Steve Camp wrote:
I need to setup a web forum for a friend, and sure could appreciate
some pointers.
Some of my questions/issues include:
1) Which forum software runs on FreeBSD?
By forum software, I am referring to programs such as
o phpBB
o vBulletin by Jelsoft
Personally, I HATE working with PHP... not to start flames or anything, call me
'old-school' if you will, but I prefer to seperate as much of the 'code' from
the 'presentation' (html) as possible. I use a mod_perl'd version of mwForum
under Apache, with a MySQL backend for my hosting customers. It allows me to
setup multiple forums, can do polls/voting/etc, and gives great felxibility to
'virtually-hosted' forums/communities. Check out
http://forum.tallyhoamusements.com/ (one of my customers' sites) - for bandwidth
usages, check out http://forum.tallyhoamusements.com/stats/ to see what that
forum actually uses. I've hacked some portions of the forum code for
security/configuration reasons, but mwForum will work pretty much out-of-the-box
on FreeBSD with Apache; using optimizations for mod_perl are a little trickier -
but that's where experience pays off.
2) Suggestions for hosting services
At a recent Colorado SAGE meeting, a fellow told me that hosting
services exist where I can get a "virtual Linux" box for $20/month
or so. I specify how much physical memory, disk space etc. that I
need, and I get a "virtual Linux" system, but for all intents and
purposes, it looks and acts like it's own system.
Does FreeBSD have any similar ability to "virtualize"?
Are any hosting services offering FreeBSD servers for as little as
$15-25 / month? If not, for how little $/month might I find a
FreeBSD server hosted by someone else? Recommendations of hosting
services welcome.
I looked into a lot of VPS options before I picked my providers; but in the end
I found it cheaper/easier just to pay for a dedicated server alltogether. I pay
roughly $100 / Canadian ( ~ $85 USD) per month for a dedicated 2Ghz+ machine w/
80GB drive, 512Mb Ram, and 200Gb/month bandwidth. Email me off-list for
details/providers if you'd like. I have servers currently in Chicago, Toronto,
and New Jersey - all from different providers.
3) Is anyone familiar with web forum software? Can you point me to
any of:
o Usenet groups
o Web forums for forum admins
o rules of thumb for estimating bandwidth requirements /
system sizing for estimated numbers of users?
Many thanks,
As mentioned above, I'd reccomend mwForum -> http://www.mwforum.org/
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Steve Camp
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Hope it helps.
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Nathan Vidican
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