how to create a forum for free?

[lewisaro1]

Hi there,
first of all sorry if this is the wrong section!
so I want to create a forum that I will be able to host myself for members of my work, were should I start with this?
I have goggled around but they are all hosted by the website themselves.
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thanks

 

[COLGeek]

Sounds more like you want to start a blog. Check out Blogger. Pretty wide open what you can do.

http://www.blogger.com/

 

[lewisaro1]

its more of a forum to share ideas and methods, i need to be able to host it, thankyou for your help though!

 

[COLGeek]

You can do that via feedback from users who access your blog site.

What topics do you intend to focus on?

 

[Hawkeye22]

I used to use phpBB years ago. i think it's still popular.

https://www.phpbb.com/

 

[lewisaro1]

phpBB is the sort of thing im looking for, is it fairly easy to set up and user friendly?

 

[lewisaro1]

it is going to be a forum to share work and ideas but it cannot be hosted from another host, we have to run it off of our servers for security

 

[Sun05]

Hello

I 've used Forumotion http://www.forumotion.com for a long time. It is very easy to use. You also have a Forum Support in case of problems. The staff is available 24/24 7/7

If any question feel free to ask

 

[Hawkeye22]

phpBB was pretty simple to setup. I haven't used it in years so I'd imagine if anything, setup is probably easier. You can host it on any web server. I was hosting it on an Apache web server from out of my house. Online support for phpBB is also pretty good as it has a large community.