PhPBB or alternative?

[Mac-A-Matic]

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!

[Paul F.]

How about Phorum?

(Disclaimer: I know nothin' 'bout bulletin board software... just know I like the way Phorum looks and operates...)

[TheTominator]

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/

[microchip13]

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.

[MysteryGuest]

I like phpBB. Easy to customize, lots of skins available too.

[ka jowct]

I like phpBB. Easy to customize, lots of skins available too.

Buffalo Bill, is that you?

[TheTominator]

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.