Domainname/forum Only

[Flow]

Hi all

imo this should be possible. I bought a domain name and paid for hosting. My site is still under construction, however. Would it be possible for me to get started with just for example mydomainname.com/forum without an existing site, or does a discussion forum only run alongside an existing website?

Thanks

Edited May 29, 2007 by Flow

[Phil Conners]

Yes, just install some forum software under that directory and you're ready to go. Your hosting company should be able to help you with this.

[sniffdog]

See if you have Fantastico in your web panel .... Install of one the forum scripts into a 'forum' folder. 35 seconds of work ....

[Phil Conners]

Fantastico, or Software Vault of one of the many other tools that allow you to add scripts to your website with a button. If your hosting provider don't have that maybe it's time for a change. Let me know if you need assistance with this, I can give you a few pointers.

[Flow]

Fantastico, or Software Vault of one of the many other tools that allow you to add scripts to your website with a button. If your hosting provider don't have that maybe it's time for a change. Let me know if you need assistance with this, I can give you a few pointers.

wow, didn't know that it was that simple. I will contact godaddy.com tonight and request additional info.

Cheers

[cdnvic]

Fantastico, or Software Vault of one of the many other tools that allow you to add scripts to your website with a button. If your hosting provider don't have that maybe it's time for a change. Let me know if you need assistance with this, I can give you a few pointers.

wow, didn't know that it was that simple. I will contact godaddy.com tonight and request additional info.

Cheers

You should have forum software called 'SMF' in your GoDaddy application vault. Pretty much one-touch installation.

[BillyParadise]

One more suggestion - since you only want a forum, but suggest that someday you may have "the rest of the site" at some point in the future.

Remove the "coming soon" index.html page, and upload a page with one line of code:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.domainname.com/forum">

This will tell any web browser to your website to immediately forward to the /forum directory.

Then at a later date, when you add the rest of the site, just replace the index.html with whatever you want.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh for more info.

Cheers,

BP

[Flow]

Fantastic extra info for me to absorb.

Appreciate that.