Forum for club website

mister
mister Posts: 4
edited October 2012 in The cake stop
Hi all, new here, well newly signed up anyway.
Wondered if one of you clever people could help me to start working out what i should do with regard to introducing a forum to my clubs website. I am pretty dim about these things and would be very grateful for some pointers as to what I need and where I might get it. Thanks in advance,
Tom Worthington
Vortex R.T.

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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Have a look at phpBB

    https://www.phpbb.com/

    Theres a few bods on here have had experience setting them up - not the mods, don't ask them, theyre fecking useless.

    here it is in action with 2 clubs by me - same software - different look.

    http://liverpoolmercury.co.uk/

    http://hmiddletoncc.21.forumer.com/

    From memory I think you need an apache server and access to a sql database - your host will have all those options for you.
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  • rodgers73
    rodgers73 Posts: 2,626
    Vbulletin is a great system to use
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    phpBB is ok for a free bit of software, but if you really want something great then spend a bit on vBulletin. Both are really easy to setup and most decent hosts will provide 1 click installation of these (and other) forum packages.
  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    phreak wrote:
    phpBB is ok for a free bit of software, but if you really want something great then spend a bit on vBulletin. Both are really easy to setup and most decent hosts will provide 1 click installation of these (and other) forum packages.
    And if not,it's pretty self explanatory to setup via FTP. I'm happy to help/answer questions.

    For reference: This forum runs phpbb3.
  • mister
    mister Posts: 4
    Thanks very much people, most helpful.
    Just the kind of info I was looking for.
    Cheers,
    Tom
  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    Why not use FB?
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    Our Yaxleyriders.co.uk site is mainly a FB based forum now and because of the ease of going on that site on mobile etc. it is getting harder and harder to point traffic at the main website.

    We have actually created a bit of a monster with it. 150 members on FB, about 10 regular posters and fewer unique visits to the website ... beware! !
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  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Don't use this one, I have to and don't really like it, not flexible enough http://www.webwiz.co.uk/web-wiz-forums/
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • mister
    mister Posts: 4
    All great info, thanks again everyone.
    Not had time to get going on our forum yet, but i will do so soon and I'll let you know how it goes.
    Not going with FB because (being a social misfit...) I personally don't use it.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    If you are looking for hosted www.proboards.com is a good place to start.
    http://fendrieneu.home.blog
    My blog and pod...
    Beers of Belgium Cycling Club UK
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    If your hosting is Linux with CPanel you most likely will be able to install PHPBB with a couple of clicks. (make sure your hosting allows you a mySQL DB that you'll need to run it)... if you want cheap hosting that does do it then look at wiserhosting.com WebStart for 25quid a year, that'll do it for fact as I describe.

    Ive done it and had it all branded exactly as I want in about 30mins with all the settings as I want them, admin stuff and mod stuff setup and everything tested.

    I got my own header, produced it in HTML with how I wanted all the logos etc at the top and dropped that html into the template and that was that, I do have the advantage of coding websites since 1998 though.

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