I'm "Playing" Again

Have just spent a few hours (now don't laugh - I'm learning - SLOWLY - LOL), trying to attach a bulletin board from phpbb Bulletin Boards. It was one of those things that I have always wanted to alter. When I first built the website I used a free, hosted board via Bravenet.com which was, and still is, a good and useful resource. The main problem is , that , although you do some control over the "image" of the board, I wanted to be able to do a little more (or fiddle with it if you know what I'm like :-) ).

The main reason for doing this is, unlike my Xanga Site, most of the other Blog sites don't have the direct ability to reply to any of my postings. There was always the option of emailing me, but that sort of defeats the purpose of a Blog in many ways. Part of the enjoyment, for me a t least, is seeing what people think of what is posted.

I have had a look on the internet for what was available. World Wide Parents use ezboard - but that seems to be hosted. I had a look at a couple of others - but on the whole I plumped for PhpBB2. After an initial problem with actually activating the board ( and a lot of asking) - soon sorted that though (If you follow suit - don't set a table up on your host to cope with the board, which is what I did, because the board software appears to that for you). This board also allows me to create individual sections for each of my Blogs - so not only can you see the comments for the posting you came to see, but you can also see what else is going on in the smudger Blog empire.

So feel free to give the comments link a click and see what's going on. Tell me what you think?

Mind you - I'll apologize now if any thing goes slightly amiss - As you know I like tinkering - and does anyone remember what happened to my BigBlog Site - LOL