I want to start an automotive forum. Any suggestions where I can buy a pre-packaged forum template?

Posted October 29, 2009 * Comments(4)

Mario V asked:


I’m planning on starting an for our website AESwave.com. Can you give me any ideas or suggestions on or places that sell forum packages. Thanks.

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  1. Sam on November 1st, 2009

    It depends on your web host… they probably provide installable forums for you. If you have your own dedicated server, then it depends on your server’s OS (Linux), the web server software used (Apache) and the languages it supports (PHP), and whether you have a database available (MySQL).

    It might be a little overwhelming, but here’s a list…

    (edit) … It appears your site is ASP based, so you might go with Snitz (http://forum.snitz.com/) based on cert.guard’s recommended list

  2. brisray on November 3rd, 2009

    The most popular forum creators is phpbb httpwwwphpbbcom.

  3. cert.guard on November 5th, 2009

    There is no need to buy unless you’re looking at recouping that money through the forums or you really want to draw attention away from the main portion of the website.

    There are dozens of free forums out there, here are a few of the most popular:

    vBulletin:
    Snitz2000:
    PHPBB:

  4. Tom H on November 6th, 2009

    If you have a decent hosting package you should be able to install a forum from the host control panel. If not you can download the software. You can also purchase templates to change the look and feel. See the links below.

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