PHPBB and Frontpage 2000

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hi everyone, I have used FP2000 for all of my (basic) websites and am now
going to be undertaking a bigger challenge than anything I've done to date. I
need to set up a forum-type of site with the ability to post pictures,
comments, etc. I would like to use tables in FP2k to set up 3 cells: one at
the top for site info, one at the bottom for copyright info, and use the
middle section for the forum itself. Is this possible? I read on PHPBB's
forum that their product doesn't work well with FP, but I see others doing it
on this forum. Any suggestions?
 
Putting it in a subweb is probably the safest, then make the forum look like the rest of your web.

Make sure your host supports php and I think PHPbb uses mysql for db...if not you need to look for an asp/access/mssql portal/forum.



| hi everyone, I have used FP2000 for all of my (basic) websites and am now
| going to be undertaking a bigger challenge than anything I've done to date. I
| need to set up a forum-type of site with the ability to post pictures,
| comments, etc. I would like to use tables in FP2k to set up 3 cells: one at
| the top for site info, one at the bottom for copyright info, and use the
| middle section for the forum itself. Is this possible? I read on PHPBB's
| forum that their product doesn't work well with FP, but I see others doing it
| on this forum. Any suggestions?
 
You might want to check this out:
https://store.telligentsystems.com/FamilyProducts.aspx?id=1

John Kisha
Inland Pacific Consulting
http://www.VisitUsAt.com
323-463-8300
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From: Krista [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: Monday, December 27, 2004 4:05 PM
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Conversation: PHPBB and Frontpage 2000
Subject: PHPBB and Frontpage 2000

hi everyone, I have used FP2000 for all of my (basic) websites and am
now
going to be undertaking a bigger challenge than anything I've done to
date. I
need to set up a forum-type of site with the ability to post pictures,
comments, etc. I would like to use tables in FP2k to set up 3 cells: one
at
the top for site info, one at the bottom for copyright info, and use the

middle section for the forum itself. Is this possible? I read on PHPBB's

forum that their product doesn't work well with FP, but I see others
doing it
on this forum. Any suggestions?
 
Must you use PHP rather than ASP?
It IS indeed possible to do the PHP BB with FrontPage and I've done it as
well as a PHP nuke, but it is easier to use an .asp forum.

What kind of server are you going to publish this to?

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

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Must you use PHP rather than ASP?
It IS indeed possible to do the PHP BB with FrontPage and I've done it as
well as a PHP nuke, but it is easier to use an .asp forum.

What kind of server are you going to publish this to?
Click to expand...

This is a concern I'm just running into as well. Are there any
good, free .asp forums ?

FYI, I've been hosting on 8-95.com which uses linux servers.
While they're a pretty good hosting company, I've just found that
godaddy.com has an even better deal and offers 2GB on .asp for
$9.95/month.


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Please remove the "_" when replying via email
 
It is perfectly possible to use PHPBB and Frontpage. I've got several
running. However, you do need to understand a little PHP, ASP isn't an
option, hence 'PHP'BB.

You need a MySQL database available, as PHPBB creates about 30 database
tables. It does support other databases, though I've never used one.

You can redesgn the pages by opening the PHP pages (as text) and looking for
the HTML components - it's quite fiddly but perfectly possible.
 

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