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Installing Simple Machines Forum (SMF):

SMF is open-source with download, user manual, and forum support. As of this time, I am writing of version 1.1.1.

1. As usual setup database admin user before running install and remember to delete the install.php file afterwards.

2. The values for the News line that show up in the forum is controlled in Admin -> News and Newsletters.

3. Making URL SEO friendly: Admin -> Features and Options -> Basic Feature -> Search Engine Friendly URL. This does not always work on all servers. Additionally, you can try ...

a. Changing the if-condition in Sources/QueryString.php to "if (!empty($modSettings['queryless_urls'])" as described in this thread

b. Set cgi.fix_pathinfo=1 in php.ini.

c. And making the image src absolute paths instead of relative paths.

4. You can pull live information from SMF to other pages by using SSI.php. For example, you can have most recent posts on your front page, etc.

5. The RSS feed for the forum is located at URL similar to http://www.yourdomain.net/forums/index.php?type=rss;action=.xml

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