Simple Machines Forum is an Open Source bulletin board software package. SMF is free to download and use and with its template management allows you to easily customize your forum outlook. Its unique SSI (Server Side Includes) function lets you have your forum and your website interact with each other.

SMF is a PHP/MySQL based solution and offers a rich set of features, which however does not overload your web server.

This SMF tutorial will help you learn how to install your discussion board and how to integrate it with other tools. Below you can have a look at the topics we have included:

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