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help with web design want to add a forum to site

Apr 16, 2007 5:49AM PDT

I am very new to web design i took a little html coding class a long time ago dont remember much. I am building a web site for my growing dj/entertainment business and want to create a forum or something like a guest book or both I want to build a community on my site in order to attract vistiors to return can any give me some ideas some help please.

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Your best bet
Apr 16, 2007 3:14PM PDT

Is probably to use one of the existing content management softwares (CMS) out there. They are easy to maintain, adjust (templates that you can create), and they have plugin options... for guestbooks, forums, voting polls, etc

Now, there are many of those sytems out there, and here is a list of the best one, and provided is a demo on the site for you to test out which one you prefer...

* http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=401&Itemid=184
List of top CMS's with demo.

Hope this helps.

~Sovereign

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thanks
Apr 17, 2007 3:27AM PDT

thanks for the help will check out the site when i get a chance. But I was hoping for some html code.

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Lotsa code.
Apr 17, 2007 3:35AM PDT

Your request on google.com finds code. But I thought you might have missed this so why not there?

Bob

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Well
Apr 17, 2007 6:00AM PDT

If you really do want to code a forum or guestbook with HTML without a CMS, you're going to need a LOT more knowledge of HTML and PHP (among other things).

~Sovereign

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thanks
Apr 25, 2007 5:41AM PDT

thanks for the help i guess it time to start reading