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ace0
March 9th, 2001, 19:48
Is EZboard the best, or do other places have better free message boards?
Coolin
March 9th, 2001, 22:19
I find EzBoard to have way too many ads. When I used them, I found http://www.homepageforums.com to be the best. They only had one ad at an unobtrusive spot. I'm not sure what they have no though. Hopefully the same! :)
ace0
March 9th, 2001, 22:46
Well, I don't really care about ads, and I didn't really find the homepagetools forums that interesting-are there any other good ones?
keith
March 10th, 2001, 06:30
http://www.forumco.com is an excellent one, but i don't think they're accepting any new free accounts while upgrading.
itsme
March 10th, 2001, 06:42
Another options : everyone.net :)
ace0
March 10th, 2001, 17:28
are they any good?
ace0
March 10th, 2001, 17:31
no-I don't really like everyone.nets'. I like forumco-if they would re-open.
itsme
March 11th, 2001, 06:25
Check this out man http://novogate.efront.com/
itsme
March 11th, 2001, 06:26
U could find a whole list in cgi-resources.com. Tell us which one u choose!!
JacklePoP
March 11th, 2001, 08:13
How's about IkonBoard?
Epgs
March 11th, 2001, 10:49
i like ikon board but personally i think PHPBB is the best, i also like vbulletin (the board this place is usin)
cowax
March 11th, 2001, 11:26
Originally posted by JacklePoP
How's about IkonBoard?
I do believe he's looking for a remotely hosted forum board... ;)
ace0
March 16th, 2001, 21:18
Ok-I will try novogate...
ace0
March 16th, 2001, 22:42
I think forumco is better-I wish they would reopen.
Hoth
March 17th, 2001, 05:04
My favorite is the UltraBoard script hosted by http://www.revamp.net . It's powerful, and they don't display any ads at all to the users.
Coolin
March 17th, 2001, 14:56
No ads? How do they survive? :confused: And if they go down (which they probably will) you'll be left without all your posts and members!
Hoth
March 17th, 2001, 17:39
Originally posted by Coolin
No ads? How do they survive? :confused: And if they go down (which they probably will) you'll be left without all your posts and members!

It's actually just a new version of a site that's been around for quite a while. It used to be mach.org, which I'd been using for about a year. Mach.org didn't have the UltraBoard script, though, it only had a wwwboard. There was 1 time about 10 months ago when there was a major problem and all the data was lost, and then another problem about 1 month ago when about a week of data was lost but there were backups restored so that no more than that was lost. The webmaster of mach.org seemed to hate his host, CWI hosting, which was at fault for the problems both times. In switching/upgrading everything to the new site as revamp.net, they switched to a new host, which presumably won't have problems like that. (Hasn't so far.)

Revamp.net isn't likely to disappear, though, since mach.org/revamp.net has been around since August of 1998.

As for how they survive... well, it does show ads to you when you're logging in to customize the scripts, so there's some revenue coming from that. Here's what the site has to say on the about us (http://www.revamp.net/aboutus.shtml) page:
This site is totally free with no advertisements for several reasons. First, I hate those stupid banner ads; they make my site look bad. Second, we can still almost break even without them. Lastly, I'm just a nice guy.

[Edited by Hoth on 03-17-2001 at 06:41 PM]
Hellbound
March 22nd, 2001, 12:42
The voice of reason stands above the voice of oboxious know-it-allness.
Coolin
March 23rd, 2001, 01:32
With advertising on the internet these days on an all-time low... I'm not sure if they will last with the ads only on the members area.
conkermaniac
December 6th, 2001, 03:11
If you're looking for a free message board service, HomePageTools is definitely the best. I really think ezBoard is horrible. Here's a great list I've compiled:

(Please do not complain about the bad layout; I'm not done with the site yet. :))

http://freeboards.topcities.com
deeplist
December 8th, 2001, 16:40
If you have a CGI-Bin, use iKonboard, you can download it for free. It is also fully customizable. :) You could check it out on my site, because I have it.

http://deeplist.com Click on "Message Board" :D



Charles E. Decker IV
DeepList PC Services Inc.
http://deeplist.com
conkermaniac
December 8th, 2001, 20:10
Ikonboard is what you get when you take lots of features and throw them all together in a big pile of mess. Seriously, the default setup is confusing, despite all the features. It's better than YaBB, but not by much.
Dusty
December 8th, 2001, 20:29
Let me guess, Conky, this nine month old thread was on the front page too?
conkermaniac
December 8th, 2001, 21:04
Actually, I went to search and typed in "message boards", as I'm an expert in that category. LOL! Sorry, I didn't realize it was 9 months old. :D
The Red Guy
December 14th, 2001, 00:59
Originally posted by conkermaniac
as I'm an expert in that category. You're a Bulletin Board developer?
conkermaniac
December 14th, 2001, 02:49
I know how to develop bits and pieces of a message board, but I'm saying I'm an expert at knowing all the different services there are. :)
The Red Guy
December 14th, 2001, 02:51
Then which (BB) do you think has the most features?
conkermaniac
December 14th, 2001, 03:57
None of them...I like complaining about all of them. :D

I really recommend Aimoo, as it is hosted, plus it's coming out with even more features very soon! At least they attempt to make the layout look a little different.
trenzterra
December 15th, 2001, 18:17
Originally posted by Coolin
No ads? How do they survive? :confused: And if they go down (which they probably will) you'll be left without all your posts and members! they already have. They say they are going to be gone in end of december.
Dusty
December 15th, 2001, 18:21
they already have. They say they are going to be gone in end of december.Coolin posted that on 03-17-2001.