1. What do you mean by « Newbie-Forum » ?

The Newbie-Forum is a PHP-written bulletin board package that uses MySQL to stock its dynamic content, allowing you to easily create, configure and manage your own community on the Internet, being a known Geek or just a Newbie .

Oh I was forgetting : it is completely F-R-E-E

2. Why should I use your Newbie-Forum instead of an other package ?

I created the Newbie-Forum to compete with the current famous board scripts (PhpBB, IPB, …) which are mainly Free but not accessible, irrespectuous of the W3C standards, slow to load and difficult to secure, or Not free and heavy (slow to load, too many useless features, restricted community because of the price, …)

With the Newbie-Forum, you have full (and free) access to a powerful bulletin board package, easy-to-use (there is what you need, neither more or less), and to an active and available community, guaranteeing you an excellent support just in case you experiment a problem with your forum

The Newbie-Forum contains powerful features. These are the main ones :

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  Small weight: Fast download and upload under all internet connections
  (Well, everybody is not under 8mo yet )
   
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  Fast and easy install process
  Total install process is generally between 1 and 3 minutes (worst case)
   
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  Numerous configuration settings
  Name and description of your forum, antiflood duration, etc
   
• Member groups Systèm
  Allow a powerful management of your members’s allowances
   
  Administrators, Moderators, Members +, Members, Banneds Members
• Full Customization of your forum
  Templates system, allowing you to easily modify the display
  Use one of the numerous free themes or create your own
• Advanced administration panel
  Allows the complete management of your forum
  Manage users, forums, root forums and useful settings
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  The source code is fully compliant with the web standards
  Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2
   
• Intensive use of AJAX (non intrusif)
  Immediate control of the forms, possibility to act without reloading the page, etc

3. Well … Can I try it ?

Of course ! You can go to the test forums to start new topics, reply to some, do whatever you want in order to get a feeling about it, or create your Newbie-Forum which will be hosted for free on our website (currently in developpement)

The Newbie-Project’s Forums

4. OK this software is great ! How to download it ?

The newbie-Forum is under developpment, so you can not download it at present time… You could therefore use the Demo version

5. About…

The Newbie-Forum is a project which was coded by myself and is under Creative Commons license.

Below are the technologies needed by the Newbie-Forum to work properly:

• PHP 5.1.4 couplé à MySQL 5.0.22-community-nt
• XHTML 1.0 Strict
• AJAX