The Monkey Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 I'm looking into setting up a forum for my apartment building. I want something easy to set up, maintain, and administer. Basically, I want a service to do the work for me. And I want it cheap. Grawk suggested freeforums.org, which looks good, but I seek some additional recommendations if you've got 'em. I guess I'd also be willing to pay a small (read very small) fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted May 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 And now I'm thinking about vbulletin, which I know means some bucks. Are there good vbulletin-specific hosting services? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 How big is the building and how much is the BB really likely to get used? We've just used Google Groups for our small neighborhood association. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 phpBB is another free alternative: phpBB • Creating Communities Worldwide Has good support as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted May 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Thanks guys, both good ideas. I've considered both, but I like the features of vbulletin. phbb still is an option, but I have issues with the interface. I just like vbulletin more. Seems much more robust. Like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 SMF (the software this place ran until todd switched) is good, easy to run, and free as well... I know dreamhost is reasonably cheap, and comes with phpbb as a free option. You'd have to do more work to install smf or vbulletin there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Like Hopstretch, I wonder if a list-serve or Yahoo or Google Groups might better work out for a case like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Assuming your apartment building won't bring in 50bajillion hits a day, you can piggyback the server I have from 1&1 if want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappyjones123 Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 +1 for phpbb. thats what i used for back when i ran the website for my source team. very nice and simple to install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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