Best forum service?

[T.C.]

Hello, I am looking to start a new community here soon. I am curious what service to go with?
It must be a hosting service, that is fairly easy to setup since I know hardly any coding at all. Not a free forum service such as proboards, forumotion, etc. (Both fine, use and used both) Got any ideas?

 

[John]

I moved your topic to a more appropriate section. 🙂

You should probably know at least basic coding to own a hosting service. You'll have to troubleshoot issues for your customers/users. That will probably require at least basic coding.

 

[T.C.]

I moved your topic to a more appropriate section. 🙂

You should probably know at least basic coding to own a hosting service. You'll have to troubleshoot issues for your customers/users. That will probably require at least basic coding.

Thank you and I know the basics of coding... not much more than that however.

 

[Golddisk]

Are you looking to setup a service to host other people's forums? Or do you mean you just want a forum you can self-host?

If it is the second, there are many excellent hosts. I have always had a great experience with Hawk Host personally, who is very affordable and has great support. The next step would be to pick a forum software. I would suggest MyBB if you want a free forum software which isn't overly complicated. If you are looking for a paid one, XenForo is kind of the best of the best at the moment. IPB is also decent, although a little less flexible. I have not personally used IPB so I cannot speak to its complexity on the back end.

 

[T.C.]

Are you looking to setup a service to host other people's forums? Or do you mean you just want a forum you can self-host?

If it is the second, there are many excellent hosts. I have always had a great experience with Hawk Host personally, who is very affordable and has great support. The next step would be to pick a forum software. I would suggest MyBB if you want a free forum software which isn't overly complicated. If you are looking for a paid one, XenForo is kind of the best of the best at the moment. IPB is also decent, although a little less flexible. I have not personally used IPB so I cannot speak to its complexity on the back end.

Thanks, appreciate it.

 

[T.C.]

I've decided I better go with paid hosting. Does anyone know if Invision power does paid hosting? They seem nice! Any recommendations on paid hosting options?

 

[OldTimer]

I have just moved over to https://siteground.com and so far I am impressed especially with the support that you might find handy if you just starting out.

 

[T.C.]

I see you use exnforo, for your software, I like it! How much did it cost for the exenforo,software, and how much for the hosting if you don't mind my asking?

 

[bomb]

I would vote for Xenforo. It's the best and cleanest i've ever used. Although it's a bit expensive.
No Free Quality add-ons. But anyway....cheap is expensive. So it's ok.
Xenforo will cost you USD 140 to buy and thereafter you buy add-ons.

 

[Lord Saru]

If you are looking for paid software, then Xenforo is the best ( FP runs XenForo) and if you are looking for a free forum software, pick phpBB or MyBB. They are the best!

 

[Svoboda]

I'm confused as to what you're actually asking? Are you looking for forum software recommendations? Or are you looking for a place to host your forums?

 

[italophile]

I don't believe in a "best forum service", as this is quite relative.

I'll share what I use: Discourse.org as a forum software + DigitalOcean for hosting. That's my setup. So far, so good.

 

[Limpia]

It is relative, and I am not sure what the OP means "best forum service", Most hosting services offer various
types of forum software, usually the most popular ones, phpBB, SMF, Discourse, Vbulliton, there are many.
A good hosting service will be able to and allows you to install any kind of forum software you want.
Other hosting services limit you to only the ones they offer.
I find it best to just do my own hosting and use my own server, that way my choices are not limited to what
others decide is best.
I see this is kind of a old thread, the OP has not been back for some time now.