I admit I've accepted more work than I can handle and the task I am currently working on is more than I am qualified to do.
I'm building the website for a local ministry/non-profit organization I am part of. The bulk of the site is being coded in xhtml/css but I am going to add forums as well and I don't even know where to begin. Should I be looking at phpbb or SMF or nuke or am I not even close? I know I'm sorta slow but I pick up on software and code unusually fast once I know what to use. Can someone help me get past this very important step (selecting the right format) so I don't make a rookie mistake that these good people end up paying for?
I'm not even sure what info to add here but I guess it's important to know that the domain is hosted through godaddy.com ( I know, I know. First mistake) and that I am going to need strict filtering and permissions at every turn for the youth group forums.
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If you want something free and somewhat easy to mod, i would go with phpbb for a forum, it has been out there a while and has alot of different skins to download for it.
As for your site, once you get a basic design that relates to the local ministry, i highly dought you are going to have people who are going to do stupid things on a site like that.
PHPbb2 is the best way to go. It's the easiest to edit and add your own themes. SMF has limited capabilites and doesn't offer as much room for expansion as PHP because there are not many sites that support it ex. for plugins etc. etc.
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These r all OK scripts, but if your looking at the future of your site i would recommend vBulletin, it costs about $140us a year for a license but is well worth it.
PHPbb2 is the best way to go. It's the easiest to edit and add your own themes. SMF has limited capabilites and doesn't offer as much room for expansion as PHP because there are not many sites that support it ex. for plugins etc. etc.
SMF doesn't have that much hacks for it, i agree.
butit's way easier to edit the themes, and add em, trust me, it's competely automated on that part.
Right now my biggest issue is getting godaddy to let me use either one. I tried to setup SMF and phpBB last night and there's some sort of restricition in place that won't allow me ot use either. I'm waiting for "service and support" (ha!) to respond. Maybe I should have asked for referrals for hosting first?
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I figured it out. It turns out I am some sort of advanced idiot. Fixed the problem and I now have a fully functional phpBB forum with no content. I am going to sleep.
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