What former free message board services did you use?

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What former free message board services did you use?

I used mostly invisionfree and zetaboards, and other message board services that used IPB, although I forgot which one they were now. I was part of that invisionfree/zetaboards community in the late 2000's/early 2010's before they merged with tapatalk LOL
 
I remember waaaay back when phpBB2 was a thing and ForumUP existed. Gosh that brings back memories.
 
Puppuccino said:
I remember waaaay back when phpBB2 was a thing and ForumUP existed. Gosh that brings back memories.
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Man phpBB2 it's like it was just yesterday

No offense, but I tried out pretty much all the free forum software back then and PHPBB was by far the most basic lol
 
hans.marcon said:
Man phpBB2 it's like it was just yesterday

No offense, but I tried out pretty much all the free forum software back then and PHPBB was by far the most basic lol
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Yeah, but that was the beauty of it, because then you could install MODs! 😂
 
I primarily used ProBoards as that is where I started, but I moderated/administrated a number of forums that used all types of different free forum hosts. Some examples that come to mind are FreeForums.org, ZetaBoards, Forumotion, and more. There were also a couple of sister sites to ProBoards back then. I believe they used modified versions of YaBB, which is what ProBoards was using at one point as well.
 
I used ipb really briefly when there was a free version. I don't remember much about my experience but I remember sort of enjoying it.
 
Ashley said:
I used ipb really briefly when there was a free version. I don't remember much about my experience but I remember sort of enjoying it.
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You mean, IPB 1.3? Yeah it was free once IPB 2.0 came out, but I believe the license agreement on it states that it was only free if it was used as software for other boards instead of a sole usage. (Or something to that extent)
 
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You mean, IPB 1.3? Yeah it was free once IPB 2.0 came out, but I believe the license agreement on it states that it was only free if it was used as software for other boards instead of a sole usage. (Or something to that extent)
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This was years ago. Like 2007/2008-ish? So I no longer remember details. Ipb was free at one time though
 
Even though I have stuck with ProBoards, my very first software was Xorbit, where over time support for their software became little to none. Unsurprisingly they aren't around any more and I jumped ship from them long before that ship sunk around march 2002.
 
I'm not technical so my forum is on Proboards. I don't have the know-how to get a domain, host, etc. When I had another forum some 15 years ago, I DID try a paid one. But I was in over my head. Then I found Proboards. The ease of use was just what I needed. My goal however, is to have a paid forum. I'd have to learn a lot more or have extra help in order to do so.
 
I used Proboards so many years ago and really enjoyed it, and meet a lot people I'm still friends with today. I also used Hyperboards which was started by Adam from Proboards, that was basically PB V2 with some enhancements.
 
hans.marcon said:
I used mostly invisionfree and zetaboards, and other message board services that used IPB, although I forgot which one they were now. I was part of that invisionfree/zetaboards community in the late 2000's/early 2010's before they merged with tapatalk LOL
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Wow, blast from the past. I think any skill I have any design was born in those days as there was a huge competition for designers to come up with the most "sleek" designs I remember. Tt was a lot of fun despite the cliques that formed across forum skin shops.

All of the services and design sites I can remember off the top of my head, any sound familiar?
  1. Forumer
  2. fMods
  3. InkDrop Styles
  4. miserablestory
Wish I could remember more.
 
My very 1st Message Board was on Xorbit (around 2001 But i never deleted it but I kept it but than Xorbit shut down 2008??), Than I went to Proboards ( Started around 2004 or 2004 ) after that I went on to invisionfree. When invisionfree ended I went back to Proboards stayed ever since ! If I would do it all over again I should stayed with Proboards never jumped around !
 
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