Can anybody give me advice on creating a forum for my website, and how i would go about making it.

Thanks

Use phpbb install some of the more rare mods and have a good adveratising campain. To make your forum look more uinque download some different skins for it.

Here is a useful resource for you. I'm sure you'll be able to create a forum for your site.

(Source Sitepointforums)

MySQL/PHP:

InvisionBoard - http://www.invisionboard.com
MercuryBoard - http://www.mercuryboard.com
OpenBB - http://www.openbb.com
Phorum - http://www.phorum.org
phpBB - http://www.phpbb.com
vBulletin - http://www.vbulletin.com
BurningBoard - http://www.woltlab.de
UBB.threads - http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbthreads
XMB - http://www.xmbforum.com
YabbSE - http://www.yabb.info
Zorum - http://www.zorum.com

Perl/CGI:

e-blah! - http://www.eblah.com
YaBB - http://www.yabbforum.com
ZcomForums - http://www.zcomforums.com
Discus - http://www.discusware.com/discus
IkonBoard - http://www.ikonboard.com
UBB.classic - http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbclassic
Upperboard - http://www.upperboard.com

ASP:

IdealBB - http://www.idealbb.com
Snitz Forums - http://forum.snitz.com

Remotely Hosted:

DiscussionApp - http://server.com/communityapps/discussionapp
ezboard - http://www.ezboard.com
FreeWebWare Forum - http://freewebware.com/info/tools/forum.html
MyIkonBoard - http://www.myikonboard.com
OpenTopic - http://www.infopop.com/products/opentopic
ProBoards - http://www.proboards.com
Rapid Forum - http://www.rapidforum.com
Sudden Launch - http://www.suddenlaunch.com
zeroforum - http://www.zeroforum.com
InvisionFree - http://www.invisionfree.com
MyForum.net - http://www.myforum.net
MyForums.net - http://www.myforums.net

Wow. I think this may be thoo much info. I have been using phpbb, are any of the others better or worse. has anyone comments from past experience?