depends, it is not that when u start an forum,members would get in.

advertise, link exchange with other members, this would help u a lot.

Mambo was awarded the best open source this year

I am developing my own portal, but still i recommand you to use mambo alone/

you can using phpmyadmin/

Yabb are the best, i use them and i donot have any problems with them/

also when u use phpbb or others like IPB, there are possiblities of little problem,

and yabb is more secure coz it is perl.

well i have used that forum, that is best for ASP/


currently i am using http://www.webhoststalk.com an PHP based forum software,


u have a good support over in ASP forum i have indicated,

most 90% users in world use php, and more use VB , SMF, PHPBB, IPB/

if u need an asp support board, go to http://www.webwizguide.info

why would microsoft back it up, any reasons csgal/

everything is good, just see what contents are in ur site.

I know a lot of VB forums being dull w/o members and forums with free boards running smoothly with lot of members ??

the reason is...

IPB Too Has Smaller Registering Process.

try , invisionfree.com

that is best i think so which gives u lot of features with unmetered BW, that is forum hosted on their servers.