Just a quickie....

by steven90210

Posted: 15 years ago 12 replies

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A quick question!

Any good sources or recommendations for free forums? I'm starting up my own, and i know a few free forums but those aren't exactly what I'm looking for.

I don't mind paying a little. Just that the forum has to be professional (somewhat), and the domain must be something normal, like <name>.com and not <name>.<forumname>.com or org.

I'm sorta new to this, so please guide me along!

Steve.

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Eric Land 15 years ago

Check out formation.com

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dail

15 years ago

Although not Free, vBulletin is one of the better Forums and has a few Templates for it as as well.

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steven90210

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Eric Land

Check out formation.com

Eric

Checked it out. Doesn't really look like a place for free forums... Or it could be the wrong link..

Originally Posted by dail

Although not Free, vBulletin is one of the better Forums and has a few Templates for it as as well.

Just took a look. Looks good, might consider purchasing it. Thanks!

Steve.

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Joanne Greco

15 years ago

I use phpBB on both of my forums and am very happy with it.

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Eric Land 15 years ago

Sorry that was the wrong link her
Create your own free forum, FORUMOTION - Make your forum for free

that is the rigth one
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steven90210

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Joanne Greco

I use phpBB on both of my forums and am very happy with it.

Looks good!

Originally Posted by Eric Land

Sorry that was the wrong link her
Create your own free forum, FORUMOTION - Make your forum for free

that is the rigth one

That's all right. Looks pretty good too. I'll look more into it...

Thanks for all the suggestions! I can't tell you all how grateful I am.

You've really been a great help..

Steve.

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Joanne Greco

15 years ago

Steve....if you want to see what a phpBB can look like, here's one of my forums.
Adoption Forums at Forever Parents
It will give you an idea of what you can do with it.

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steven90210

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Joanne Greco

Steve....if you want to see what a phpBB can look when, here's one of my forums.
Adoption Forums at Forever Parents
It will give you an idea of what you can do with it.

Looks quite organized, easy navigating, and simple yet somewhat professional looking.. Looks fantastic!

Thanks Joanne..

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Joanne Greco 15 years ago

Your welcome.
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  As a newbie to owning my own forum I find Simple Machine Forum to be, well simple
  
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ChristineC 15 years ago

Not knowing quite what you need .... you could look a ning.com or yuku.com. I think they have domain masking available.

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axeray 15 years ago

Originally Posted by steven90210

... the domain must be something normal, like <name>.com and not <name>.<forumname>.com or org.

I'm sorta new to this, so please guide me along!

You can register the domain name yourself, for a small fee, and install the forum software to the root directory. For example, you'll also need hosting, you can upload the software to the /public_html forlder, if using cpanel (comes with your hosting) or \wwwroot, if using windows (comes with your hosting).
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