[Franakapan]

What is the best web script to write a forum in? And what is the best way to go about this? I notice this site is written in PHP...

Thanks for your help

[Dus10]

A lot are written in PHP. It is easy, widely available, and heck... there are plenty of forums softwares already available, for free.

[bigpund]

yea writing one in php would be your best bet i believe. but why reinvent the wheel? download some of the different fee forum softwares and customize them to your needs :-) vbulletin is probably the most widely used and known.

[Outta Hand]

Originally posted by bigpund
yea writing one in php would be your best bet i believe. but why reinvent the wheel? download some of the different fee forum softwares and customize them to your needs :-) vbulletin is probably the most widely used and known.

I would have to agree. PHP is much more cross-platform friendly and easy to deploy

[Franakapan]

Thankyou all Very helpful! Should help alot...

[Lori]

Are features such as this:

<quote>There are currently 42 users online.</quote>

And:

<quote>(1 Viewing)</quote>

included in the forum software or are they some sort of code?

Lori

[bigpund]

yes i do believe that those are standard features of vbulletin...check out the website for more details.

www.vbulletin.com