Hey everyone, my 11 yr old son has expressed an interest in learning how to code. I was thinking it might be fun to setup a little forum for his friends.
I'm a developer and I work in an all MS shop (mainly C#). I have an old machine that is running Server 2003 that I am going to use.

I assume there are some free forum platforms out there...Does anyone have any recommendations ?

phpbb is free...

http://www.phpbb.com/

phpbb is free...

http://www.phpbb.com/

yup ^^

PHPBB is a good simple forum but there not many option available for it.

I would also recommend SMF

If you would like I can install a basic install of each for you to take a look at.

I have both of these scripts on one of my servers. It's a one click install.

Here you go


www.exactservers.com/smf (http://www.exactservers.com/smf)

www.exactservers.com/phpbb (http://www.exactservers.com/phpbb)

I will pm you the login details.

let me know when your done and I will remove them. :)

PHPBB is a good simple forum but there not many option available for it.

I would also recommend SMF

If you would like I can install a basic install of each for you to take a look at.

I have both of these scripts on one of my servers. It's a one click install.

Thanks, that would be great.

Thanks R1Lover, I'm done with those test forums. I really appreciate it.

ok cool... :)

phpbb3 because its free and opensource. But I wouldnt argue that VB is good too, but I just hate the licensing thing.
Demo : free forums (http://www.forumotion.com)