Abhishek Reddy — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 06:33:10 +0000

I wasn't able to extract much detail from your post, though I think I have a general idea what you want. You're probably looking at writing up a sophisticated application with a server-side* language, such as PHP combined with a database using MySQL. It might not be wise to dive into the deep end if you want concrete results immediately -- better to hire a professional to do the job for you.

Additionally, I don't see EZ Board or a bad web hosting company being helpful. Get a better host and good forum software like vBulletin or PHPBB, for example. Forum software you run yourself is extensible through the use of hacks and mods, which is probably how those other people integrate their program into their forums.

* server-side means the code is executed on the server, as opposed to the client; server refers to the hosting HTTP server and client refers to the web browser and the computer it runs on. HTML is client-side, thus used for presenting data, rather than processing it as server-side scripts are capable of.