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ShawnReynolds · 07-14-2014, 02:12 AM

Hello, everybody. I have been looking for a good website that I can use to make a forum for my guild. I use ProBoards, but I get way too much spam from them. Also after a while they deleted it. So I need a good one that will not spam me or delete it after a while.

Edit: I need a free website, seeing as I currently do not have any means of getting currecy.

Thanks,
Vallex Koten.

removableuser · 07-14-2014, 04:40 AM

freeforums.org is fine. purchase a 10 buck .com. They host it a year. If you site eventually becomes big enough, free prem. options.
You can't make money, but you can redirect your Adsense or something to it prior.

Insider · 07-14-2014, 06:32 AM

Spammers will find their way to your forums no matter what, doesn't really matter which platform you're running. I advise you to make a trash section available for staff and quickly move all the spam threads there.

Edit: I think I might have missunderstood, anyway try out hostinger.com and use the autoinstaller to set up MyBB, Simple Machines or phpbb!

BroZix · 07-14-2014, 10:25 AM

(07-14-2014, 06:32 AM)Insider Wrote: Spammers will find their way to your forums no matter what, doesn't really matter which platform you're running. I advise you to make a trash section available for staff and quickly move all the spam threads there.

Edit: I think I might have missunderstood, anyway try out hostinger.com and use the autoinstaller to set up MyBB, Simple Machines or phpbb!

I was going to say the same. Tho he can also buy cheap domain .com and use it on hostinger.com or just buy domain + hosting somewhere else and setup forum.

zomgwtfbbq · 07-14-2014, 01:05 PM

I would recommend arvixe.com, it's cheap and reliable. Also I don't agree that you can't keep spammers out(automatic bots like xrumer). I made a tutorial some time ago: http://www.hackcommunity.com/Thread-Tuto...egistering you can harden it even more if you put your thinking cap on.

Yung Lean · 07-14-2014, 02:46 PM

(07-14-2014, 04:40 AM)removableuser Wrote: freeforums.org is fine. purchase a 10 buck .com. They host it a year. If you site eventually becomes big enough, free prem. options.
You can't make money, but you can redirect your Adsense or something to it prior.

That would be a bad idea. If you get a free forum.
I would suggest rather host your own since free forums don't really allow you to have your own custom templates.

b34x7 · 07-14-2014, 03:09 PM

What's gonna be the subject of your forum ?

Yung Lean · 07-14-2014, 04:02 PM

(07-14-2014, 03:09 PM)b34x7 Wrote: What's gonna be the subject of your forum ?

read all the post first. Smile

its for his guild.

b34x7 · 07-14-2014, 04:07 PM

(07-14-2014, 04:02 PM)Clevaro Wrote:
(07-14-2014, 03:09 PM)b34x7 Wrote: What's gonna be the subject of your forum ?

read all the post first.

its for his guild.

Oops ! Sorry mate.. :Heart:

removableuser · 07-14-2014, 11:25 PM

(07-14-2014, 02:46 PM)Clevaro Wrote:
(07-14-2014, 04:40 AM)removableuser Wrote: freeforums.org is fine. purchase a 10 buck .com. They host it a year. If you site eventually becomes big enough, free prem. options.
You can't make money, but you can redirect your Adsense or something to it prior.
That would be a bad idea. If you get a free forum.
I would suggest rather host your own since free forums don't really allow you to have your own custom templates.

I beg to differ. I ran a collectively known and well structured clan a few years ago. Getting about 30k unique hits monthly (for about 5 months) had the intro site set up to a blogger site so I got that for them to redirect.

I never had a spam problem. Easy to use.

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