barça Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hi! Not sure if this is for CSS or PHP...Ive got a plan to make a forum site for Language teachers. I have a simple understanding of html and some basic css and very very basic php.OK, I think its gonna take me a good few months to get it all designed, the options for forum software (not havin to pay) are phpBB or SimpleMachines.At the moment I know very little about the creation and difficulty of using these packages but I wonder if you can help. I'd like a nicely designed (CSS) site which uses one of the above forum softwares. Can anyone point me in a direction for looking at how to plan the developments of the site and how to work with CSS and forums? Any websites you can recommend? Is it right to make the design first in CSS, then incorporate the forum? Or does the forum software not need CSS? Possibly rather naïve questions at the moment, but hey, it's all about learning, right! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/12017-advice-please-for-developing-a-forum/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
moberemk Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 You'll probably want to start with a highly customizable forum software (phpBB works for me, but it seems that SMF is the big new thing for forums) that lets you use CSS to style it. You should start with the forums, build the site around the forums for tight integration, and then style it all with CSS. That's what I would do anyhow. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/12017-advice-please-for-developing-a-forum/#findComment-45784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
barça Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 HOw have you found phpbb? Pros and cons? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/12017-advice-please-for-developing-a-forum/#findComment-45816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moberemk Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Pros: Easy to use, highly customizable themes, lots of mods, good tech support, good support for a large variety of systems. Cons: Somewhat insecure with plenty of vulnerabilities, occasional bugs found. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/12017-advice-please-for-developing-a-forum/#findComment-45920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
barça Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 Thanks moberemk, I'll try them both out the next few weeks see how it goes. Can I see your forum? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/12017-advice-please-for-developing-a-forum/#findComment-46066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moberemk Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 I've got a VERY early beta version of my forum running at [a href=\"http://mobblog.byethost2.com/modules.php?name=Forums\" target=\"_blank\"]this[/a] url, but I'm nowhere near done with it yet. It's getting close though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/12017-advice-please-for-developing-a-forum/#findComment-46112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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