How to Setup a Forum using phpBB
How to Setup a Forum using phpBB
Creating a forum for your blog or website gives your visitors a chance to interact with each other. If you’re using traditional methods to drive traffic it’s likely that most of your visitors are visiting your site for the same reason. This will also give you a chance to engage in topic conversation with individuals and allow all registered users to engage in the conversation if they are interested.
Once you have some registered users it’s best you give them a reason to continue visiting the forum. The best way to establish return visitors to your forum is to give those visitors some incentive, a reason why they want to return. The incentive you choose could be recent news, information, prizes, discounts or cash payments. It’s best you choose something that your visitors would appreciate and might encourage your visitors to invite their friends.
Yesterday I was the first time I created my own forum one of my sites. To be completely honest I thought it would be a lot more difficult to create. The truth is that most web hosts provide one-click installs such as Fantastico or Simple Scripts. To create a forum it’s as easy as logging in to your CPANEL and using Fantastico to install a phpBB forum.
I’ll keep the steps as simple as possible:
1. Install phpBB
- Log in to CPANEL
- Use Fantastico or Simple Scripts
- Install to /forums
- Create Admin User
2. Create Categories
- Create Subforums
- Setup User Permissions
3. Install a Style
- This will give your forum a Theme
- Add Logo to Banner
Start creating threads (topics) for your new forum.
Post a blog about your new forum that you’ve created so your visitors know about it.
Invite them to join your forum and maybe give them an incentive.
The most important thing… build a community that you enjoy!
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Very useful info… I have set up a few in the past and any that I have set up for myself have tended to die out pretty quickly as have found it very hard to get traffic!!
Even though I don’t think I’ll create my own forum, I still like to participate in them. When relevant with matching key words, forum siggys with anchor text can be a powerful link building tool.
Hilarious! I JUST found your blog and added it to my Google Reader. This is the first post I look at with 4 windows open at myfreeforum.org. I am setting it up for someone else. Ironic as heck! Very interested in Niche marketing!
@ Sac Weddings – Yah, I am helping a co-worker setup a golf niche site, and we found a great golf forum with dofollow signatures… so he can sit and talk about golf all day, and do link building at the same time. Great tip for newbies.
@ Tami – I am so glad you found us. Thanks for your comments, and hope to see you around more!
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