You can create your own free forum with the easy way, NOW LETS DO THAT
- Get a free PHP hosting such as www.byethost.com.
- Register yourself and a domain name here.
- Go to www.phpbb.com or www.simplemachines.org and download their php forum software.
- Download an FTP-client and upload all the php content to your host.
- Create a mysql-database on your host (through the cpanel) and a username+password for it.
- Go to yoursite.yourhost.com/forumdirectory/install.php
- In your FTP-client, go to Config.php, go to properties and set the CHMOD settings to 666(if you are using phbb2).
- Follow the instructions on install.php
- After finishing installation, go to the CHMOD settings of config.php again and set them to 644(if you are using phbb2).
- Delete the Install and contrib directories.
- Go to yoursite.yourhost.com/index.php
- Login and go to the admin panel to customize your forums.