Hi,
I'm computer student, I need to develop a forum for my community. "We" are all separated and now live in different places around the world... We don't have a General discussion place. I need information like
> how to create a forum
>Do i need to do any coding
>Is it a downloadable stuff if yes tell me the best one

I don't know whether its right in asking here but please help me out

I waited for so long and finally got my needs through a search engine..... Thanks for your effort...

waited for so long?

I know you said you found one but here's one anyway; http://hostedboard.com/ using the phpbb.com system. You don't need to worry about hosting and such.

48 mins long - Its as bad as an extremely late train in Japan is 5 seconds late!

Another handy place to use for finding particular systems such as forums in the future reference is hotscripts.

Yes, 48 minutes - IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HERE - is SUCH an eternity Next time remember that not everyone is in your time zone!!

To make a forum, you need to pay for the hosting charges, and then you need to choose a domain name, then you will have to choose from a number of templates specially designed for forums.

in current sociaty,to creat a fourm is easier than before,if you have a host ,have a domain name,then you can think about what kind of forum.etc.discuss forum.likewww.webmaster-talk.com. there are exsit code to develop it ,you needn't any network technology,but the more the better.because you have to mend it sometimes.if you know a little knowledge is useful.in a word ,it is a simple thing now.some host provider often do it for you..

Its pretty easy. There are plenty of free forum scripts which are easy to use like SMF, phpBB, myBB etc. You can use free hosting but will need to moved to a paid host when your forum grow.

Originally Posted by altax

I waited for so long and finally got my needs through a search engine..... Thanks for your effort...

i'm surprised you didn't try googling it first...

NOBODY beats WordPress. You can get it hosted free at http://wordpress.com

I use freebb.com It has a nice board, but is simple. It is very functional if you are not looking for anything fancy. There are others out there, just google it. Good luck man!

Im amazed they needed to wait 48 minutes, there are about a million options for setting up a forum by searching on google for.....forum!

hahahaha 48 minutes.

Forum creating, template selection , domain plus hosting= 150$.

you need LAMP,that is linux+apache+mysql+php,of course ,you can pay it for $...

I am a new user of this site and i don't know how to create a forum,but thanks all the member who sharing there informations here.i think it will be helpful for to create a good forum.

Nowadays, its much easier to create a forums by using open source script / CMS for forums like VBulletin (lkie our forum), SMF, MyBB, etc. Choose what CMS is much easier to edit and use for you.