phpBB 3 Hosting Script
I have written a script for forum hosts who want to use phpBB 3 and are serious about their business. It is easily customizable, expandable, editable and scalable.phpBB 3 forum hosting script is released on phpbbhs.com.
It is a commercial script and pricing is available here. Unlike some other hosting scripts, it is not encoded so you can modify any part of script.
Some of the features (just few important ones, far not all features):
- Multiple databases. This will help large forum hosts because you can use several dedicated sql servers instead of being forced to use one server.
- Subdomains, custom domains, domains selection. If you add domain names in control panel users can select domain name on forum creation and later change it. Custom domains can be used to assign top level domains to customers and their users will not be aware that forum is being hosted by you.
- Custom logo upload for every style, advanced styles management.
- Caching to reduce sql server load.
- Powerful host control panel with modular system so users can easily write their own plugins.
- Built-in website content administration (small CMS with powerful template system and SEO optimized).
- Mass email to administrators of all hosted forums, or set of forums.
- Additional anti-spam and flood control features.
- ...and many more features. Click here for more complete list of features.
- Linux server. It might work on windows server if you are able to make certain directories writable, but it would run better on Linux.
- Dedicated IP address. That shouldn't be a problem because every decent forum host must have at least one dedicated server or VPS.
- mySQL.