Forum -where to start?

[fuccaro]

I have a web host. How do I make a forum (nothing CAD related)? Each member should have a personal username/password and the administrator must have full rights: blocking members, delete posts and so on. Like in this forum.
I have limited programing skils in JavaScript but no clue when it comes to PHP and MySQL. Google returned duzzins of results. Where to start?
-Only free solutions please-

[Strix]

have you already googled for 'free forum' Fuccaro?

[CADTutor]

It depends how big you think the community might get. A very good starting place would be phpBB (http://www.phpbb.com/), the free software that this forum began with. Version 2 looks really good with lots of features. For something more modest, you might look at minibb (http://www.minibb.net/), a basic but powerful board and free.

You don't really need to know much about php/MySQL to use such software - just follow the install instructions and you should be good to go. If you need help, let me know.

[David Bethel]

I will second the PHPBB & MySQL referals. Even I could set them up in under a day. -David