{"id":156,"date":"2011-08-24T14:39:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T14:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/08\/24\/online-forum-bulletin-board\/"},"modified":"2022-03-11T11:14:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T16:14:27","slug":"online-forum-bulletin-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/phpbb\/online-forum-bulletin-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started Guide Online Forum Bulletin Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>This article will assist you with getting started adding an online forum \/ bulletin board to your website.<\/div>\n<h2>What is a Forum?<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A forum is an online discussion board \/ bulletin board. It allows your users to post topics, and then for the rest of the forum community to read and respond to those topics. If you&#8217;ve ever searched the web to get more help on an issue you&#8217;re having, whether it be anything from your website to your car, you&#8217;ve most likely read some information from a forum.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>While most people are familiar with using a forum or at least know what it is, not as many people know how to setup a forum. There are several online forum applications you can install, most notably phpBB and SMF.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Choosing a Forum Application<\/h2>\n<div>While we don&#8217;t officially recommend any one particular forum application for your website, we&#8217;ve included links below to pages on the phpBB and SMF websites that will give you more information about each program, which should help you decide which one to use.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>phpBB &#8211; Features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/about\/features\/?from=submenu\">https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/about\/features\/?from=submenu<\/a><\/div>\n<div>SMF &#8211; Feature List <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplemachines.org\/about\/features.php\">https:\/\/www.simplemachines.org\/about\/features.php<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please note that there are other forum applications besides phpBB and SMF. If you search the web for, &#8220;php mysql forum software&#8221;, you should find other applications you can review as well.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Installing your forum<\/h2>\n<div>If you choose to use either phpBB or SMF as your forum, you&#8217;re in luck, as both applications can easily be installed within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/\">Softaculous<\/a> (located in your cPanel).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you decide to choose a forum other than what is offered in Fantastico, please see the program&#8217;s installation instructions for more help with installation. While we cannot install third party applications for you, if you run into a problem during installation, please contact our Support Department and let us know and we&#8217;ll be more than happy to assist.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Using your new forum<\/h2>\n<div>After you&#8217;ve installed your new forum, you&#8217;ll want to review the program&#8217;s website to find the documentation you&#8217;ll need to get started with all the available features. 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