I have attempted building a forum on my own as a novice in programming and website basic knowledge. I took time to read articles on how to create a discussion forum.I caved out a nice niche and I have a specialized area of concentration. I have registered my domain name for one year, hosted the forum name, followed the instruction on how to install simple machine forum. In fact, i have installed the smf using filezilla and other file transferring APPs, I have created a database using MySQL and all that. Yet, nothing seems to work. I took time to follow numerous guidelines in HOstgator to ensure that my forum is properly created yet nothing, no sign.The truth is that i am confuse and lost totally. Please anyone here that can render assistance, I am ready to pay provided your price is not high.I base in Aba, please if you are a programmer or knows any programmer that is good in forum creation in Aba, PH, Owerri, pm me.

Hello, are you trying to install an open source forum? If yes, which of them?

godofbrowser:
Hello, are you trying to install an open source forum? If yes, which of them?

please I don't understand what you meant by "open source forum". I want to create a forum for discussion on a given sector. The forum will be open for any one who has interest. I downloaded smf and I have read a lot of instructions on how to install it and all that but I haven't gotten any sign that I have successfully created a forum

i don't know how smf but they might be a problem from ur db connection

Which language you use for you backend programming, is it PHP or another?

Can you pay 20k, let me give u a nice design in smf .... Mobile friendly too.
I can still give u a nice design in mybb

Post screenshots of the what shows up when you go to the website (errors if any). I'll help you out for free!