hi everyone,

Scenario
recently, I decided I should learn how a lot of sites go about making all those web portals, so some friendly advice lead me to start looking into PHPNuke. in conclusion, I have no idea how to start or even what to do... so any help would be much obliged

Problem 1
Well, to be honest, I have no idea where to start.
First of all, I will need a server with
- A Linux Box (http://www.linux.com) Installed and working properly.
- Apache Web Server (http://www.apache.org)
- PHP version 4.xx (mod_php) Apache module (http://www.php.net)
- MySQL database server (http://www.mysql.com) with PhpMyAdmin

Any recommendations for some cheap solution I can start testing out this whole idea of web portals?


By the way.... I'm just guessing that the easiest method to get phpnuke set up is to find some hosting with all the above requirements...

Also please, if you know of any phpnuke set up guides on the net.. let me know.. thanks...

hmm.. actually I think i found the answer..

Possible hosts:

http://flexihostings.net
http://www.nuke-host.com/
http://turboweb.net/


the question is.. which one to trust.. hmm.. hope nobody minds if I ramble along in this thread..

hey babis....I personal use these guys also sedative use to use them and barnettrp also has them for a host. very good, speed is great and extremely cheep.

http://ehostpros.com/hosting/hosting.html

take a look

hey Xperties (happy birthday ) ..
well I looked into eshostingpro .. but sadly, they don't allow phpnuke script on thier servers

Yo ... try Crazyhosting.dk! Try talking to the guy who have the site ( ICQ: 111590242) explain why you want hosting and maybe he'll give it to ya 4 free

Its on a 2mbit / 2 mbit line and has (as far as I know) all the above things ..

I ended up choosing nirmani.net

I got MPN working and all is great... give it a try.. it's not that bad..pretty easy to set up

babis: PHP Nuke was a wrong idea. Use what a lot of people use, InvisionBoard, even MSFN uses it.

Easy to setup> FULLY Customizable, a lot of skins made.

They even have a cheap hosting service, or my friends can host it on there OC Lines for free.

opps. hey longhorn thanks for the suggestion, after i got mpn working I totally forgot to even check this thread....

just wanted to say.. yes I read your post.. and sorry didn't reply anytime sooner ;-)