Forum Moderators: phranque
Thanx
In general, what type of site are you setting it up for? There is a huge difference in what works for a professional oriented board, sales board, a support board, general chat board, or to say a game board. Those are the big "types" of boards out there and they all require something slightly different. You have to speak to your users.
If I understand you correctly you want an externally hosted board? I checked out a few but cannot recommend any so far.
I settled for a phpbb, which is very easy to set up. Basic configuration can be done via web-interface.
For people like me, who have never before done perl, a full personal customization however is a lot of work, try and error...
Nevertheless I really think it's rewarding. To get a board going is a difficult task - getting the look and feel and functionality of the software right is an important part.