The Triffle World of Knowledge

All you ever wanted to know, and lots of other stuff as well!

10th March 2008

PHPBB2: Selecting the Correct Update

Keeping your PHPBB forum up to date is essential toward assuring that your site is safe from hackers and includes the latest changes. As a forum manager you control how your site is managed, keep informed and stay on top of all changes as they are released.
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3rd January 2008

Building Web Communities With Free Forums

Looking for somewhere online to meet new people, discuss hobbies, plan events, or just have fun chatting? Internet forums have been around for some time on the web and often are free and easy to setup. Forums are basically online discussion web sites where people share information and chat grouped around a set of topics. One example might be a local photography club. You could setup topics around types of cameras, locations for shooting, local events and meetings, printing tips, etc. Often there are administrators and moderators that help to keep the discussion orderly and on topic.
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2nd January 2008

Creating Online Communities

Looking for somewhere online to meet new people, discuss hobbies, plan events, or just have fun chatting? Online forums have been around for some time on the internet and often free and easy to setup. Forums are basically online discussion web sites where people share information and chat grouped around a set of topics. One example might be a local photography club. You could setup topics around types of cameras, locations for shooting, local events and meetings, printing tips, etc. Often there are administrators and moderators that help to keep the discussion orderly and on topic.
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31st December 2007

The Demise of EZBoard

EZBoard’s network of forums was attacked on May 30, 2005, resulting in many forums being damaged irreparably. Many forum managers made the difficult move to PHP and are not looking back. See what this incident has done to the once venerable message board hosting community.
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27th December 2007

MSN & Yahoo Communities (The Basics)

I’m sure at one time or another, we’ve all explored either an msn or yahoo community or both. Communities are a FREE service that allows us to build and manage, discussion groups, family sites, business communities etc.
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23rd December 2007

PHPBB2: My Favorite Mods

PHPBB2 is a terrific bit of open source software. Build the forum the way you want and then select the "mods" that work the best for you.
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30th November 2007

Forums… What They Are And WHY They’re Essential For Anyone ‘Considering’ An Online Business.

This article describes the importance of Forums before starting a online business and how to use them to find and create new idea’s for products or services.
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28th November 2007

Forum Essentials: Dress Up Your Site For The Holidays

The holiday season is fast approaching, don’t lose your forum particpants; liven up your site and keep them coming back all throughout the year.
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3rd November 2007

PHPBB2: A Tapestry of World Languages

PHPBB2 isn’t just for westerners, in fact sixty languages are currently represented by this terrific open source program.
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8th October 2007

Web Site Promotion Secret Revealed

You’ve finished building your web site. Now there’s all that invaluable traffic, just waiting to beat a path to your site. You’ve dotted all your i’s, crossed all your t’s and followed the standard to get the word out. You wear a path out in your carpet pacing back and forth, In between your pacing you check your server logs, hoping for a sudden increase in visitors. The reality is, unless your corporate America with a huge advertising budget, the days of staggering increases in traffic are way down the road. Isn’t there something I can be doing while I wait for the search engine traffic to come?
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