gcninja Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 So, I have a Go daddy website(sorry I didnt get to use the code, this was almost a year ago). I was thinking though of putting up a forum on it. Im thinking Snitz cuz its free, i know though it sucks but still its a small thing. How though? i know its a vague question. I know it reuires ASP and HTML which i know GD support(html, not sure on ASP). question is: whats required? a home server or can i do this on the network folder? nothing for more than 30-50ppl thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdmag Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 You should check which hosting account you have - GoDaddy offer both Windows and Linux servers, and I'm guessing the Linux servers don't support ASP. You can always install phpBB for your forum, but I hear you need to stay on top of security patches or you might get pwned really fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks dude. Its a windows server and i was thinking phpBB, is it free? also this is a VERY small think for me and old friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks dude. Its a windows server and i was thinking phpBB, is it free? also this is a VERY small think for me and old friends Im not positive, but doesn't godaddy have some kind of packages for this sort of thing in your control panel? I know on my Dreamhost and even my last host company, they had some things for forums and blogs and such built into the hosting package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 ill check, thanks dude EDIT: Its extra, with the "Website tonight" feature, it does have some good stuff though, dont know if its worth it: * Easy Click-&-Type Editing * Forums * RSS News & More * Flash Intros - with Music! * .mobi-compatible * Video * NEW! Widgets for weather, maps, news, clocks, Twitter and Flickr® * HTML Editing * Spell Check * HTML Importing * Copyright Statement * Theme-based Categories * Your choice of professionally designed template * CSS Based Templates * Advanced Style Editor * Shared Content * Password-protected pages * Professionally Designed Color Schemes * Color Customizer * Multiple Color Themes * Specialty Content * Site Preview * Image Editing (editor/wysiwyg) * Text Editing (wysiwyg) * Custom Form Builder * Add Images (Over 8,000 free images included) * Publish a "Coming Soon" page in 3 easy steps * Built-in hosting * Expanded Workspace * Quick Shopping Cart Integration Publishing * Seamless integration with Google's® Site Mapping Tool * Publishing Times * Publish From Application * Add Meta Tags * Add Page Keywords and Descriptions * Site Analysis * Publish Log Page Elements * Guestbooks * Customize and Add Label * Supports JavaScripts * Navigation Buttons * Hit Counter * Music Plug-in * Scrolling Marquee * Date / Time Stamp * Add Photo Album Links * Slideshows within Photo Album * Easy Form Builder Web Site Management & Tools * Secure Hosting with Generous Disk Space/Bandwidth * Spam & Virus-Protected Email Account * 256-Bit Encryption provides privacy and protection for your personal information through Web-Based Email * "Phishing" fraud protection with technologies like Sender ID * Email Forwards * Faster Backup and Restore * Rebuild * Fonts * FREE! Google Webmaster Tools * Google® AdWords® Credit * Microsoft® adCenter Credit * Facebook® Ad Credit hmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I like Simple Machines Forum if your looking for something free that has all the big-boy features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I like Simple Machines Forum if your looking for something free that has all the big-boy features. You know, I miss the old forums :( ....ok off my soap box. Move along people, nothing to see here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicatronTg Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Why not try: *SMF - Great forum, tons of stuff for it, free *PHPBB - Great forum, JS heavy, patch or you die, free *IPB - Greatest forum, JS equal, patches released on a good time table, good support, etc, $100+ USD for 1 year support I recommend IPB, it's easy as hell to set up, administrate, and it logs everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 well, I switched to SMF and linux and now im trying to install it, but i keep getting Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/local/mysql-5.0/data/mysql.sock' (2) I dont have that folder. what do i do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 well, I switched to SMF and linux and now im trying to install it, but i keep getting Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/local/mysql-5.0/data/mysql.sock' (2) I dont have that folder. what do i do? Did you create the database its trying to connect to? GoDaddy might need to send you info on how to connect to your sql server, and then update your scripts to point to the GoDaddy database with the correct login details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 Actually i called them up and the dude was great. he sent me a link and actually godaddy can install it (along with a LOT of free things) for you and i did that and have it set up. No, im not telling you where, cuz its SMF and i WILL get raped... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdmag Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Just wanted to comment that at GoDaddy, your SQL server(s) are always on different hosts (localhost will not work). You can see each DB's hostname after you create the DB, in the database control panel. Hope this helps someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchdude Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Just wanted to comment that at GoDaddy, your SQL server(s) are always on different hosts (localhost will not work). You can see each DB's hostname after you create the DB, in the database control panel. Hope this helps someone. Dude, I just Googled in looking for information regarding the problem I was having trying to transfer in a phpbb3 forum onto Godaddy hosting and preview it before going live. And, this was the only useful information I found anywhere... Just wanted you to know that this did help someone, quick change to the config.php file to point to the db ip and I was up and running. Thanks! BTW... Godaddy support is kinda like military inteligence... They were no help at all, just said, we don't support 3rd party software. You'll have to get help elsewhere. Like they never ran into this before or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 MyBB. Based on vBulletin, but it's free. Also has some cool security features ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 actauklly i finally called them up and they told me about a little hidden thing with LOTS of free stuff and i got SMF and phpChat up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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