Hi djicrazy,
I read your requirements, wondering if you are willing to give a chance to host your forum? Our Fre Platinum Plan should fit what your need, all our free hosting plan does not requires any posting.
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Our sign-up path :-
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By the way, may I know what script you'll be using? vb? IBP? phpBB? or? There are some members having difficulty in setting up their vb and IPB (or IBP?). They have forgotten to "turn off" gzip. Well, I didn't used vb or IPB before so I might not be able to offer help in installation. For phpBB it is pretty straight forward, just turn off gzip during installation.
At the moment, I am having text links and stats counter at the bottom. Previously I used Adbrite in these free hosted sites, but doesn't looks really nice to fit into members sites, so I removed it. I am still working on to find a better ads and nicer looking type:lol:
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Sincerely
You Humble Admin from SuggestionSite.com