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Could Lunarpages in fact be the greatest phpBB web host out there?  I would say so.  For those of you who do not know, phpBB is one of the most widely used open source forum solutions to date.  It’s user friendly installation process and easy to use administration panel has made it one of the most popular forum scripts out there too. 

At Lunarpages, you have the option to install phpBB manually, via cPanel’s Fantastico script collection or if you have the LPCP control panel, through the WebApps Pool.  Every method listed, is very simple to do.  You can customize phpBB to fit any situation.  With the modifications and styles they provide, you will be able to setup a set of forums that are powerful enough for your needs and look just the way you want them to look.

• Learn More About the phpBB Features

The only big flaw I can find with a script like phpBB is it is very exploit prone.  Due to the fact that it is very popular, it gets hit with security issues more than your average forum script.

Need Help? To help you get started, here are a few tutorials to help:

• How to Install phpBB onto Your Own Hosting Account
• CHMOD Permissions for phpBB
• How to Create a Private Forum

You can find more help and tutorials about phpBB at the web hosting wiki too.  The folks at OpenSourceCMS also provide a demo of phpBB you can try out before you install it on your own web hosting account. 

November is Lunarpages Script Month!

Keep watching the Lunartics blog all throughout the month on November for even more third-party script suggestions, tutorials, tips and more.  You can also get tons of information and details about just a handful of the third-party scripts we support on the web hosting wiki.  We also have a special forum dedicated to third-party script discussions over at the Lunarforums.  Subscribe today to the Lunartics RSS feed for instant updates when we release a new script suggestion!

Related Tips and Tricks:

• Web Hosting Forums Get a New Design
• Hosting with osCommerce
• SMF Web Hosting at Lunarpages

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Original post by Mitch

Lunarpages fully supports the lightweight and simple Vanilla forum script.  What is Vanilla?  It is an open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible discussion forum for the Web. 

While it is not supported via the cPanel’s Fantastico or LPCP’s WebApps manager, the script is simple enough for anybody to download, setup and install in minutes.  For more help on the install process, check out this quick guide I wrote up for the Lunarpages web hosting wiki.

Addons Galore – One of Vanilla’s big strengths is the fact that is supports a number of awesome addons to extend the script even further.  Via their addon page, you can check out a number of themes, plugins and applications available for your own Vanilla message board installation.

• Browse Through the Most Popular Addons for Vanilla!

Want to take the script out for a test drive?  Check out the demo features on OpenSourceCMS to take a look at both the front end and the back end of this fantastic forum script.

For more Vanilla support and help – be sure to check out:

• Vanilla Help, Tutorials and More on the Web Hosting Wiki

November is Lunarpages Script Month!

Keep watching the Lunartics blog all throughout the month on November for even more third party script suggestions, tutorials, tips and more.  You can also get tons of information and details about just a handful of the third party scripts we support on the web hosting wiki.  We also have a special forum dedicated to third party script discussions over at the Lunarforums.  Subscribe today to the Lunartics RSS feed for instant updates when we release a new script suggestion!  

Related Tips and Tricks:

• Web Hosting Forums Get a New Design
• Get bbPress Hosting at Lunarpages
• WordPress Hosting at Lunarpages

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Original post by Mitch

The 80×15 buttons seem to have gone out of style some in the past few years, however – there are still plenty of tools online to help you create them if you are still in need of them.  One of my favorites is the Brilliant Button Maker. 

With this web site, you can set the border color, the font, use text or images and a whole lot more.  It is probably the most in-dept 80×15 button maker I have seen in a long time. 

Just look what I was able to whip up in a few seconds!

Yeah, you can keep that one as a freebie.  If you want to create your own, go visit the Brilliant Button Maker.  Yes you can have your own “insert awesome thing here” rocks button too.

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Original post by Mitch

The 80×15 buttons seem to have gone out of style some in the past few years, however – there are still plenty of tools online to help you create them if you are still in need of them.  One of my favorites is the Brilliant Button Maker. 

With this web site, you can set the border color, the font, use text or images and a whole lot more.  It is probably the most in-dept 80×15 button maker I have seen in a long time. 

Just look what I was able to whip up in a few seconds!

Yeah, you can keep that one as a freebie.  If you want to create your own, go visit the Brilliant Button Maker.  Yes you can have your own “insert awesome thing here” rocks button too.

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Original post by Mitch

By Mitch “Loves Handy Resources” Keeler

I have found a resource that will tell you almost everything there is to know about any web site or domain out there today.  The name?  Dataopedia.com.

From Google PageRank to popularity on the various “best of the web” resources like Alexa, you get a view of how your domain is doing around the Web in just seconds.

Want an example of the results you get?  Try searching for the Lunartics blog:

http://dataopedia.com/blog-lunarpages-com

Here are a few more tools and resources you can use with Dataopedia:

• Firefox Add-on
• Firefox Searchbox
• Bookmarklet for Firefox
• Search Widget
• Badge

So this way you can use the data from Dataopedia in any way you need.  This is an excellent resource that keeps getting better and better.

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Original post by Mitch

By Mitch “Who is Following ME?” Keeler

In the world of Web 2.0 - you have so many different companies all fighting for attention.  With so many out there, it has become a pain to try to track them all.  Thankfully, somebody else has already done the hard work for us.

Movers 2.0 is the web site to watch if you want to keep an eye on the Web 2.0 trends out there.  They have a list of the most popular Web 2.0 sites, based on the ratings from Alexa.

As I write this, it looks like CrazyEgg is number one.  However, if you look at the top 100 - things change a ‘bit.  Is your favorite on the list?  You can go check out the list here:

http://movers20.esnips.com/

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Original post by Mitch

By Mitch “The Facebooker?” Keeler

Just noticed the other day that the Lunarpages Facebook group has over 100 members! Come join the rest of us - and have a little fun along the way…

+ Check out the Lunarpages Facebook Group!

I heard people who belonged to the group have had some of these side effects:

1. You might become more awesome
2. You might socialize with the greatest people from around the world
3. You might even have a little fun!

Come join the rest of us! I double-dog dare you!  There is plenty of fun to spread around, for sure. 

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Original post by Mitch

It is pretentious at all. Its website looks more like a blog and you might miss it when you’re searching the web for Open Source content management systems. But you might mist to get wise to MODx, not because It doesn’t deserve you attention. It does. The system’s developers just paid more attention to […]

Original post by D.Avramov

I have searched Google trends yesterday on some “web hosting” related search terms. Ones I checked were: “web hosting”, “website hosting”, “busines hosting”, “vps hosting”, “virtual private servers”, “dedicated hosting” and “managed hosting”.
Web Hosting

Is “Web hosting” an American or European market. According to “Google Trends”, the consumers’ interest of web hosting services in United States […]

Original post by D.Avramov

I have searched Google trends yesterday on some “web hosting” related search terms. Among those I checked were “web hosting”, “website hosting”, “busines hosting”, “vps hosting”, “virtual private servers”, “dedicated hosting” and “managed hosting”. The results are a little bit surprising for me. They provide a basis for the projection that the “center of […]

Original post by D.Avramov