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Free message boards?
2005-09-01, 4:01 PM #1
I'm trying to locate free message boards for my website. I'm not looking for anything fancy at all, since it's actually going to be used just as a plain message board, not as a forum-type thing. Right now, I'm using Tag-Board, but they use popup ads, which is not acceptable. So I'm looking for something else, about as simple as their free boards.
Catloaf, meet mouseloaf.
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2005-09-01, 9:57 PM #2
the only one i can think of that's fairly easy and free and popular (it's fairly good) is phpBB.
2005-09-01, 9:58 PM #3
If your host is runing IIS (ASP pages) then you might want to check out Snitz Forums (http://forum.snitz.com/). They're not bad and they use an Access database so all you need it the ability to set directory permissions to write. They are fully capable forums though, but I think that's better than those annoying message board trees.
Dreams of a dreamer from afar to a fardreamer.
2005-09-01, 9:59 PM #4
Old IPB, before it went commercial .. I might still have a copy lying around
一个大西瓜
2005-09-01, 9:59 PM #5
And the great thing? NO FUTUREPOSTING! :mad:
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2005-09-01, 10:00 PM #6
Well, obviously phpBB is the best hands down. But I think it requires MySQL or MS SQL Server, I might be wrong though. I use it with MySQL and it works great.
Dreams of a dreamer from afar to a fardreamer.
2005-09-01, 10:08 PM #7
Originally posted by Pommy:
Old IPB, before it went commercial .. I might still have a copy lying around

If you happen to find the free version, could you send it to me too? please?!
IPB is the shiznit
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2005-09-01, 10:25 PM #8
Well, I changed my mind as I tend to do and decided to use a regular forum - [url]www.spreebb.com[/url]. They use google ads for support. I can live with that more than with pop-ups. My colors are horrible right now because I'm trying to figure out what everything is in the style script, but meh. Has a ton of admin options, so I'm happy.
Catloaf, meet mouseloaf.
My music
2005-09-01, 10:44 PM #9
Psh, just wait for z2. It's coming.
一个大西瓜
2005-09-01, 11:29 PM #10
Originally posted by Fardreamer:
They are fully capable forums though, but I think that's better than those annoying message board trees.

That's not what I originally had. What I had looked sorta like #massassi, but it wasn't a chat room.
Catloaf, meet mouseloaf.
My music
2005-09-02, 5:28 AM #11
[url]www.simplemachines.org[/url] is one I recommended to CM and the one CM decided to go with for NeSi's forums. PHP and MySQL required.

[url]www.eblah.com[/url] is another one, I'm not sure what this one uses (perl, I think?).

2005-09-02, 5:31 AM #12
Simplemachines rocks. I've been using it since the first beta a few years ago :).
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2005-09-02, 10:52 AM #13
Oh yeah, phorum is good too.
一个大西瓜
2005-09-02, 6:48 PM #14
Originally posted by The_Mega_ZZTer:
[url]www.simplemachines.org[/url] is one I recommended to CM and the one CM decided to go with for NeSi's forums. PHP and MySQL required.

[url]www.eblah.com[/url] is another one, I'm not sure what this one uses (perl, I think?).



eblah uses perl.

However, keep in mind neither of these are "simple" in any way. They are full-fledged forums, just like this one for Massassi.
2005-09-02, 7:10 PM #15
PunBB is a non-bloated forum.
http://www.punbb.org
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