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Hey guys, I'm looking to create a forum that my school could use. Its a small school with only 75 kids registered and its actually pretty chill there.

Alright, so basically I'm graduating this year and would like to create a forum that would have fairly cool graphics like se7ensins here and a very clean layout. If anyone could assist me in making such a thing it would be greatly appreciated. (I'd like to point out that i have owned one websight for fun)

I'm sure theres a tut just direct me if you know a good one thanks!
 
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Do you have a incense for any forum software?
And why be like 7s? Be creative and do your own thing man.
 
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just got the trial for Xenforo, and when i quoted se7ensins, I was referencing to how smooth and sleek it felt compared to other forums
 
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I hope you have money, or are extremely skilled. Though you should make your own thing, not copy Se7enSins.
 
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would you recomend any free software or free hosting for now that i could play around with for the time being? Also thanks for the reply's guys I'll do my best to make it unique, haha.
 
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would you recomend any free software or free hosting for now that i could play around with for the time being?
I don't think anyone does free website hosting (at least, not very reliable hosting that's free), but with some searching, you can easily fine some free website templates to play around with. Though if you're going for a custom look, you'll need to pay someone for it, code it yourself, or pay for furm software etc. Such is life.
 
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Also the name of the school is (Outreach) haha, any good names come to mind before i buy a domain name?
 
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would you recomend any free software or free hosting for now that i could play around with for the time being? Also thanks for the reply's guys I'll do my best to make it unique, haha.


x10 is fairly good for free hosting, or 000webhost; it has a great control panel.
As for software, there is always MyBB. That is the only one that I have personally used so I can't really comment much on any other free software out there.
 
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x10 is fairly good for free hosting, or 000webhost; it has a great control panel.
As for software, there is always MyBB. That is the only one that I have personally used so I can't really comment much on any other free software out there.
There's also wordpress, though I don't like it very much.
 
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Isn't WordPress used in more of a blog style site?
Yeah, which is why I'm not a big fan of it. You can probably make a forum out of it, but it'd be annoying. It's not bad if you just want to play around with something. Drupal is a good choice, though.
 
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Yeah, which is why I'm not a big fan of it. You can probably make a forum out of it, but it'd be annoying. It's not bad if you just want to play around with something. Drupal is a good choice, though.

Yeah, me ROHLY and Cakes attempted to make a forum a while ago; it flopped. But, we tried WordPress for the front page of the forum, it didn't go to well. But, I am sure it could look alright if you knew what you were doing.
I have never heard of Drupal, I will have to check that out sometime.
 
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Yeah, me ROHLY and Cakes attempted to make a forum a while ago; it flopped. But, we tried WordPress for the front page of the forum, it didn't go to well. But, I am sure it could look alright if you knew what you were doing.
I have never heard of Drupal, I will have to check that out sometime.
The main problem with WordPress is its lack of flexibility. You can make a decent looking site, but it's hard to change certain aspects of it.
 
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Anyone want to skype and teamviewer me for a few minutes? Just till i get the hang of things.
 
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I got Drupal, and 000webhost going as well as mybb. Thanks so so far guys very helpful starting pointers.
 
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You can get free trials of xF and IPB for like 3 days.
 
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The main problem with WordPress is its lack of flexibility. You can make a decent looking site, but it's hard to change certain aspects of it.

Yeah, it is okay if you are just getting to grips with things. Ideally, coding your own homepage would be the best option. But, I am aware that that is difficult if you don't know what you're dong.

Norb Norb If you need help setting it up, I can help, but that is about as far as I can go.
 
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would you recomend any free software or free hosting for now that i could play around with for the time being? Also thanks for the reply's guys I'll do my best to make it unique, haha.
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Yeah, which is why I'm not a big fan of it. You can probably make a forum out of it, but it'd be annoying. It's not bad if you just want to play around with something. Drupal is a good choice, though.
You can combine the databases or the forum and wordpress. I forget what it's called.

OP, I suggest you use myBB and get a frontpage plugin.
 
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