SMF, phpBB, andvbulletin forum had been setup and tested working at ipage web hosting. The next forum website we are testing is the bbPress forum site. BBpress is wordpress blog alike forum, with few features that you can commonly found in wordpress blog, its created by the same person that created wordpress script. BBpress require php web hosting plan with mysql database and with .htacess override feature enable. If your web hosting can host wordpress blog scripts, its ok to host bbpress forum site as well.
For testing purposes, we uploaded the bbpress to a sub-directory and setup the bbpress forum at test directory. Without errors and problem, the bbpress forum site had been up running in minutes of time. To those that not sure how to upload files to server, you can use the ftp client program called filezilla to upload files to server. Add connection to ipage server (info provided by your ipage signup email).
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Ipage hosting is our most recommended budget web hosting, price at $3.50 per month and ipage hosting is a green web hosting plan. If you are thinking to host forum website, and looking for a budget forum hosting plan. We highly recommend this ipage green web hosting as your next choice of forum hosting. We had tested phpBB forum and vbulletin forum at ipage green hosting plan, they works fine and fast. After this we are testing the simple machines forum (SMF) at ipage hosting plan, and lets see how it goes.
From the ipage vdeck control panel, in the installcentral, we find the CMF forum scripts are being provided and running the latest version. We are using the installer to perform quick installation, error free and fast script installation. Database is created by the installer, and we choose the directory path to install it. Done in just second, if you are using cpanle with fantastico, its similar thing here with vdeck installcentral. We were being able to visit the ipage smf forum site, tested it, and its too are working fine without problems. If you get error or problem during smf forum setup installation at ipage hosting, get it posted here and we will help you to get it solve.
“Simple Machines Forum, SMF in short, is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes. SMF is written in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to provide you with all the features you need from a bulletin board while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server.“

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vbulletin forum site can be hosted in almost any php web hosting plan. But one vbulletin hosting differ from one another in term of server performance and forum site loading speed. vbulletin forum site have over 100 php pages and there are lots of mysql database threads created when the forum runs, and the php process is complex and demand higher server resources. For this reason, its important to test out a web hosting plan for vbulletin forum site, and monitoring its performance and speed. This is what we had carried out at ipage hosting & fatcow hosting.
From our previous testing, we setup phpBB forum at ipage hosting, and via the ipage vdeck installcentral to complete the installation task. And for vbulletin forum site, we have to manually upload the php scripts to server, configure the configuration files and setup it at ipage hosting manually, all are done via ftp uploading and web browser. Its a tedious work to bring up a vbulletin forum site, thats why we more prefer phpbb forum scripts instead. Our vbulletin setup testing at ipage hosting carried out smoothly and completed the testing in shortest time, its not our first time installing it online. For beginner it might take up to 30 minutes of time, make sure you follow the readme file and put some web hosting common sense into it.
Ipage hosting is compatible for phpbb, smf forum, and also vbulletin forum scripts. And you can signup ipage now at discount price, activate the ipage coupon discount link for special promo pricing of $3.50/mo only!

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Ipage hosting is similar with fatcow hosting and using vdeck control panel. From the installcentral we can find the forum scripts available for setup installation, and phpBB is the most common php open source forum scripts that you can install in your website for free. phpBB forum is very reliable, highly optimised and very easy to find support online, directly from phpbb forum support site. You can find the phpBB template and give your forum site a new theme, its simple just uploading the new theme to your phpbb forum site and get it setup.
To begin with phpbb forum discussion site installation, we need to login ipage vdeck and get to the install center, and goes to the forum scripts. From here the phpBB forum script are provided for easy & quick installation. Click the begin installation to start the installer, and the phpbb version 3 is available for installation. You need to create a new mysql database to be use by the installer to install the phpbb forum. Later complete the installation by create a new admin user name and password for your new phpbb forum site. Select the directory or subdirectory or domain name to setup this phpbb scripts, and it should be setup in second once you click on the install NOW button.
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“php Bulletin Board (phpBB) is one of the most popular community forums available, trusted by millions ranging from small, personal communities to heavily-trafficked corporate sites. phpBB allows site visitors post and comment (with attachments like images, documents, video streams and archives) on different discussion topics, usually related to a site’s content. phpBB is recommended for beginners to expert web users.“

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Ipage hosting are offering secure website hosting in secure server, with daily malware scanning and spam scanning. There is no reason why you shouldn’t host forum site with ipage web hosting. With the ipage coupon discount price of $3.50 per month, its making the hosting package more temptating and hard to resist. $3.50 hosting plan offering green hosting plan, with secure server and supporting forum scripts. Well done, you found yourself the next forum web hosting plan with ipage hosting.
Ipage hosting are with vdeck control panel and with installcentral, an online tool that provide quick scripts installation, similar to fantastico that you find in cpanel control panel. Beside phpBB and SMF forum scripts, you can find more forum script in vdeck compare to cpanel. And only in ipage vdeck, you are also getting the Gbook forum scripts.
We are currently testing and reviewing ipage hosting for forum website, we will test the installation process, and identify any problems found, and post the forum setup installation guide in this ipage review site in future. Meantime, you can use the ipage installcentral to setup phpBB, smf, and Gbook from at your ipage hosting account.
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