[Hidden-tech] Ready made forum solutions

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:19:11 -0500 "Jonathon Podolsky" <producer at wholehealthexpo.com> wrote:

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> Dear HT - ers,
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> I'm looking to setup a forum.  Here are is what I'm hoping for ideally:
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>    - Simple enough that users will want to post
>    - Inexpensive (including setup or can setup myself)
>    - Easy to setup
>    - Quick to setup
>    - Can have different forum managers for each forum (ride sharing, health
>    discussion etc...)
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> phpbb 3 <http://www.phpbb.com/> is a possible solution (also it's open
> source), and can be setup for free right away by certain hosting
> providers<http://www.phpbb.com/hosting/>.
> But I have no experience with it, so wondering if it's good.
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> Does anyone have experience with that forum solution?  Other solutions you
> would suggest or a particular host for that kind of thing?

I use Nabble (www.nabble.org) for my Model RR forums at
www.deepsoft.com (see http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/). 
The forums are hosted on Nabble, but integrated seamlessly into my site.

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