How do I set up forum pages and newsletter pages

[merchantman]

Hi I am total new to all this and I am setting up a website for my Granson. He would like a forum page and a newsletter on the site but I am not sure how to set it all up on Blue Voda. Can anyone help out there.

http://www.merchantplayer.com
http://www.merchantman.co.uk

[alas]

Hi, for the FORUM it is actually easier then how it looks like.
Just go on your cpanel> fantastico de luxe, on the left you can see Discussion Boards, click on phpBB2. There are plenty of tutorials to guide you.
The main problem i had was all the spam from quite a lot of " FUNNY " website. After you finish building your forum, you can ask some of the web guru to help you for a very reasonable fee to install a mod that will stop all the spam from " FUNNY" webs. I had Ladyeye installing this mods, and I am very happy with the work she did.
Goodluck
Alas

[merchantman]

Thanks for that Alas, I have managed to set up the forum page. The one concern I have is the quote "FUNNY" sites that you mentioned. As I said the forum is for a site I am setting up for my Granson, who is only 13. Can you be more specific as regards "FUNNY"