Dreamweaver - creating a forum

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creating a forum

zebo3k

2006-01-30, 10:51 pm

Hey guys, this question is quite big(for me anyway). I would like to create a
forum on my dreamweaver site. The question is what is the best way of going
about this using dreamweaver? or is it possible to use third party blogging
software like wordpress? (personally, i would like to be able to create mine)
YES I HAVE SEEN THE TUTORIAL ON THE DREAMWEAVER DEVELOPER PAGE, BUT I DONT HAVE
ALL THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE i.e interACT

(_seb_)

2006-01-30, 10:51 pm

zebo3k wrote:
> Hey guys, this question is quite big(for me anyway). I would like to create a
> forum on my dreamweaver site. The question is what is the best way of going
> about this using dreamweaver? or is it possible to use third party blogging
> software like wordpress? (personally, i would like to be able to create mine)
> YES I HAVE SEEN THE TUTORIAL ON THE DREAMWEAVER DEVELOPER PAGE, BUT I DONT HAVE
> ALL THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE i.e interACT
>

you *can* create a forum yourself, using a server-side language (PHP, ASP etc.)
but that's far from easy, and if you're not very familiar with a server-side language, you should
use a third-party blogging software.
There are a few, that are free; the only one I have used myself is phpBB
http://www.phpbb.com/
you can download it for free. Your hosting server must support PHP of course, and must provide one
database.

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jcdesigns

2006-01-30, 10:52 pm

I'm with the guy above.
Use http://www.phpbb.com/
I've used it twice and have had no problem. There is a decent amount of
support on their forum. If you want to see an example of what I've done with
it, go to:

www.jollyrogergames.com

and click on forum. I changed all of the styles so that it matches the site.

.: Nadia :. *TMM*

2006-01-30, 10:54 pm

As others have mentioned, don't try and reinvent the wheel when there are
3rd party apps out there.
You mention CF server, so take a look at these:

CF : http://www.adersoftware.com/index.cfm?page=cfbb
CF: http://www.cfcode.com/index.cfm/fuse/products.htm

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> Hey guys, this question is quite big(for me anyway). I would like to
> create a
> forum on my dreamweaver site. The question is what is the best way of
> going
> about this using dreamweaver? or is it possible to use third party
> blogging
> software like wordpress? (personally, i would like to be able to create
> mine)
> YES I HAVE SEEN THE TUTORIAL ON THE DREAMWEAVER DEVELOPER PAGE, BUT I DONT
> HAVE
> ALL THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE i.e interACT
>