So it occurred to me that I wanted an online forum. Since I have been lingering in these places for over a year now.
A good friend of mine gave me free hosting. (I'm lucky I have a good friend)
So the question now came to me. "What forum script will I use?"
I googled for free forum scripts and found several ones to choose from.
1. phpBB
2. SMF
3. myBB
4. yaBB
5. E-blah.
Several friends recommended to use SMF, because:
1. It has active online development.
2. Most secured free forum script.
3. Easy customizable
4. Lots and lots of free mods to use.
I said, ok why not give it a try.
Doing things in the cpanel really took time for me to know.
I have no experience doing such a thing before.
Eventually I knew how to install it online.
Know the basics, editing themes, adding mods etc.
Now I'm happy. But not completely happy.
SMF is really good, custumize friendly and simple to use once you get to know how to do it.
But the appearance is not appealing. I have downloaded dozens of themes and none of it would satisfy me.
So, I left it for now. Until I saw another forum using myBB script.
I said Gosh!, this looks good! The appearance is almost the same with vBulletin (the best paid forum script today). Then there I go, "I want to use this one!!" LOL.
A good friend of mine gave me free hosting. (I'm lucky I have a good friend)
So the question now came to me. "What forum script will I use?"
I googled for free forum scripts and found several ones to choose from.
1. phpBB
2. SMF
3. myBB
4. yaBB
5. E-blah.
Several friends recommended to use SMF, because:
1. It has active online development.
2. Most secured free forum script.
3. Easy customizable
4. Lots and lots of free mods to use.
I said, ok why not give it a try.
Doing things in the cpanel really took time for me to know.
I have no experience doing such a thing before.
Eventually I knew how to install it online.
Know the basics, editing themes, adding mods etc.
Now I'm happy. But not completely happy.
SMF is really good, custumize friendly and simple to use once you get to know how to do it.
But the appearance is not appealing. I have downloaded dozens of themes and none of it would satisfy me.
So, I left it for now. Until I saw another forum using myBB script.
I said Gosh!, this looks good! The appearance is almost the same with vBulletin (the best paid forum script today). Then there I go, "I want to use this one!!" LOL.
