If you read the title of this topic, you will find out immediately that I am making a website. But how in the world are you supposed to make a forum and a way for people to register and log in and out a really easy way? If anyone could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated.
For a forum, you download a forum software like SMF (one RomUlation uses) or PhpBB or something, or Vbulletin which isn't free. Then you find an online host thing (I think) and you upload the software there etc. I wouldn't know, as I don't do it the hard way, the Admins can help you out there. Or find yourself one of those free forum hosting sites, just complete a registration form, and you've got your own forum hosted on their servers.
Don't use PhpBB or you'll spend your whole time undoing the damage caused by hackers. Login systems are relatively easy to make, you just need to know a server-side scripting language such as PHP, asp/asp.net (highly insecure), jsp or perl, as well as SQL. Integrating with a forum login system like RoMulation does requires a fairly fluent understanding of the language the forum system is written in (PHP in the case of SMF) and a fairly good knowledge of SQL.
... wow, it's all greek to me but i will try to use the info you both gave me as best as i can... Thanks by the way!
