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Google Apps Hacks
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Google Apps Hacks

by Philipp Lenssen
April 2008
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
15h 52m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Another paid alternative to creating a discussion group is called vBulletin, available at
http://vbulletin.com. Drupal at http://drupal.org, on the other hand, is a full-featured, open
source content management and community system, with a forum as just one of its many
components.
There are many, many more free web apps to create a home page. Domain hosting services also often offer
you an integrated tool when you sign-up with them. Querying Google.com for “home page maker,” “home
page,” “hosting,” “get website,” and so on will yield more alternatives.
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If you want to maintain your own online discussion group, the free phpBB (http://phpbb.com)
may be your tool of choice. Although it requires you to have your own server hosted somewhere,
with support for the PHP scripting language and a database like MySQL, it also offers much more
ne-tuning options than Google Groups. A sample of a “BB” (Bulletin Board) in use can be seen in
Figure 10-64.
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The phpBB-powered forum
at CanadianPhotoClub.com
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