Forum Software phpBB, Invision Power Board, vBulletin

[piet]

Hello my name is piet.

i am a newbie but addicted to forums, i like them a lot.

most racing forums.

i like to start one myself.

what is the best thing to do, i mean how to start?

[MeTi]

Well First Of All Welcome To Webhosting UK

Ok Now Let's Get You Introduced To The Forums

Well, First You Should Think About Your Content, What You Want Your Forum To Be Based On..

Then After Thinking, You Should Think About An Forum System

Example.. vBulletin, phpBB, IPB, MyBB etc..

NOTE: vBulletin Costs Alot, But It's The Best Forum System, Yet!

Also An Good Suggestion

MyBB Has Almost The Same Features/Options Like vBulletin, And It's Free!

It's An Mix Of vBulletin And Invision Power Board!

And Basiclly Running A Forum, Is A Easy Job! Administrating It Is Really Easy!

But You Need Good/Active Moderators To Keep Your Forum Clean..

If You Need Any Further Help, Please Be Free To Reply!


Regards,

MeTi

[piet]

The content is no problem, it will be racing.

The Forum System is a little problem for me, i realy dont know the difference here.

How to choice for vBulletin, phpBB, IPB, MyBB etc..

The cost i dont mind, it has to be simple to use and easy to learn.
Good/Active Moderators is no problem i have a few good friens who will help me out.
But they have the same problem as me the like the forums but no experience.

Thanks for your reply.

Can you give more advice?

[MeTi]

Of Course I Can Provide You More Information

Let Me Be More Specific In The Forum System


phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable Open Source bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the ideal free community solution for all web sites. Very Easy To Use!


MyBB is a powerful, efficient and free forum package developed in PHP and MySQL. MyBB has been designed with the end users in mind, you and your subscribers. Full control over your discussion system is presented right at the tip of your fingers, from multiple styles and themes to the ultimate customisation of your forums using the template system. Very Easy To Use Looks Just Like An vBulletin Forum!!

Invision Power Board, an award-winning scaleable bulletin board system, allows you to effortlessly build, manage and promote your online community. Advanced yet intuitive features like multi-moderation allow you to focus on developing your community, rather than wrestling with complex settings.Allow your users or customers to comment on your products or services; personalize your customer service by allowing staff to interact with your customers; enable staff to collaborate and discuss, in private, away from public eyes, or just relax with friends in your corner of the web. Invision Power Board is designed to meet your specific requirements from your community, whatever they might be. Haven't Used It Before, But My Friends Say It's Easy To Use!

vBulletin is a powerful, scalable and fully customizable forums package for your web site. It has been written using the Web's quickest-growing scripting language; PHP, and is complemented with a highly efficient and ultra fast back-end database engine built using MySQL.

Hope That Helps You Out!

[piet]

oke i will be honnest with you.

for me it is a lot of abracadabra.

i mean i just want to know is it realy easy to use.

i have no experience in programming or designing.

i know how my pc is working i know how to mail etc etc.

i realy need a simple to use forum.

[MeTi]

Hmm I'm Using MyBB, And It's Really Easy-To-Use..

I Can Also Help You If You Need Any Help!

But Please Tell Me If I Provided You Enough Information ?

Thanks!

[piet]

Yes you didt thanks a lot.

i like the offer you made me to help me out with this.

thanks for the offer

[MeTi]

No Problems Mate, I Like Helping Members Out!

[piet]

if you need any help just let me know.

i cant do the designs and the software.

but helping out with the forum i can

[Pumazooma]

Originally Posted by piet

The content is no problem, it will be racing.

Your problem there is that there are already lots of very well established forums on racing. F1, indycar, nascar, the lot. They also cause lots of problems as you get people arguing about who is th ebest or if someone was cheating etc.

The Forum System is a little problem for me, i realy dont know the difference here.

How to choice for vBulletin, phpBB, IPB, MyBB etc..

The cost i dont mind, it has to be simple to use and easy to learn.

Most of them are easy to learn.
A good starting point would be to get easyphp (free, just google for it) which allows you to install the forum software offline so you can try each one out and see if it does what you want it to do before you actually 'go live'.

Good/Active Moderators is no problem i have a few good friens who will help me out.
But they have the same problem as me the like the forums but no experience.

Thanks for your reply.

Can you give more advice?

Don't appoint moderators until you actually need them. Also don't appoint people who ask you if they can be mods. They tend to be power hungry and want to be in charge of something. They're generally the last people to ask. Choose people YOU think have the right temperament for the job.

[piet]

Believe me i am learning that leason from my friend.

Iff i take a mod it will be very cool one, i mean easy going.

[MeTi]

Great Post Pumazooma, I Can Totally Just Agree With You

It's All True, Also Be Sure To Know Your Moderators Well

Because Trust Me They Can Create Lots Of Problems !!

Regards,

Meti