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Originally Posted by harrythehound
Ronniethedodger, you've done a good job of selling phpBB but, as I mentioned in my first post, I'm not allowed to use PHP, so is it an option to get phpBB hosted on the companies own servers? Or do you HAVE to install it on your own site?
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You can install phpBB and IPB on any server with PHP/MySQL running on it. phpBB does not have to use a MySQL database though, it has a data abstraction layer that will interface with PostgreSQL 7.x, Microsoft SQL Server 7/2000, and Microsoft Access (via ODBC) also.
You could create another site to host just the forum software if you wish -- and just cross link the two sites. Or move the existing site to a Host that supports PHP/MySQL and add the forum to it there. It is not hard to find a host that supports it now-a-days ... quite common.
Does your present site support Perl ??? If so, another forum software called YABB is available for that type of configuration. It is dirt slow from what I have heard.
Requirements for YABB:
- Perl 5 (or higher) installed on the server your web account is on
CGI.pm v2.4+ and Socket.pm modules installed on the server your web account is on
At least 1 MB of diskspace on your webspace account; over 3 MB recommended
Sendmail (for Linux/Unix) or SMTP (for Windows/NT or Linux/Unix); optional, but recommended
YABB Forum can be found at
http://www.yabbforum.com/
You will notice that this does not require a database. It is all handled via writing to a plain file and I am not sure how well they handle that (or efficiently even).
Then there is also Old Maids suggestion for PowerBoard (above). But they use ads to support the hosting of your forum.