chelcy 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2004 I think it's easier to use forum hostings than setting up your own because, well, setting up a forum is pretty hard. And at least you save some space So what do you guys use? I found Forumer (both Invision Power Board), and they seem to be pretty good. Any comments on those two? Or are there better ones? Or do you prefer to run it on your own? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ravi 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2004 NO ONE IN THIS WORLD! would offer anything for free. [ charity organisations are exceptions ]. Even this host, wants us to visit the forums, put good information ( for search engine ranking ) and also expects us to Click the banners for all his maintainace stuff and hosting expenses.FORUMS take a hell lot of BAndwidth and as the Admin stated he has purposely put it on diffrent servers. Well, there has to be a catch. Even though they give forum hosting, I bet they will put their ADS. I rather prefer creating my own. It hardly takes an hour or so. But atleast, you are assured that u have complete control. What if the company closes down suddenly. I have come to this host because he has already Got a diffrent Site altogether and FORUMs are only a part of it. TOO Less chances of this company shutting down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chelcy 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2004 So it is better setting it up on your own host, huh? It still might be easy though, because sometimes you can just click a link in the cPanel and phpBB or Invision Power Board will instantly install! Thanks for the info...I probably won't go looking around for free forum hosting anymore then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wassie 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2004 forum hosting isn't good i think.you almost cant edit your forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noxit 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2004 Hmm..one click and thats all , its forum installation only ..building up a community is not an easy task , and its a time consuming job . We are here coz we want free webhosting ...if you want to host make a forum , then put smehting real interesting which can vring people in.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wassie 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2004 yes but the real interesting stuff is already taken Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shackman 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2004 It really depends on what type of forum. If you really have a big community, you better set up your own one cause it safer to have ocmplete control. If you're just having a small forum with your friends or penpals, you can just use free forum hosting. Forums do take up alot of space especially because of the signatures and avatars. Imposing a size limit would do your bandwidth a great help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingk 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2004 i need free webspace ~~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shackman 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2004 i need free webspace ~~THIS IS CONSIDERED AS SPAM!I PLACE THIS HERE FOR BOTH AN EXAMPLE AND WARNING TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS NOT TO SPAM. SPAM IS sOMTHING THAT IS USELESS OR DOES NOT CONCERN THE TOPIC AT ALL.I WILL PLACE WARNING MESSAGES TO FIRST TIMERS FOR THIS WEEK BUT AFTER THAT, I WILL DELETE THE POSTS, GIVE A NEGATIVE REPUTATION OR HAND THE CASE OVER TO ADMIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN A BAN.POST IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION BUT KEEP THE COMMENTS LIKE 'LOL, OK, YEAH' OR OTHER SHORT PHRASES TO YOURSELF. -Shackman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joss 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2004 i think having a forum is cool!,moveover some of them are free like...the sad part is most of the forum we see empty....and most of them not active Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champagne 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2004 I don't like Forumer. Because they made strict rule for uploading pictures. But, I don't know whether the other forum hostings can upload pictures or not??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gotenx 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 suddenlaunch.com is the best i've seen with free forum hosting. they are very reliable! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clouds421 0 Report post Posted September 29, 2004 eesh, this is hard. originally, I looked into remote forum hosting, but then after I signed up at a couple places, there was a lot of things I didn't like--either downtimes, restrictions, ads, etc...it also didn't feel safe as the site could go downunder without notice.After struggling with this myself, setting one up isn't really as hard as you think. Usually patience & the readme/installation guide is all you need...& if something goes wrong, head into the support forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaos 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2004 If U have A look at invisionfree.com they are reliable with Uncapped bw and space HOSTES IPB for free Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katif 0 Report post Posted October 18, 2004 I prefer setting up a forum in my own account...installing phpbb and ipb is very easy with hosts like Xisto coz they are pre-installed, you don't have to do almost anything...and you must make the categorys and threads everywhere...in your own forum you can add styes and languages and mod or whatever you want...you can edit everything, but those forum hostings give you only some things you can edit...and they put adds on your site... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
