252472 Forum installation

Forum Requirements We need someone to install a forum on our website. The forum should be viewable to the public but require registration to make posts. By default, posts should not require moderating but it should be possible for us, as administrators to remove inappropriate posts. There should be a signup page that is ideally integrated into our website with some introductory text (which we will write), but at the least the signup page should look smart and feature our logo at the top, and link back to our main website. There must be terms and conditions for signing up that the user must agree to. We can provide these if they do not come as standard. When signing up, users should also be able to 'opt in' to our newsletter (with their name and email then being forwarded to us). If possible, the forum should be divided into a few (9 or 10) sub-sections that we will define, in order to group together posts on the main topics. It would also be good if we could put a short paragraph introducing each of these sections and giving direction to the discussions (We will write this). The forum should look smart though no custom design is required. If you can match our colours then that would be good. We don't mind what system is used, so long as it meets the above requirements, is reliable and is cost effective. We have heard that phpbb is a good open source system, but feel free to suggest otherwise. the number of users is likely to be relatively low (i.e. hundreds not thousands), but preferably the system should be able to handle it if the number grows. Please feel free to ask if you have any queries.