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PhPBB or alternative? - Mac-A-Matic - 03-22-2006
Was interested in hosting a chat room on my work webserver. It's small and limited and running OSX10.3 Panther for a small website. I was looking over phpBB and that seems to be a Win app. Can this be run on OSX? Or is there a Mac alternative?
Thanks!
Re: PhPBB or alternative? - Paul F. - 03-22-2006
How about Phorum?
(Disclaimer: I know nothin' 'bout bulletin board software... just know I like the way Phorum looks and operates...)
Re: PhPBB or alternative? - TheTominator - 03-22-2006
It looks like phpBB is for any major operating system. You need PHP running with your web server and a compatible database. You should be fine on OS X 10.3.
You have other options too.
The free software that runs this forum should work too. It is called phorum. It also requires a database configured with your web server.
I use a free Perl-based solution that doesn't require a database or PHP. It is called YaBB.
http://www.yabbforum.com/
Re: PhPBB or alternative? - microchip13 - 03-22-2006
I use Phorum, I like it, fast and simple.
There's a nice standalone application for OSX, an alternative to the built in apache server, it's called MAMP I believe, it has an Apache server, and MySQL server in one.
Re: PhPBB or alternative? - MysteryGuest - 03-23-2006
I like phpBB. Easy to customize, lots of skins available too.
Re: PhPBB or alternative? - ka jowct - 03-23-2006
I like phpBB. Easy to customize, lots of skins available too.
Buffalo Bill, is that you?
Re: PhPBB or alternative? - TheTominator - 03-23-2006
You can also look at SMF.
http://www.simplemachines.org/
It is the package that GoDaddy.com hosting will install for you. It is free and uses PHP and MySQL. I have no experience using it.