Could Lunarpages in fact be the greatest phpBB web host out there? I would say so. For those of you who do not know, phpBB is one of the most widely used open source forum solutions to date. It’s user friendly installation process and easy to use administration panel has made it one of the most popular forum scripts out there too.
At Lunarpages, you have the option to install phpBB manually, via cPanel’s Fantastico script collection or if you have the LPCP control panel, through the WebApps Pool. Every method listed, is very simple to do. You can customize phpBB to fit any situation. With the modifications and styles they provide, you will be able to setup a set of forums that are powerful enough for your needs and look just the way you want them to look.
The only big flaw I can find with a script like phpBB is it is very exploit prone. Due to the fact that it is very popular, it gets hit with security issues more than your average forum script.
Need Help? To help you get started, here are a few tutorials to help:
- How to Install phpBB onto Your Own Hosting Account
- CHMOD Permissions for phpBB
- How to Create a Private Forum
You can find more help and tutorials about phpBB at the web hosting wiki too. The folks at OpenSourceCMS also provide a demo of phpBB you can try out before you install it on your own web hosting account.
November is Lunarpages Script Month!
Keep watching the Lunartics blog all throughout the month on November for even more third-party script suggestions, tutorials, tips and more. You can also get tons of information and details about just a handful of the third-party scripts we support on the web hosting wiki. We also have a special forum dedicated to third-party script discussions over at the Lunarforums. Subscribe today to the Lunartics RSS feed for instant updates when we release a new script suggestion!
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Original post by Mitch