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- Thread starter lpok
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I don't know of any good free php boards out there, but if there is one, that would be great. I checked out the vbulletin board(link on bottom of page), but they cost money. They do have a free version, but it says it does not have all the features of the full one. Does anyone know what features are in the free one?
Well, I've been looking closely at:
http://www.phpbb.com
http://www.thewebmasterforums.com
I think technics posted another one that I wanted to check out, but phpbb looks pretty decent (though probably not as bug-free as vBulletin).
http://www.phpbb.com
http://www.thewebmasterforums.com
I think technics posted another one that I wanted to check out, but phpbb looks pretty decent (though probably not as bug-free as vBulletin).
Just to let you know look at this thread:
http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=516&pagenumber=1
It's about bb's generally...and also the bb that Technics proposed (was it tForum?)
To your original quostion: try Netfirms (no ssi yet) or Hypermart. Both of them seem to be fast. Also both with standard banner at the top of your every page.
http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=516&pagenumber=1
It's about bb's generally...and also the bb that Technics proposed (was it tForum?)
To your original quostion: try Netfirms (no ssi yet) or Hypermart. Both of them seem to be fast. Also both with standard banner at the top of your every page.
http://www.ikonboard.com is a free perl board and it might end up being better than ubb and vbulliten.
so go to http://www.portland.co.uk and sign up with them, then download ikonboard from http://www.ikonboard.com
there is a nice community of people at their support forums that will help you with add-ons, hacks, customization, installation, and more.
so go to http://www.portland.co.uk and sign up with them, then download ikonboard from http://www.ikonboard.com
there is a nice community of people at their support forums that will help you with add-ons, hacks, customization, installation, and more.
Just to add something-a group of us web masters from 50megs just made a killer http://cultforums.netfirms.com ikonboard (the cult is what we decided to call outselves since there already wasa 50megs guild-we had a awesome group of folks in teh tech forum so you know how that goes... 
) and host it at netfirms whose speed is pretty decent. I have ezboard.com for my site's message board and have had to for a year, but I do like the features of the Ikonboard environment.
) and host it at netfirms whose speed is pretty decent. I have ezboard.com for my site's message board and have had to for a year, but I do like the features of the Ikonboard environment. Ikonboard is ok, but it lacks one very important feature, Guest Posting. I like to use guest posting to "jump start" the boards, so people will start posting. They are easier to install (hey, I got it working
) though.I've looked at http://www.portland.co.uk , but they only allow 100MB of transfer per month...which is not enough for my forums.
I have also tried spaceports.com, but their cgi server is slow as hell so Im still looking for a host. Any other suggestions for host?
[Edited by lpok on 11-30-2000 at 07:26 PM]
Originally posted by lpok
Ikonboard is ok, but it lacks one very important feature, Guest Posting. I like to use guest posting to "jump start" the boards, so people will start posting. They are easier to install (hey, I got it working
chances are that it will be added in the next version or someone will make a hack for it because plenty of people have asked for it.
