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Which forum? Wait! Not the usual question.

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I need to install a discussion forum for a homeowners association site, and I want the one with the fewest features. There only needs to be a few "Forums" in a single "Category" and I'd like for people to post in all forums without registering (as "guest"). But they should, of course, be able to create a log on and "nickname" for themselves.

PHP/MySQL is ideal. Don't need email notification, skins, private messaging, search, Usergroups, etc. I guess polls would be desireable.

People using the forum are going to be, for the most part, real computer lightweights.

Personally, I like phpBB a lot, pretty much nothing I don't like about it, but it might be overkill. Suggestions and input, please.
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phpBB..you can configure it so guests can post...and it takes like 2 seconds to install,maybe 3:)
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phpBB is great if you don't mind frequent security updates. The last few months have been difficult maintanence wise. Don't even thing about delaying a security upgrade -- it'll come back to haunt you.l But other than that a great forum.
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For a completely stripped down one, why not just build your own?
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what about a wiki? They are typically as about as stripped down as you could get as far as a forum could go (granted it's not normally a forum)
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Bill H wrote:I need to install a discussion forum for a homeowners association site, and I want the one with the fewest features.
http://fudforum.org/download.php

Simple, easy to install, extremely secure - designed by a php security consultant, and php internals contributor. Highly recommended if layout isn't a critical issue.
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Post by Bill H »

I actually did build one on another site, using a flat file. Yecch. I mean, it looks okay and works fair, but I just really hate reinventing the wheel. A wiki is maybe a little more basic than I had in mind, but you were certainly responding to what I said and it's a worthwile thought. Fudforum looks really interesting, I will investigate it some more. Thanks for all the input.

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Roja wrote:
Bill H wrote:I need to install a discussion forum for a homeowners association site, and I want the one with the fewest features.
http://fudforum.org/download.php

Simple, easy to install, extremely secure - designed by a php security consultant, and php internals contributor. Highly recommended if layout isn't a critical issue.

Just thought I would through in my 2 cents worth and highly recommend this forum also. The security in FUDForums is amazing. I have never had to worry about security while using it and its still really easy to use.
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I went with phpBB because fudforum does not allow forums to be configured such that unregistered visitors can post, and that is a requirement of the homeowners association. They don't want registration to be a requirement.
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