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bpg_snoopdogg
July 27th, 2001, 03:23
I want to add a forum to my site with the setup this forum has, but not as wide as this forum... are their any good choices you guys can think of? Preferably a forum I can just copy and paste HTML for use. Is that possible? Thanks
exaviour
July 27th, 2001, 04:39
hehe, hey dood, i recon the best BB i m come accross to is XMB BB its easy to install, but requires the server to have PHP and MYSQL which often most servers dont :(

Another PHP and MYSQL free BB software would be the open source version of PHPBB, not that many great features, but does the job :D.


There may be others, Ikon Board( free CGI version of a BB program)

Also there is YABB(Yet Another Bulletin Board) similar to Ikon Board, but i dunno if better or not.


URLS

XMB : www.xmbforum.com
Ikon Board : www.ikonboard.com
YABB : www.yabb.com
PHPBB : www.phpbb.com

there may be others if u wish to pay some money for then u'd rather get

CGI version : www.ubb.com
VBB : www.vbulletin.com


cya i hope it was a help :D
Mistara
July 27th, 2001, 06:02
if you don't mind it being remotely hosted
www.boardnation.com

they automatically set up a YaBB for you and host it--no ads

you just have to customize it to your liking
BigFish
July 27th, 2001, 06:40
Originally posted by Mistara
if you don't mind it being remotely hosted
www.boardnation.com

they automatically set up a YaBB for you and host it--no ads

you just have to customize it to your liking


Do you have more Urls with those Boards?
Akalon
July 27th, 2001, 07:26
Originally posted by BigFish
Do you have more Urls with those Boards?
What exactly do you mean?
niv
July 27th, 2001, 11:44
openBB beta 1 is coming out soon: http://www.iansoft.net
BigFish
July 27th, 2001, 17:01
I want some boards where you dont have to upload and install it simply like ezboard...
niv
July 27th, 2001, 17:54
Originally posted by BigFish
I want some boards where you dont have to upload and install it simply like ezboard...


okay, YaBB, UBB, vB, iB, openBB, BlazeBoard, and other boards of the like are NOT REMOTELY HOSTED. you can install whatever hacks you want, you can edit the code, you can do whatever the hell you want with it. EZBoard.com is remotely hosted. they control what features go into it and you have to pick from them.
cowax
July 27th, 2001, 18:20
Originally posted by BigFish
I want some boards where you dont have to upload and install it simply like ezboard...

www.revamp.net
www.homepagetools.com
www.proboards.com
Akalon
July 28th, 2001, 02:15
Originally posted by BigFish
I want some boards where you dont have to upload and install it simply like ezboard...

http://www.boardnation.com
http://www.boardnation.com
http://www.boardnation.com
BigFish
July 28th, 2001, 05:06
But Boardnation is MUCH too slow!
Akalon
July 28th, 2001, 05:55
Slow??... no!! :D
Ashed
July 28th, 2001, 07:42
Originally posted by Hayama-kun
openBB beta 1 is coming out soon: http://www.iansoft.net

Damn, that board looks sweet! But being in alpha version doesn't really encourage me to download it. :p
exaviour
July 28th, 2001, 07:58
hehe, i m loving that board already :D
maelzx
July 28th, 2001, 11:08
remotely hosted

http://www.xsorbit.com

use ikonboard - i think ...
cowax
July 28th, 2001, 14:16
Originally posted by Akalon


http://www.boardnation.com
http://www.boardnation.com
http://www.boardnation.com

Would you please stop advertising them?! I for one see nothing special in them, only that they use YaBB. Personally, I think the best bulletin board host is the host that uses their own board. Unfortunately, the only one that does is EZBoard. Oh well, you get what you give.
cowax
July 28th, 2001, 14:18
Originally posted by maelzx
remotely hosted

http://www.xsorbit.com

use ikonboard - i think ...

They use YaBB.
maelzx
July 30th, 2001, 03:18
oh! they use YaBB ? no wonder something in their forum doesnt look like ikonboard that i've ... thanks for telling me that.
niv
July 30th, 2001, 11:46
unless your host discourages you to install a board into your webspace, do that! remotely hosting boards is for suckers, IMHO ;)
Forte
August 4th, 2001, 20:51
I signed up for Board Nation a few days ago, and it's one hell of a message board! Anyone who doesn't know jack-crap about CGI and PHP, should use board nation. :D
Akalon
August 4th, 2001, 21:02
I like your style, Forte! :D
Forte
August 4th, 2001, 21:06
I'm just stating the truth! Board Nation has been my saving grace!

I got sick of EZBoard cuz of their pop-ups...*Shudders*
jw
August 4th, 2001, 21:09
http://mycool.com is also another remotely hosted board using blazeboard.