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Although you didn't answer my questions, 'Hawk', your referral to WikiHow was, indeed, most helpful.

Thank you. :-)

You need a server of some sort to run phpBB. How else could people post to it? If you're asking: 'Can I run my home computer as a server?' Ask your ISP. IIRC, phpBB is one of the pieces of software in Softaculous, that I recently mentioned to Mike Easter. Are you looking for a forum you can't be banned from... that you can control? ;)

Try this:

And them click the "demo" button shown when you hover over phpBB.

And dont miss the login creds:

Admin Username: admin Admin Password: password

What that copy and pasted too? Or are you looking for new victims?

------------------------------------ BD: I want people to "get to know me better. I have nothing to hide". I'm always here to help, this page was put up at BD's request, rather, he said "Do it *NOW*!":

On Nov 3, 2020 at 5:58:00 AM MST, "David_B" wrote <stcoH.34880$ snipped-for-privacy@fx07.ams:

I ran one for a short time -- hosted by GoDaddy. Been a few years and I do not recall what issues I ran into. Overall it was not fancy but worked well enough for a real-time chat. FB Messenger and other tools worked better for my needs.

I must have missed that.

Yes. EXACTLY that! :-D

Probably the most common that php based apps suffer from... being starved of memory as a default (which can make sense for an ISP).

A troll would have problems running a BB, 'hit and run' works much better on FB.

I fail to see how as you responded to that post:

Maybe, like Snit, too many of your own CPU cycles are going to trolling instead of learning? Worth considering.

I recommend running it locally first, via one of the apps Mike and I were talking about in that post (no dicking around with server stuff).

Thanks. FB Messenger is a fantastic facility but I only use it to message people individually. I used to enjoy the one Jenn used to run but, for whatever reason, she took it down. Something to do with Dustin? Probably!

On Nov 3, 2020 at 3:18:40 PM MST, "David_B" wrote <5HkoH.181495$ snipped-for-privacy@fx01.ams:

I used phpBB or something like it because I was able to add a dice roller -- useful for the role playing games I am in. Now I use tools like Roll20 or, and this might help you will your needs,

It has a free chat client that works well, and you can easily make an account

-- or more than one if you want -- and then create rooms. This is one I am sure others will now visit, but literally as you create the URL you create a room (though you can also require passwords to enter and the like):

Thanks.

As an admin? Didn't sound like it given the question you asked:

"Does one NEED a server or can one run a forum from a computer?"

Please remind me about this tomorrow.

NO - as a posting member.

I didn't mean to confuse you.

On Nov 3, 2020 at 6:13:39 PM MST, "David_B" wrote <7fnoH.31252$ snipped-for-privacy@fx02.ams:

I believe it is tomorrow for you now. :)

Now why would I be confused when you asked (2 times) about 'running' one? I'll give the same advice to you I've often given to Snit:

Despite the fact we probably shouldn't, some of us pay attention to what you write, I suggest you give it a shot ;)

Not any more! ;-)

However, I have now, at last, got around to reviewing your post and exploring Rolz. For now, I'm going to give it a miss and stick to what I know.

THANK YOU, though, for introducing me to something new! :-)

On 04 Nov 2020, Kelly Phillips wrote (in article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com):

He?s an idiot, that?s why.