Forums, which one to have
Many of us like to use a forum on our website and I would like to as well.
The problem is loads of people offer these free forums you can use on your website, but non of them give you facilities like smilies or log in etc.
Where can you get FREE forums that offer these features to the forum?
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openmind posted this at 20:06 — 11th June 2002.
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Try IkonBoard
They are not too bad plus they are free with no ads, which is always a plus point in my book!
mjames posted this at 22:27 — 11th June 2002.
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Too bad IkonBoard had its owners leave and is in a real management problem right now. The best free one is phpBB 2.0 - although vBulletin is by far the best of the commercial software (TWF uses it).
davidjaymz posted this at 10:04 — 12th June 2002.
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Its bot really a problem cos they left and started up their own company invision power services... And their forums is excellent... go here to download it...
DavidJaymz
ywith posted this at 11:17 — 12th June 2002.
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Have you got a link to that, and also are these ones free?
I'd prefer ones that is hosted scripts instead of having to set it up for myself, it seems too hard for me.
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davidjaymz posted this at 13:14 — 12th June 2002.
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Ibforums is free and very easy to setup... They also do hosting and will do installation & upgrade for you. Though you do have to pay for those...
DavidJaymz
ywith posted this at 14:07 — 12th June 2002.
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Well, I have just had a go at it and I am completely stuck. It can't find the files e.g. BACK_UP in the directory on the instalation thing.
davidjaymz posted this at 14:35 — 12th June 2002.
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hmm... Are you talking about IBforums... I don't have a Back-Up directory?
If you'd like me to install it for you just drop me a pm and we can sort something out...
DavidJaymz
Jack Michaelson posted this at 16:30 — 12th June 2002.
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Then you should check suddenlaunch.com
- no full admin options, (sometimes) 1 pop-up.
+ logins, smilies, free, not to set up by yourself .
+/- forum is hosted somewhere else.
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fifeclub posted this at 05:14 — 20th June 2002.
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This won't help with 3rd party hosts, but if you do host it yourself, I swear by phpBB. phpBB.com (?) Their version 2 has been out for a little while now. You name it, it's got it. Make it as simple or as powerful as YOU want it. Custom user settings, smiles, private messages, multiple boards, user groups, moderators, new message icons, avatar gallery, and mail when reply (which is essential in my book for keeping conversations going). And it's all free with no ads. I love it. Now all I need are more visitors
(php and mysql are required)
zollet posted this at 07:15 — 20th June 2002.
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My vote goes to phpBB v2. It is by far the best FREE message board out there. The only message board I can think of that _might_ be a little better would be vBulletin. Thumbs up for phpBB and vBulletin.
mairving posted this at 11:12 — 20th June 2002.
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phpBB is pretty good. Just don't forgot to remove your install.php file after installation. It also now works on quite a lot of platforms from SQL server to MySQL.
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zollet posted this at 12:04 — 20th June 2002.
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Actually, you don't need to remove the install.php file (although you might want to for security reasons). Once you have used it to install your message board, it will redirect the user to the message board if someone tries to access it.
Jim S posted this at 23:47 — 13th July 2002.
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I'll second the motion on vBulletin. It is a little costly though at $80 a year or $160 lifetime licence.
îþÐ posted this at 19:57 — 18th July 2002.
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iKonboard offers a remotely hosted board with one ad on it, has almost the same functions of iKonboard, including the ones you mentioned. Go to ikonboard.com and then click on myiKonboard to sign up.
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