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Hey guys i would like to ask you a question well its mainly for the owners of this forum but also the people who have some basic knowledge about what im about to ask. I want to create a forum just like this one, the same as in the layout and stuff but different in purpose and graphic layout. I searched the net for some free phpbb forums and i managed to get my self signed in with one but it is not to this high standard im afraid. I would just like to ask if this forum is payed for and was it made with PHP? and also how can i get to understand php? what are the easiest tutorials out there? and how do i convert a php script to a html script and host it? any insight will be really appreciated thank you in advance.