17. Forums, Chats, and Other Add-Ons

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Creating and hosting forums on your site, including downloadable and hosted forums

• Adding a live-chat capability to your Web site using third-party solutions; both free and commercial

• Adding counters and other third-party statistics tools to your site

• Checking out your site’s statistics and making sense of the results

In Chapters 15 and 16, you saw two different approaches you can take to interacting with your users—HTML forms and CGI scripts. But what if you’re not interested in programming, scripting, or any sort of hassle like that? Then you’re my kind of Web developer!

Fortunately, many different options enable you to add interactive elements to your Web site without requiring much—or ...

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