I need to know how to install a forum in to my web site. I have few questions regarding that.?

1 can I build a forum just by using html,


2 do I need to use ASP


3 do I have have a web site that enable ASP.NET


4 does yahoo provide ASP.NET


5 if not please tell me a good web hosting servise that provide that.


6 How do I build a forum


7 how can I put it in my web site


Please answer me. ( iknow that鈥檚 question is long please be kind and help me)


Thank you very much for your time
I need to know how to install a forum in to my web site. I have few questions regarding that.?
1 can I build a forum just by using html,





No. You have to have some server-side language to do it.





2 do I need to use ASP





No, PHP / MySQL works fine.





3 do I have have a web site that enable ASP.NET





No.





4 does yahoo provide ASP.NET





No.





5 if not please tell me a good web hosting servise that provide that.





I prefer http://www.webhost4life.com for shared ASP.NET hosting. http://www.godaddy.com also provides ASP.NET hosting.





6 How do I build a forum





You don't. You use a forum that's already been built. I would recommend http://www.phpbb.com but you can also use http://www.communityserver.org if you want to use ASP.NET





7 how can I put it in my web site





1. Get a Web host


2. Download the forum script


3. Follow the installation instructions that came with it.





I would recommend getting Web hosting from http://www.dreamhost.com and using their installer to install phpBB.
I need to know how to install a forum in to my web site. I have few questions regarding that.?
1 can I build a forum just by using html,





No





2 do I need to use ASP





No





3 do I have have a web site that enable ASP.NET





No





4 does yahoo provide ASP.NET





Probably, I would hope so.





5 if not please tell me a good web hosting servise that provide that.





Any windows hosting provider will





6 How do I build a forum





Why build one when you can download one?


http://phpbb.com


http://punbb.org


http://simplemachines.org





7 how can I put it in my web site





Follow the installation instructions, they're very easy.





Good luck!
Reply:Will try to answer them one by one:





1. No. Impossible. Unless you use html to link it to a free forum host.





2. Nope. Not necessary.





3. Refer to Qn2





4. Not that I am aware of.





5. Try http://www.phpbbweb.com/ . It offers a good forum hosting that is free.





6. Gather a group of target audience with some interest group and get them to actively participate in your forum. For technical aspect, refer to Qn5





7. Refer to Qn1.
Reply:The most popular open-source and free forum sooftware runs on PHP, not ASP. And Linux, not Windows (though PHP will run on Windows too, if you're a glutton for punishment).





Specifically, PHP-based forum products also normally require MySQL (to store the data), and Apache (to make clean, search-engine-friendly URLs with Apache's mod_rewrite).





A shared hosting plan based on Linux will have all of these.





As to the actual PHP projects, the most popular forum-ONLY software is PHPBB.





However, I find that the functionality of the Drupal CMS (content managment system) is much nicer, in both features, extendability, elegance of design, and appearance of the themes. But don't take my word for it. Check it out for yourself...





The Main Site


http://drupal.org





The Drupal forums (which use the Drupal software)


http://drupal.org/forum





Finally, installing PHPBB or Drupal, or any number of other applications that can be adapted for forum use, like Joomla for example, are very easily installed on any web host that provides the Fantastico auto-installer. You can literally be up and running in just a few mouse clicks. My record is 7 minutes... and that was way back when I was still using a dial-up connection!
Reply:contact http://www.kohlihosting.com and they will do it for you!!!!!!!!!!! just mail them.....