I need for my website a script to setup a FORUM web page for my
website. The Forum should be made in cgi with membership.
My website is: http://www.geocities.com/justintimberlacke2003
I need it as soon possible!

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Request for Question Clarification by larre-ga on 16 Nov 2003 14:27 PST

Hello, 

Geocities does not offer CGI scripting, even with its Plus and Pro
packages. CGI scripting is most typically written in Perl or C++.

You'd need web hosting with CGI capability, or perhaps, alternatively,
PHP hosting. The most popular Open Source (free) forum software is
written in PHP. Most commercial webspace provides CGI and PHP
capabilities. There are also free web space providers that offer these
features.

CGI Host Search (tick the CGI box)
http://www.100-best-free-webspace.com/advanced-search.php

Free PHP Webhost Reviews
http://www.0php.com/free_PHP_hosting.php

Another alternative would be a remotely hosted forum, i.e. a forum
hosted on a forum service webserver, and linked or framed within your
own website.

Please let us know which option(s) you'd prefer.

---l

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Clarification of Question by justintimberlacke-ga on 16 Nov 2003 15:03 PST

I want the forum script to be made by yourslef or somebody, I don't
want a hosted forum or free on web to get. This forum will be for
personal use not for sale or anythnig else.

Sincerely, JT

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Request for Question Clarification by larre-ga on 16 Nov 2003 16:04 PST

Hopefully another researcher will be able to better assist you. 

Without program details and testing parameters, it's impossible to
script. You'll have to specify a language, an environment, and your
server specifications in order to commission such a script. Geocities
does not allow CGI scripting. Such a coding project is time intensive,
probably more so than the offered fee will cover.

I can recommend phpBB, an open source forum script with thousands of
development hours invested to date. It can be customized to match any
website look at feel.

phpBB
http://www.phpbb.com/index.php 

Best of luck with your project --- larre-ga

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Clarification of Question by justintimberlacke-ga on 16 Nov 2003 16:14 PST

You can use CGI, if will wont work on geocities.com I'll buy an another domain.
Please help me!

Sincerely, JT

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 19 Nov 2003 08:22 PST

Hello, 
 Why don't you want an already made forum? There are great pieces of
software out there that can fit your needs. If not, are opensource and
can be customized. Please, let me know if you are interested. Also,
geocities it's not the best place to host such kind of scripts.

Regards.

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Clarification of Question by justintimberlacke-ga on 19 Nov 2003 13:03 PST

OK I accept an already made one. Please work for. Thank you in advance.

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 19 Nov 2003 13:49 PST

Hello, justin:
  Nice to hear that, but to run a forum (custom or already made) you
need a host able to run some kind of scripts (PHP, Perl) and host a
database (MySQL). I'm afraid that geocities is not the best place for
that. I suggest you to take a look to:

PHPWebhosting
http://www.phpwebhosting.com

The performance is great just for $9.95/mo.

Also, if you have any other site able to run such software, please,
tell me and I will install there. Please, let me know.

Regards.

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Clarification of Question by justintimberlacke-ga on 19 Nov 2003 17:13 PST

I got a host that provide php.

Regards, JT

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Clarification of Question by justintimberlacke-ga on 19 Nov 2003 17:15 PST

I have PHP and MySQL support too. JT

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 20 Nov 2003 00:38 PST

Hello, justin:
 Ok, so write a text file with all the access info to your host:
  host
  user
  pass
  database
  databaseuser
  databasepass
 And upload this text file using this utility:

 http://www.xpde.com/upload.php

 When you upload that file, I will be the only one with access to it,
so don't worry, this info won't be public.

Regards.

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Clarification of Question by justintimberlacke-ga on 20 Nov 2003 02:03 PST

Hello again "joseleon-ga" , I tryed to run your web address provided but didn't
worked because the web page don't load.

Please try to make the web page works and let me know when can I upload the txt.

Best regards, JT

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Clarification of Question by justintimberlacke-ga on 20 Nov 2003 11:00 PST

Hi "Joseleon-ga" , please use the same info I provided you at Question
ID: 276512 in my last clarification...

Best regards, Justin

Hello, justin:

You can find your new forum here:
 
http://members.lycos.co.uk/justinforum/forum/index.php

You will need to login using the user/pass you provided me to access
your lycos account.

As you can see this forum is still empty, you now need to create
categories, forums, and setup all you need to make it look the way you
want. To access the admin panel go to:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/justinforum/forum/admin/index.php

If you don't know what to do to setup it, it's better to don't touch
anything, just call me, I'm here to help you until you get what you
want.

Please, use the Request for Clarification option to request "anything"
you need, when I say "anything" I mean "ALL YOU NEED", ok? ;-)

Regards.

You're the best joseleon-ga

You are asking three questions about scripts in goggle answers. Can
you explain why the scripts have to be written for you ? Well made
scripts for all the purposes you need are already existing and
available.
All that has to be done is install the scripts on you server (laare-ga
already explained that certain capabilities on your domain have to be
given. CGI scripts must be allowed and / or (depending on the
solution) the language php (and maybe a MySQL database) must be
supported.
I doubt if any of the google researchers active here is ready to write
NEW code for you.
A typical forum script e.g. may require thousands of programming hours.

So please let us know if another solution could help you.

till-ga

um, no.

I REALLY doubt it would take thousands of hours. I am a perl
programmer and a fantastic board would take at most a month or two of
on/off programming on saturdays. Or so it would be for me.

and a "typical" forum would take a day or two of determined programming.