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Setting up a web site Help

razla01 Posts: 35 Forumite

25 May 2007 at 10:05AM in Techie Stuff

I am wanting to set up a web site with the possibiliy of a chat forum on it...I am unsure where to start ie obtaining the space, cheapest options etc...please can any1 help..thanks

www.wii-r-us.zlio.net/

for all your wii needs ## wii fit 69.99

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Flexible_Friend Posts: 422 Forumite

25 May 2007 at 11:07AM

Domain names

http://www.123-reg.co.uk/

Web Hosting

http://www.dataflame.co.uk/

You will need PHP and MySQL for the following (which will normally come with the hosting package).

Bulletin Boards

http://www.phpbb.com/ (free)

http://www.vbulletin.com/ (approx £90 a year - as used by MSE)

Community based website with built in Bulletin Boards, Private Messaging and Photogallery

http://www.cpgnuke.com/ (free)

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Cricri Posts: 579 Forumite

25 May 2007 at 11:31AM

I normally use a fee host directory such as here:
http://www.freewebspace.net/search/power.shtml

Once you determined which features you need (e.g. Perl, PHP, SQL, etc), fill the form to get a list of suitable hosts.

Speaking of Perl, I used E-Blah in the past for my forums:
http://www.eblah.com/

It's a great script, and the forum is very active, meaning that I always got some useful help very quickly.

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superjaggybunnet Posts: 1,145 Forumite

25 May 2007 at 12:39PM

I use phpbb.com

free and easy!

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BubbaUk_2 Posts: 39 Forumite

25 May 2007 at 12:55PM

Try freewebs for your first attempt, it's what you see is what you get editor (WYSIWYG) like word and I think you can upgrade to a perm site without advertising.

I should help you get stated, once you know where you're doing a little better, look at domains and PHBB

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