Add a forum to my web server

[k33bz]

I am running Ununtu 8.10 Server edition with LAMP installed. What free open source programs are out there that I can put a forum on my website?

[madverb]

phpBB http://www.phpbb.com/

[v3xtra]

Drupal is another option, although it is probably not the best for strickly a FORUM, it has other uses as well ( kind of blogging, article / comments, etc ). You could take a look though:

Drupal (http://drupal.org/)

Searching google for open source forums ( the most likely to be free of course ) I came upon a top 8:

http://webtecker.com/2008/05/02/8-popular-open-source-forums/

Hope that helps!

[Extol11]

I want to do the exact same thing. Do you know of a good ubuntu-centered tutorial for setting up PHPBB on 9.04? I'm using the GUI while I learn to do things strictly through the CLI. Oh! And is there a way to setup proftpd to go to the /var/www/ folder? Thanks in advanced.

Edit: Anyone knows how I can use webmin to edit proftpd's settings so it sets var/www as my home? I always install webmin on my servers so either webmin or going straight into the files or CLI is good as long as I can upload files straight to the site's folder. I want to be able to manage it from outside my network.

[k33bz]

Thank-you all for the replys,

Now if I wanted to put in a chat room, what are some good ones to install. Open source of course :)

[v3xtra]

I want to do the exact same thing. Do you know of a good ubuntu-centered tutorial for setting up PHPBB on 9.04? I'm using the GUI while I learn to do things strictly through the CLI. Oh! And is there a way to setup proftpd to go to the /var/www/ folder? Thanks in advanced.

Edit: Anyone knows how I can use webmin to edit proftpd's settings so it sets var/www as my home? I always install webmin on my servers so either webmin or going straight into the files or CLI is good as long as I can upload files straight to the site's folder. I want to be able to manage it from outside my network.

The only thing that needs to be Ubuntu specific guide is setting up Apache / MySQL. There is no real difference in setting up PHPBB in Ubuntu. But searching will show you the answers:

PHPBB in Ubuntu (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PhpBB2)

Hope that helps!

@k33bz:

You have some options. You could use an IRC relay client in the web browser if you want to try and get a channel on an IRC server, and just relay the room to the browser. Otherwise there are PHP / Javascript chat room applets that you can use that will work for you.

Otherwise, try searching for creating your own, as I'm sure there are many tutorials about it that would help you get started!