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SoaringUSAEagle
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I am wanting to create a simple forum for my website, http://www.SoaringUSAEagle.com/ but I am having a difficult time understanding this PHP stuff. If someone could send me some source codes... examples of a forum page in PHP or whatever... I would really appreciate that.

Thank you for your time. I hope I'm not too confusing... as I am lost with PHP lol.

- Jeff
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cactus
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Post by cactus »

Do you want to write it yourself or give one of the "ready made" ones a try ?

There are plenty of open source (PHP) forums available:

http://phorum.org/
http://zorum.phpoutsourcing.com/index.php
http://www.phpbb.com

To name a few.

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Post by SoaringUSAEagle »

I would like to make it myself. I have looked at the "ready made" ones... I just think by doing it myself, I can gain more computer knowledge.
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OK, although I think you may want to take a look at those "ready made" ones and use them as inspiration. Understand what they offer as a product/service and determine what you need from your forum.

It's not a small task, esp. when users are involved, the database schema alone could be quite complex.

Firstly ask yourself a few questions, and build up a spec for what your going to build:

1) What features should the forum have ?
2) How do I intend to manage my users ?
3) How will I store the data for the forum (database or files) ?
4) What security (abuse etc) issues should I be aware of ?

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