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Arturo Espinoza
9,181 PointsHow can I create a basic forum and what to learn next?
I created a website and I want to add a basic forum nothing to fancy. I have a pretty good knowledge of HTML and CSS. Im ready to learn something different in order to make my websites better and more interactive. Also what language(s) is(are) used to create forums?
3 Answers
Unsubscribed User
6,144 PointsHi Arturo,
To make your website more interactive, you can learn Javascript and Jquery. If you want to create a forum or a website with users authentification and database, you will need to learn a server-side language like PHP, Ruby or Python (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
But if you want to install a forum as soon as possible, there are some free that you can install in your website.
Hope it helps a bit !
Joseph Gennitti
16,870 PointsYou can install a phpbased forum and integrate it into your existing webpage. I used one that's pretty popular called phpbb. You can find it at www.phpbb.com it's free and pretty easy to install. Then you can edit the header and footer files and even customize the color palette of it. I used it for a Lakers fan page I made www.lakers24seven.com/forum the more you play and edit you will even learn php. The best way to learn to be honest is to tinker with stuff mess it up and figure it out. So basically you wanna learn php for this, here is a video I found to get you started if you wanna do it yourself.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajK9lhlkjhs
Good luck, keep learning.
Arturo Espinoza
9,181 PointsThanks, I ended up using phpbb it was really simple to use. It was just a pain installing automod on it lol. but all is well with this now.
Joseph Gennitti
16,870 PointsNo problem, glad to help.
Here check this out. There is a way to modify the header and footer to what you want your forum to look like. A lot of people ask this question when they get there forum up and info is hard to find, but I found it when I was trying to customize my site. You should take the php course next in treehouse to really understand how to modify that phpbb software.