Page 1 of 1
How do you set up a BBS?
Posted: 2005-04-30 08:55pm
by Lord Pounder
Like it says in the title, how do you set up a BBS like the one here at SD.net
After pissing about in several WoW guilds a few friends and I are gonna set up our own, we have the people interested and we've decided we need a website to help us co-ordinate Raids, place orders with our crafters etc and we've decided that the phpBB software would suit us best.
So from step one how the hell do you do it?
Posted: 2005-04-30 09:00pm
by Dorsk 81
You could try making one on
ProBoards. Hosted for you and all that, but options are kinda limited. My old guild leader from SWG set up
this one, which suited us just fine.
Posted: 2005-04-30 09:04pm
by Dillon
http://www.phpbb.com/
The setup is fairly easy, you'll need a webhost that allows you to use PHP and you'll need a datbase.
On the other hand, you can always use one of the sites that hosts them for free, like
http://www.freeyabb.com/ or
http://www.dk3.com/index/
Naturally, you have less control over them that way, but it's free, and you don't have to bother setting it up yourself.
Posted: 2005-04-30 09:11pm
by Shinova
Get webspace.
Get board software.
Learn board software.
Set it up.
Advertise/Pimp/Whore it out to the digital public.
The short answer, I guess.
Posted: 2005-04-30 11:12pm
by Uraniun235
Be sure, of course, that said webspace has support for whatever forum software you want to run.
Posted: 2005-04-30 11:54pm
by Superman
I did it with proboards. If I can do it, you can too. Just start up a proboard account and ask questions as you go along.
Posted: 2005-05-01 02:41am
by Knighthawk
feel...
so...
old...
need to...reminice...about...old days....gaining .... strength...
*passes out*
-K
TRADE WARS 2002 FOREVER!!!
Posted: 2005-05-01 04:36am
by Drooling Iguana
Knighthawk wrote:feel...
so...
old...
need to...reminice...about...old days....gaining .... strength...
*passes out*
-K
TRADE WARS 2002 FOREVER!!!
Come on, everyone knew that Barren Realms Elite and Legend of the Red Dragon pwned o'er all.
Posted: 2005-05-01 04:47am
by Slartibartfast
I found
http://www.greatboard.com/
Haven't tried it so I don't know how it compares to others, but apparently it's got many options for a free board.
Posted: 2005-05-01 08:08am
by Terr Fangbite
Proboards is great if you just want a place to make several boards and have people post to them. Anything more get phpbb.
Posted: 2005-05-01 08:20am
by Rogue 9
I don't like Proboards' terms of use. If you have discussions typical of the SD.net community there and someone complains, your board is gone. Try this:
http://freeyabb.com I hosted my board with them, and it's working out great. You can choose phpBB or Invision. I went with the former myself, but use whatever works for you.
Posted: 2005-05-01 03:01pm
by Knighthawk
Drooling Iguana wrote:Knighthawk wrote:feel...
so...
old...
need to...reminice...about...old days....gaining .... strength...
*passes out*
-K
TRADE WARS 2002 FOREVER!!!
Come on, everyone knew that Barren Realms Elite and Legend of the Red Dragon pwned o'er all.
LoL! Wait, then there was Pimp Wars, and Global War
Posted: 2005-05-01 05:40pm
by Petrosjko
Oh man, Trade Wars... if only we'd had more players for it. And Jet Fighter.
Oh, memories.
Posted: 2005-05-01 07:29pm
by Darth Wong
When you use a remotely hosted and administered system such as proboards, the administrators of the system have you by the balls. Just keep that in mind before ever trying such a system. If you trust that they will treat your balls well, then don't worry about it.
Posted: 2005-05-04 06:38pm
by Dahak
I can testify as of now that setting up a phpbb is ridiculously easy
Even computer-illiterates should manage that...