My vb

yeah so i have some what of a site i'm gunna be starting... all flash umm so like is puttin a vb on it a hard thing to do for a newbie web designer?? i really want something like that on there but i dont want it to be some crapy thing... but if vb is a hard thing to work with then i'll just find some other way.
AF

Vbulletin costs, doesn't it?
PHPbb is good and free, at least it used to be.
You'll just need an SQL database on your server (and PHP support, obviously), and to know your password for it. phpbb is super easy to configure, and easy to "hack" to suit your needs if you know how to hunt down the HTML parts of the PHP files.
And that your site is in flash doesn't matter....unless you want the board to work with flash, as that's not possible. :p

PhPBB is the best free software out there.. as for vB, i believe it costs $175 - i have admined vB before, and it is definately worth considering. I want to buy myself a copy of it in due time.

Nos.

www.phpbb.com - the best board in my opinion. Especially after 2.2 is released in a couple months.

Just because something costs money does not mean it's better. phpBB is free and vB is bloatware IMO.

I find them both very nice. I have set ip phpBB many times and think it is pretty cool, and as Tele said, when they finally get version 2.2 out it will be shaweet.... there is a test board out at:
http://area51.phpbb.com to see how the new board works and feels, although it's an alpha build I think....

But the new VB has some real nice features, like the drop down menus. Not sure what admin features were added.

But for GPL phpBB is a great example of a lot of work and how consistent open source can be.

you know i was just thinking it looks way to hard to be doing that stuff or takes to much time that i dont have a just want more of a guestbook kinda thing is there a program more made for that thats REALLY easy to do i mean REALLY easy

There are lots of guestbook scripts out there. Check hotscripts for sure. Or if you want to wait a bit I have to make a php one for a few sites. No destination time yet, just soon.