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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pyro MX on December 03, 2007, 06:45:21 pm

Title: Free message board providers
Post by: Pyro MX on December 03, 2007, 06:45:21 pm
Hey all,

I was wondering, is there a good free message board provider out there on the web that can provide decent security? Because some friends use InvisionFree, but it seems to be a "Welcome to hakcers" neon sign, and they don't know any other free board providers.

The only one I know is ProBoards (http://www.proboards.com/), but I used it for like... one month.

And I'll add to my question, is a good free board provider something possible  :lol:?
Title: Re: Free message board providers
Post by: achtung on December 03, 2007, 06:54:52 pm
I can provide you with (free) hosting and PHP/MySQL depending on what you need it for.  :p

If you don't want any hosting I can always just install the board of your choice and give you the info.
Title: Re: Free message board providers
Post by: Pyro MX on December 03, 2007, 07:06:24 pm
Quote from: Swantz on December 03, 2007, 06:54:52 pm
I can provide you with (free) hosting and PHP/MySQL depending on what you need it for.  :p

If you don't want any hosting I can always just install the board of your choice and give you the info.

I really appreciate the offer, however, I am not the one owning that would own the message board - I'm on a mission to seek providers. ;) The board is a Red Faction clan's message board. So it is mainly used to post stuff like news, wars with other clans, member list, try-outs and of course, clan discussion. There are also signature competitions from time to time, so picture support is needed, but the host does not need to host the picture files.
Title: Re: Free message board providers
Post by: CP5670 on December 03, 2007, 10:14:56 pm
I frequented a couple of FS related ezboards around 2000. As far as I could see, ezboard was pretty good for a free service and was popular with Squadwar squads, but that was back then. I have no idea what they're like today.
Title: Re: Free message board providers
Post by: Charismatic on December 05, 2007, 11:51:26 pm
www.proboards.com (listed)
www.invisionfree.com (i use this), currently @ (domain name, re routes to the invision free site) www.EvilOnes.net

and i cant think of any others. If you google it you will find alot of ****ty ones:P, i head of a improved invisionfree board out...somewhere... jbx.net or something, unsure.
Title: Re: Free message board providers
Post by: Allezlesgars on July 22, 2009, 03:45:12 am
Link removed as a precaution

Free forum, no ads when your logged in, fully customizable. You can make just about everything and change the colors to what you want.

Just try it out.
Title: Re: Free message board providers
Post by: Bobboau on July 22, 2009, 06:38:41 am
use SMF
Title: Re: Free message board providers
Post by: Angelus on July 22, 2009, 06:41:45 am
almost epic thread necro :D
Title: Re: Free message board providers
Post by: colecampbell666 on July 22, 2009, 09:50:33 am
SMF is a good choice (it's HLP's software of choice) but you need a server to host it on.
Title: Re: Free message board providers
Post by: General Battuta on July 22, 2009, 09:51:43 am
Locked. Doubt a two-year-old request still needs answers.