Free message board hosted on your domain.

[Mr Smith]

I am wanting a message board for my domain, but i'm not much of a programmer. What do I have to do to go about getting this?

(I just want to be able to direct something to my domain... like to maybe aspergersgirl.com/forum  ) I can't seem to find any service that tells me how to do this, i keep getting sites that want to give me some stupid other subdomain to direct it to)

[jman]

http://www.phpbb.com/

http://www.simplemachines.org/

[duncvis]

The simplest one to set up is probably YaBB, a Perl-based forum script (SMF developed as a PHP version, so its pretty similar to this one in layout and functionality). NO SQL database required.

[Mr Smith]

The simplest one to set up is probably YaBB, a Perl-based forum script (SMF developed as a PHP version, so its pretty similar to this one in layout and functionality). NO SQL database required.

So you download that and upload it... do I have to code? I don't really get it.. am i designing the forum? I see it needs perl on the server.. that will cost me per month.. is there no way I can get a forum and point it to aspergersgirl.com/forum?

[duncvis]

No coding required, you just upload it and install it following the instructions. I don't know of any free forum providers that you'd be able to redirect to your domain, sorry. 

[Mr Smith]

hmmm... I'll need to weigh up the cost of hosting it.

[Mr Smith]

http://50webs.com/starter_plan.html

Will that be able to host your forum software? Will everything to do with the forum be saved to my server? won't it run out of room?

I really wish I could piggyback of another server that holds it all.. maybe i'll have to go with a subdomain of a forum offering service.

[duncvis]

that should hold it comfortably, unless your forum becomes very large. 

[Mr Smith]

that should hold it comfortably, unless your forum becomes very large. 

hmm, what about backing up and stuff? I still really don't know how this works..

[duncvis]

the forum has its own backup utility, or you could simply back everything up periodically using FTP.

[Christopher McCandless]

http://50webs.com/starter_plan.html

Will that be able to host your forum software? Will everything to do with the forum be saved to my server? won't it run out of room?

I really wish I could piggyback of another server that holds it all.. maybe i'll have to go with a subdomain of a forum offering service.

It seems that they actually have a forum script integrated, so you may not need to faff around much. Though the script might not be any good, of course.

[Mr Smith]

hmm, I'll probably do a manual backup. I think i'll upgrade my account so it supports forum scripts.

[Mr Smith]

Also how do I change my WHOIS information? Someone told me it's giving out all my details.

[duncvis]

you need a private registration, it costs a few $ a year but its definitely worth it. you should be able to arrange that through your registrar.

[odeon]

Works like a charm, too.