Back in the days... when I used free forum hosts, I always made sure to not use forumotion.com or freeforums.org. In my opinion they are the worst, and they have really annoying ads, and just forumotion itself is not well made, the forums look ugly and dont look like they are made properly. Freeforums.org takes away many features from their forums, which is why they are not good, and the annoying advertisements and limitations. But anyways if you have money, you should used paid hosting. 🙂
The worst free forum hosts.
- Thread starter Kaiser.
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I don't know what so bad about free forums, they are better than five years ago and they really help you out even when you don't know much coding, I believe some skins are really nice. They have some customization ration and some communities have flourished very nicely there.
Anyway, I'd say proboards in itself is limited, but then again all the codes there that are just a copy paste helps a lot to enhance your experience, but from the admin point, the admin panel is kind of limited. I only didn't like that they would be so strict with keeping it English, but that aside, I had a nice time there and I was happy with the community.
Anyway, I'd say proboards in itself is limited, but then again all the codes there that are just a copy paste helps a lot to enhance your experience, but from the admin point, the admin panel is kind of limited. I only didn't like that they would be so strict with keeping it English, but that aside, I had a nice time there and I was happy with the community.
el canadiano
Paragon
He's right. Forumotion, Freeforums, Proboards, etc. All of them force ads on you and are often placed very inconveniently. Then, when you get to the point where you require ad removal, it's oftentimes more expensive than paid hosting (ask hcfwesker).
The only semi-decent one is Zetaboards. At least they remotely made their own software (hopefully).
The only semi-decent one is Zetaboards. At least they remotely made their own software (hopefully).
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They are mostly all bad but the worst hands down is freeforums.org.
SheepishWolf
Paragon
Not many really "good" ones out there (though, if you have no money or host or for some reason just want to go with a free one, I would recommend Prophpbb.com), but in my opinion Proboards is the worst. I loathe how all their styles look, the feel of the forums on it, and it's limited.
Terrorz said:
Yeah.
IMO, you should use free hosts to test an idea and see how much popularity you can build up, then if you start getting decently well known, move over to a proper host.
Now that I have a paid hosting service, though, I just stick all my sites on the same paid hosting account and see how many end up working well. As of yet, I've only seen fit to keep one running.
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