Recommend a free forum to add to my site...

ikthius · 11-08-2007, 19:39

hey everyone,

could you recommend a free forum that does its own hosting so that I can connect to it via my website, for my club and its students?

I have never done anything like this before.

ik

11-08-2007, 19:58

Hi Ik,

Checkout my site (see sig) - full CMS system!

Drop me a PM if you have questions!

Shaun · 11-08-2007, 21:13

You don't need it to do it's own hosting - try phpbb.com Install it on a sub-domain/domain and let it do it's thing.

Vbulletin is better but costs money

ikthius · 11-08-2007, 21:56

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Originally Posted by Shaun

You don't need it to do it's own hosting - try phpbb.com Install it on a sub-domain/domain and let it do it's thing.

Vbulletin is better but costs money

ok ok,

I have my site hosted on NTL/VM. I dont think they allow forums, am I right?

ik

v0id · 12-08-2007, 22:24

http://www.mypunbb.com/

12-08-2007, 23:51

I liked the look of nabble

http://www.nabble.com/

but that isn't a recommendation, I haven't tried it

Roy MM · 13-08-2007, 04:30

www.suddenlaunch.com i have it as a back up site for my forum, have a look, if you want ad free you pay a fee.

HTH

AntiSilence · 13-08-2007, 06:37

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Originally Posted by ikthius

I have my site hosted on NTL/VM. I dont think they allow forums, am I right?

Correct. They only support basic HTML and not PHP like what most forum software is written in. Plus, the forum software requires access to a MySQL database for storing all the posts etc.

AbyssUnderground · 13-08-2007, 10:57

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Originally Posted by AntiSilence

Correct. They only support basic HTML and not PHP like what most forum software is written in. Plus, the forum software requires access to a MySQL database for storing all the posts etc.

You could always host a server from home on your VM connection and do it that way

I have for years now and never had an issue

ikthius · 13-08-2007, 16:30

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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground

You could always host a server from home on your VM connection and do it that way

I have for years now and never had an issue

that requires the computer to be on for long long times.

ik

AbyssUnderground · 13-08-2007, 16:44

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Originally Posted by ikthius

that requires the computer to be on for long long times.

ik

Thats OK

I have 2 pc's on 24/7. Have done for 2 years now. 50p a day in electricity for us, but could be lower for you depending on the company/tariff.

dragon · 13-08-2007, 19:03

I should be able to give you some space and bandwidth to get you started with a forum if you want IK

However I'm unable to guarantee uptime so there may be periods when your site could become unavailable.

You can see my uptime history below.
http://host-tracker.com/website-upti...s/183830/lvuc/

Shaun · 14-08-2007, 14:12

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Originally Posted by ikthius

ok ok,

I have my site hosted on NTL/VM. I dont think they allow forums, am I right?

ik

Sorry IK I didn;t know it was hosted in you VM space.

Have you thought about getting some space somewhere else? It's not that expensive and would allow you to host your own stuff

Sorry if someone has already aked this

awibble · 14-08-2007, 16:49

http://www.freeforums.org/ - no need to host it on VM's servers either

ikthius · 14-08-2007, 17:24

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Originally Posted by Shaun

Sorry IK I didn;t know it was hosted in you VM space.

Have you thought about getting some space somewhere else? It's not that expensive and would allow you to host your own stuff

Sorry if someone has already aked this

I do want webspace I just can't afford it right now.

ik

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Originally Posted by awibble

http://www.freeforums.org/ - no need to host it on VM's servers either

I eventually found this and am currently giving this a try, but I think I will eventually buy webspace to get a better hosted board,

ik