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Free message board hosted on your domain.
« on: September 22, 2008, 05:25:30 AM »
I am wanting a message board for my domain, but i'm not much of a programmer. What do I have to do to go about getting this?

(I just want to be able to direct something to my domain... like to maybe aspergersgirl.com/forum  ) I can't seem to find any service that tells me how to do this, i keep getting sites that want to give me some stupid other subdomain to direct it to)
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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2008, 06:36:55 AM »
The simplest one to set up is probably YaBB, a Perl-based forum script (SMF developed as a PHP version, so its pretty similar to this one in layout and functionality). NO SQL database required.

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2008, 06:39:08 AM »
The simplest one to set up is probably YaBB, a Perl-based forum script (SMF developed as a PHP version, so its pretty similar to this one in layout and functionality). NO SQL database required.

So you download that and upload it... do I have to code? I don't really get it.. am i designing the forum? I see it needs perl on the server.. that will cost me per month.. is there no way I can get a forum and point it to aspergersgirl.com/forum?
« Last Edit: September 22, 2008, 06:41:15 AM by Don't fear the reaper »

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2008, 06:45:30 AM »
No coding required, you just upload it and install it following the instructions. I don't know of any free forum providers that you'd be able to redirect to your domain, sorry.  :-\

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2008, 06:54:02 AM »
hmmm... I'll need to weigh up the cost of hosting it.

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2008, 07:09:15 AM »
http://50webs.com/starter_plan.html

Will that be able to host your forum software? Will everything to do with the forum be saved to my server? won't it run out of room?

I really wish I could piggyback of another server that holds it all.. maybe i'll have to go with a subdomain of a forum offering service.

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2008, 07:20:43 AM »
that should hold it comfortably, unless your forum becomes very large.  8)

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2008, 07:21:41 AM »
that should hold it comfortably, unless your forum becomes very large.  8)

hmm, what about backing up and stuff? I still really don't know how this works..

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2008, 07:22:51 AM »
the forum has its own backup utility, or you could simply back everything up periodically using FTP.

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2008, 07:22:58 AM »
http://50webs.com/starter_plan.html

Will that be able to host your forum software? Will everything to do with the forum be saved to my server? won't it run out of room?

I really wish I could piggyback of another server that holds it all.. maybe i'll have to go with a subdomain of a forum offering service.
It seems that they actually have a forum script integrated, so you may not need to faff around much. Though the script might not be any good, of course.

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2008, 07:37:38 AM »
hmm, I'll probably do a manual backup. I think i'll upgrade my account so it supports forum scripts.

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2008, 07:48:45 AM »
Also how do I change my WHOIS information? Someone told me it's giving out all my details.

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2008, 10:48:06 AM »
you need a private registration, it costs a few $ a year but its definitely worth it. you should be able to arrange that through your registrar.

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Re: Free message board hosted on your domain.
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2008, 02:02:45 PM »
Works like a charm, too. ;D
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