robzilla
msg:4427162 | 9:11 pm on Mar 9, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Something to keep in mind is that if your forum takes off, it could become a burden to the server that hosts your main domain. If you host your forum on a subdomain rather than in a subdirectory, it's easier to get a seperate server for the forum alone, and you won't have to change paths.
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ThatsBoBo
msg:4427185 | 10:24 pm on Mar 9, 2012 (gmt 0) |
robzilla: That's a very good point. Thank you.
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thecoalman
msg:4427782 | 8:23 am on Mar 11, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Slightly off topic but If you look into phpBB you can set different styles for each forum if you wanted to go that route. You'd only need to maintain custom css file for each subsection even if it were some as simple as different image headers. On the backend it's all the same forum but on the front end you could create the illusion of separate forums since they would be visually different.
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ThatsBoBo
msg:4427963 | 12:20 am on Mar 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Sounds good thecoalman. I'll look into it. Thanks.
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ThatsBoBo
msg:4431849 | 7:32 pm on Mar 21, 2012 (gmt 0) |
OK, I went ahead and launched the forum.
I'm using Simple Machines.
Users ahve already begun signing up and posting. No spam posts/bots to be seen yet. I'm sure they are on their way...
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Panthro
msg:4431860 | 8:06 pm on Mar 21, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Oh they will come. But +1 for SMF.
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thecoalman
msg:4433011 | 4:06 pm on Mar 24, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I'm pretty sure forum spam in large part is just like email spam, they have a list and once you're on the list.....
I've been checking the IP's of registrations against the stopforumspam database. Queries to the database also generate frequency and as a precautionary measure I only drop the ones that have been reported more than three times. In my case it appears the registration goes through but in reality the script just exits. I don't even have a captcha anymore, very few spammer sign ups in months and I haven't had any complaints about not receiving the activation email.
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