Do you know of any forum hosting sites (automatted) that you can use http

RE: Making forum by WDZ on 01-08-2007 at 07:40 PM

Well, you can't use HTTP authentication unless you can modify the server configuration or the source code of your copy of MyBB.

It's not possible with CreateMyBB, for example. I don't know about other services.

RE: Making forum by plus on 01-08-2007 at 08:09 PM

so how can you modify a server

RE: Making forum by WDZ on 01-08-2007 at 08:18 PM

Here's the Apache documentation: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/auth.html

And here's a tutorial I found via Google: http://www.elated.com/articles/password-protectin...ges-with-htaccess/