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Inspiring
August 9, 2010
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message board script

  • August 9, 2010
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Hi,

Does anyone know of a good message board script, flat file or php/mysql where I can include the page into my current design.

I have a page called message-board.php where I want to call the script into

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Lawrence_Cramer
Inspiring
August 9, 2010

Do a Google search:  "free php forum software"

There are a ton of them... Unfortunately they don't lend themselves too well to being integrated into a web site, they tend to want to BE the web site. You may consider creating a sub domain so you can still brand your message board, such as -- http://messageboard.YourWebSite.com - but allow it to take up the space it wants.  This is a common solution to this problem.

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Inspiring
August 13, 2010

Are there any that are very easily skinable?

Lon_Winters
Inspiring
August 16, 2010

PHPBB is the industry standard for open source, free message boards.  There are hundreds of free themes and templates available and just as many resources for making your own.