Alternative to phpBB or not?

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DBoojie

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I am the main (and currently only) administrator on this website hosted by Office Live and I'm trying to get some kind of forum system on the the thing, so far I've tried importing Freewebs Forums, and today I tried uploading phpBB, and the Document Upload System doesn't allow me too. Does anyone know any alternatives to phpBB, ANY kind of uploadable forums, or am I just using phpBB incorrectly?
 
sar said:
What error you getting when uploading files phpBB? Make sure your hosting provider has given read/write permissions on the folder in which phpBB tries to upload the files.
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Our hoster refuses to host phpBB on their Linux servers because of the security problems with it. On windows boxes, it's a real pain to install because of all of the permission issues as well.
 
DBoojie said:
I am the main (and currently only) administrator on this website hosted by Office Live and I'm trying to get some kind of forum system on the the thing, so far I've tried importing Freewebs Forums, and today I tried uploading phpBB, and the Document Upload System doesn't allow me too. Does anyone know any alternatives to phpBB, ANY kind of uploadable forums, or am I just using phpBB incorrectly?
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Well, your site reports it's running on IIS-6.0 which as far as I know, doesn't have any sort of PHP support. You need Apache/PHP for it.
 
I would imagine that your problem is with the hosting you have chosen - don't know what you can do with office live but I don't imagine that they have PHP support. Also you'll need FTP at least to be able to install some kind of forum.
 
chiskop said:
I would imagine that your problem is with the hosting you have chosen - don't know what you can do with office live but I don't imagine that they have PHP support. Also you'll need FTP at least to be able to install some kind of forum.
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I'm pretty sure they don't have FTP, PHP, and probably not got more than a GED. :eek: (Own) But seriously though, it's like Freewebs but with a domain name.
And I do mean that in basically every way. They give you Live Person-to-Person Help, and a FREE website, except that Office Live gives your OWN domain name. Seriously, the second day after using I explored a bit more on the extra parts of administration...and thought they were charging me on my Credit Card, and I said "Cancel my Account" basically, but they actually e-mailed me to tell me it was a free service, and that the card was really only needed it for verification (to make sure I was a real person), and frankly, I was astounded. Even though they don't have ANYTHING, I guess you get what you pay for.
 
Renamed20070410 said:
also, most of the external links on your page are incorrect...
they are prefaced with http:// already, so you end up with this
http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7WvO8aoAak
and this
http://http//www.youtube.com/user/DandCVideos

see?
http://http//www.youtube.com/profile?user=Draguinii

not worky...
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OH! I was at school editing my Web-page, and then I said "Ohhh....THAT is what he meant!" I thought you meant my PROFILE Page, not my own personal website....
You know...You just can NOT beat free advertising. <3
Anyway, I've fixed all of the links like that [that I could find] and also some other minor stuff like extra and unneeded spaces. Thanks for your help! :D
 
Thanks for all your help everybody. But I have the CRAPPIEST Host EVER. But...I guess you get what you pay for; it was free. :P
Anyway, thanks again for all your suggestions, you guys' rock!
 
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