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Feb 27.2006

I think what I’m asking is – what programming language should I learn in order to build a forum where members of my site can post messages back and forth to one another?

I don’t want to use one of the free forum resources out there, because with those you have to go to another site. I want this to be smack on our home page.

I have a “dummy” set up at [url]http://www.yourprowriter.com/friends.htm[/url].

I’m very new at web design and only know how to do “raw” coding, pretty basic XHTML stuff & CSS. I don’t use Dreamweaver or anything fancy.

Any advice on how to meet this goal?

Thanks, Rebecca

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@TheBearMayFeb 27.2006 — First question you need to ask is what can run on my server?

#1 You need a database.

#2 You need a server side language (PHP, ASP, Java)

After you answer that, there are several free packages that can run on your site (simple search will turn up at least a half a dozen) or if you're really adventurous you can write your own.
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@anejohFeb 27.2006 — Yes, like [I]TheBearMay[/I] said, there are many that can be installed right in your site's directory and can be used as your homepage. If you do not want to install a complex forum, there are some guestbook scripts that can do something like what you have on your dummy page. Just do a search for guessbooks or simple message boards and you will find a bunch of useful codes that you can copy and paste into your code.
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@JPnycFeb 27.2006 — It would likely take several months of intense study to learn enough scripting to write even a primitive message board. Just download one of the free ones. Even setting 1 of those up will be challenging enough.
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@TheBearMayFeb 27.2006 — It would likely take several months of intense study to learn enough scripting to write even a primitive message board. Just download one of the free ones. Even setting 1 of those up will be challenging enough.[/QUOTE]...I'll second that sentiment.
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@bluecaterpillarauthorFeb 27.2006 — Thank you all for your input! I'll take your advice and see about finding some guestbook or message board code I can use.

Rebecca
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