phpbb

wraith of fire · Post by **wraith of fire** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 4:56 pm

how do you make a forum on the phpbb website?

error · Post by **error** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 8:46 pm

First, you go to www.phpbb.com web site.
Second, you download the newest phpbb, which is 2 I think.
Thrid, you read the manuals it comes with and follow the instructions.

Before anything, make sure your host can support php stuff.

wraith of fire · Post by **wraith of fire** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 10:06 pm

i have an ancient computwr

megaman exe · Post by **megaman exe** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:47 am

you might need a new one then.

YashaOokami · Post by **YashaOokami** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:51 am

Easier said than done o.-; Unless you have a job that is...

j00f00 · Post by **j00f00** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 3:09 am

YashaOokami wrote:Easier said than done o.-; Unless you have a job that is...

I say Amen to that x_x;

Furik · Post by **Furik** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 3:31 am

Hehe..
^-^ Funny
Yeah, I would love to make a phpbb forum for my site but I don't have the time >.> I guess a guestbook is just nice and easy for me.

error · Post by **error** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 5:10 am

I don't think a bad computer would be a problem at all. You just need a web host that supports php, then it's pretty easy.

sudra · Post by **sudra** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 6:25 am

the hard part on that is finding one that you can afford... with no job and no money it's hard to find one... there aren't very many free ones that support php and mysql... i can't find one...

j00f00 · Post by **j00f00** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 7:49 am

Well, the best host I've used is cyberPixels, which gives me 500 megs of space with 20 gigs of transfer a month, along with a LONG list of other items for only $11.95 a month. Now that's a great deal XD.

As for the computer having to do with anything, it most often doesn't. My computer is from the stone ages, with 56 megs of RAM, and the original hard drive losing rpm's by the hour =\. Yet, I'm still able to run Photoshop 6 and a great FTP program. Yay for my AMD ._.!

Bear · Post by **Bear** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 9:47 am

Hmm...I'm not sure about CyberPixels. Here's why...keep in mind, I run a Web hosting company, so I'm more than a little biased, and I tend to be obsessed with reliability. ^_^

They seem to be counting on very few users taking the advertised amount of space and bandwidth - that is, overselling. This is fairly standard practice, but should not be taken this far. $11.95 per month can barely cover the cost for 20 GB of bandwidth, let alone technicians' salaries, disk space, and electricity. Keep in mind that a reliable, server-class hard drive or RAID array will cost significantly more than a garden-variety Western Digital IDE drive.

Even accounting for overselling, the only way to get bandwidth at such a low price is to use Cogent's backbone, which is currently in danger. According to CyberPixels' Web site, they use Level3, Aleron, and Cogent bandwidth. My guess is that the facility where their servers are, DV2, has a very large connection to Cogent and small backup connections to the other two carriers (not enough to pick up all of the traffic). DV2 has had some problems recently.

All that said, they're probably just fine the majority of the time. ^_^

j00f00 · Post by **j00f00** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 5:14 pm

The weird thing is, I wake up, I come here to read this, and my site is down like a ton of bricks XD!
*pokes it*

EDIT: Okay, it's going up and down, scary....