First, does anyone know of a free webhost that has support for scripts like cgi/perl and php? I hear Freewebs is pretty good, but I'm just fishing around at the moment.
Second, can anyone suggest an example of simple, open source forum software (in other words, something I can learn from and/or use?) phpBB looks solid, but it has a lot of extra features I probably wouldn't need.
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Invision hasn't been free in a while. If you want to install it now, it costs you about $70, if I remember correctly.
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Oh, and the last thing I'm wondering is if there's a way to set up a sandbox on a local computer like this one (you know, a place where I can play around and learn how to script things before I actually upload it somewhere).
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Look at XAMPP if you want perl, you can just add it, since I don't think it actually comes with perl. You can also download just the parts you want, ie, down apache, perl, php and install separately from their respective sites. Depends on your needs.
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quote:Probably private messaging, polls, things like that. I'm told that the big advantage phpBB has is that its code can be easily edited, though.
I guess the better question would be 'What's the drawback of having a free program with too many features?' If you don't use them, you can disable them. Granted, this takes editing the code or the styles, but it's not that tough. phpBB has a very active support community. I bet if you head over there you can find a way to set up a machine copy without too much trouble.
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