Best place to make a forum?

[bamhm182]

I was going to make a backup forum that everyone could go to on the other forum I use if there was something that went horribly wrong with the current forum(ex. it got shut down.) But I can't find a good place that can host my forum, I want to have a host that is free for pretty good or okay service, won't shut you down if there's no activity, and the name isn't too long(ex. I don't want it to be like this www.forumname.ihodnfuoadsnboinsdafnjal.com, I want something more like www.forumname.lmnop.com or something.) So if anyone knows of such a place, can you please tell me?

 

[bamhm182]

I think I might have just found one that will work well, it's www.forumup.us, I already have a forum set up, sort of, I have it up, but I can't log on yet, they're sinding me my password. But my forum will be The PSP Palace.

 

[Sacrinyellow5]

Forumco is pretty good..

I have a couple forums on their servers.

 

[bamhm182]

alright, thanks, this forum site sucks, it's okay if you don't have hotmail.

 

[Motoxrdude]

alright, thanks, this forum site sucks, it's okay if you don't have hotmail.

Lol, ok leave.

 

[bamhm182]

noooooo you took me soooo wrong, I meant forumup.us, I LOVE this forum, lol. sorry for the mis understanding.

 

[Motoxrdude]

noooooo you took me soooo wrong, I meant forumup.us, I LOVE this forum, lol. sorry for the mis understanding.

Hhaha, o ok, lol. Welcome! Stay, enjoy this forum!

 

[bamhm182]

I think I forgot to say that I wanted one that was free... but if there arn't any good free ones, than that's alright, I'll just have to hope that the site never gets shut down.

 

[Sacrinyellow5]

http://www.forumco.com/

 

[bamhm182]

Oooh... I clicked the wrong part, I clicked the part that said sign up now, and that one wants you to pay, but if you click the other one, than it's free. Thanks.

 

[Arm_Pit]

The best place for a forum, would be paying a monthly fee for a host and installing your own

 

[computerhakk]

Well I don't think the name (length) should have anything to do with your forum. I think you should look for the free ones that provide you with all the things you find neccessary, like what you said above... won't shut you down for inactivity.

As for the name, you can use free services such as URL Masking/Forwarding that you can also find online that will give you something that you like.

For example, if your forum was indeed www.forumname.ihodnfuoadsnboinsdafnjal.com, and you wanted it shorter.. Use the URL Masking/Forwarding service to make one such as.
http://forumname.hk.to ... etc..

Here are some examples of those services I'm talking about:
http://www.google.com/search?q=url+...ient=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

 

[bamhm182]

I know, but it's just a back-up for the psp forum I use now, incase the forum owner decides he hates us and shuts it down.

 

[bamhm182]

For example, if your forum was indeed www.forumname.ihodnfuoadsnboinsdafnjal.com, and you wanted it shorter.. Use the URL Masking/Forwarding service to make one such as.
http://forumname.hk.to ... etc..

Here are some examples of those services I'm talking about:
http://www.google.com/search?q=url+...ient=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

Okay, thanks, I'll probobly be looking into that.

 

[bamhm182]

I've got my forum up a little bit, what do you guys think of it so far? Do you have any suggestions on what I should add? http://psppalace.forumup.us/

 

[Tayl]

The best place that I used to run a forum was http://www.invisionfree.com They provide really good free forums that are skinable and all sorts, although the only problem is you can't backup the database that it uses. But the forums themselves are great. Also a quick trick, use a free DNS service so that you don't have to type in the address they give you.