Topic: forum program for SME

[Theo]

I need a BB/forum for my website-I see that this site uses phorum. Does anyone have recommendations on a good noob installed forum?

[Dan Brown]

I like phpBB; take a look at my contributed howto for information on how to set it up.

[Quade]

Theo, I've written a BBS specifically for SME server (I'm running SME 5.0 at home) in PHP/MSQL

It's still in beta, but I'm using it on my site. Check it out at http://thegeekhouse.com. If you like it, maybe we can figure out how to get it installed on your site.

-Quade

[James Redfern]

DNS failure on http://thegeekhouse.com  8^(

[Theo]

Dan-thanks for the Freakin help! It was virtually without a hitch. I had to DL the bb elsewhere as the wget address didn’t provide a valid file. It provided one about 11k on two attempts that wasnt a valid gz file. Other than that, (and I was very careful to follow your instructions and not mis spell or mis-case anything) it was perfect! If you need to elaborate anything it might be the very end-where you enter in the info in the php install window, just reassure the noobs what names and pw goes where. Anyone else interested in putting a forum on their site, check this out under 'web discussion forums'
http://www.e-smith.org/cgi-bin/contrib.cgi

[Joshua K]

Hmmm... I did something wrong, but went over everything again and again. I get a 403 Forbidden error when accessing http://myserver/phpBB2
The only thing I did differently was use a different password.

[Joshua K]

I should be more specific. I followed the instructions for phpBB2 at http://www.e-smith.org/cgi-bin/contrib.cgiTheo wrote:
>
> Dan-thanks for the Freakin help! It was virtually without a
> hitch. I had to DL the bb elsewhere as the wget address
> didn’t provide a valid file. It provided one about 11k on two
> attempts that wasnt a valid gz file. Other than that, (and I
> was very careful to follow your instructions and not mis
> spell or mis-case anything) it was perfect! If you need to
> elaborate anything it might be the very end-where you enter
> in the info in the php install window, just reassure the
> noobs what names and pw goes where. Anyone else interested in
> putting a forum on their site, check this out under 'web
> discussion forums'
> http://www.e-smith.org/cgi-bin/contrib.cgi

[James Redfern]

Theo wrote:

>                                            Anyone else interested in
> putting a forum on their site, check this out under 'web
> discussion forums'
> http://www.e-smith.org/cgi-bin/contrib.cgi

That's getting pretty long in the tooth now.  The latest version 2.0.2 is much easier to install and sets real easily.  Fast too.

JR.

[Dan Brown]

James, actually, the HOWTO is for 2.0.2, it's just that the title in the contrib list hasn't been changed yet.

[James Redfern]

Well anyway, its a great piece of software.

JR.

[Joshua K]

Awwww, I was all excited to see three replies, thought my problem was solved for sure, heh.