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Modified forums...

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November 25, 2017
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Hi, I want to create a modified forums and then some but I want to know the technicality of how it can be created. It won’t be like a regular forums template you find anywhere so this will make me have to code on dreamweaver (or on muse). Before telling me where to find these php which program is easier and faster to complete on, dreamweaver or muse. I just know how to code html and css well.

Like on the “create post” page instead of having one text box, I would have multiple tabs for it. Then the thread would also have multiple tabs. So it has to be “custom” made

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W_J_T

Inspiring

Another option is Discourse:

https://www.discourse.org/

With Free & Open Source version, if you are willing to self host and self install:

https://github.com/discourse/discourse

You see it in use a lot for modern forums now days, it looks like this https://meta.discourse.org/ or this Pinegrow Community Forum , etc.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Building a safe & secure web forum is an advanced level project that requires many hours of advanced coding skills in both server-side and client side scripting + a firm understanding of web server security.

You can't possibly build this with Muse or HTML & CSS alone. In all candor, Dreamweaver alone won't help you either.

Look at Amazon Web Services with the Bitnami Simple Machines Forum software.

AWS Marketplace: Simple Machines Forum powered by Bitnami

If you've never used AWS cloud services or set-up an EC2 instance, there's a learning curve. Just read the documentation thoroughly before you start and take each step-by-step. AWS is usage based so you're not paying high traffic server fees for a low traffic site.

Nancy

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

B i r n o u

Legend

what is the interest and added value of using AWS instead of installing SMF on its own server independently ? ... I'm just curious

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

https://forums.adobe.com/people/B+i+r+n+o+u wrote
what is the interest and added value of using AWS instead of installing SMF on its own server independently ? ... I'm just curious

COST. A community forum can be very expensive to run.

AWS charges for what you actually use. No guesswork required.

Adobe uses AWS.

Nancy

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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batgirl_Author

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thanks

the smf looks promising

Preran

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Preran

B i r n o u

Legend

well if you have solid knowledge on PHP, the JavaScript/HTML/CSS, you can develop a forum from scratch... a forum has a lot of component to develop and master... like Users, Users Roles, Comment, Alert, Internal message and so on... so perhaps that I did miss the question bottom line, so sorry, if I did...

personnaly if I have a forum to handle, i use the core simpple machine one Simple Machines Forum - Free & open source community software

if that wasn't the question... never mind

BenPleysier

Community Expert

Muse is easier but it has its limitations. Dreamweaver is the better choice, but don't forget that HTML + CSS is mostly static with a bit of animation. For a forum to work, it needs inputs from the user. This cannot be achieved using HTML + CSS alone. For this I would suggest using PHP and a MySQL database.

Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!

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