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Many people who set up forums for discussion groups like the phpBB open source software. Written in PHP language, it produces a flat style forum that supports most databases and installs easily and smoothly. After installation, the forum can be set up in a matter of minutes; setting up the customizable features don’t take long and you’ll have your forum functional and ready for use very quickly. phpBB is distributed free of charge but you must read the license agreement before using phpBB.

phpBB is easy to customize because its template system separates it from HTML code. You can download many different styles from the database and it has additional features like avatars, rank images and many more. These features take minimal installation and have been thoroughly validated to ensure their quality.

phpBB software has a user-friendly modular design panel that lets administrators spend very little time on admin work. It supports Oracle, MS SQL Server and Firebird as well as others. You can have smilies, custom profile fields and as many levels of subforums as you like. With phpBB, you can make your forum everything you want it to be. You can keep it that way, too, with temporary or permanent banning privileges, word censors, blacklisting, warnings and post moderation. phpBB takes the headaches out of forum administration and lets you enjoy your forum instead of constantly maintaining it.

Members of phpBB forums like the opinion polls, being able to instant message, the address books and searchable member list that can be used by members only or guests, whichever the administrator designates. If members don’t care for the appearance the admin has chosen, they can customize it to their own taste.

If you need support after getting your forum running, phpBB provides it through IRC or a message forum, both of which are international and multi-lingual. You can make your own forum for free, just download the latest phpBB version 3 and start from there.