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What kind of things will I need to know? I know absolutely NOTHING about coding, so a control panel with a relatively low learning curve is essential... big problem with icon board is the lack of being able to upload a customized skin - that seems limited
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"I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
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You may want to try MyIkonboard which uses Ikonboard (free with banner ads and abit restricted, or with a small monthly fee very good) or IPS Forum Hosting (small monthly price) with Invision Power Board. That's the easiest way to go, unless you go with free ezboard (and later updgrade to paid)."Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - SolverComment
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Ok, so do all boards run on your OWN dedicated computer - or is there a kind of system where you simply give them your credit card number and accept monthly charges, and they host it for you (in connection with a .com address)?Comment
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Well Ezboard runs remote on thier servers and you pay them thier monthly fee - if you want a .com simply buy one and redirect like i have done with englandforums.co.uk .
You woudnt want any board to run from your own PC (Unless it's a server and you have a T3 connection
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you could "rent" PHP and MySQL enabled webhosting, and pay others to run dedicated servers, and upload the needed files to it.Originally posted by Zylka
Ok, so do all boards run on your OWN dedicated computer - or is there a kind of system where you simply give them your credit card number and accept monthly charges, and they host it for you (in connection with a .com address)?
one such company is www.nomonthlyfees.com, though i grew weary of them and host my own site now."I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
- Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott CardComment
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That's what I imagined, but still see all of this mentioning of minimal PC hosting quark-bitrate x 10, 040 jigawibblies
The service with the best control panel for creation with MINIMAL code would be?Comment
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EZ would probably be simple enough for you...
I think it's what the EZ bit is for in the name
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oooooK, but I want some choice!
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lol! dont go for that one....Up The MillersComment
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Well EZboard is possibly the only logical choice, then. Can someone post a page example of code for vbulletin? I'd like to know what exactly I would be tackling in learningComment
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vBulletin is fairly easy to tweak if you know basic HTML, because all of the coding is contained in separate templates, and if you **** one up, it's got a revert to default option.
Separate from HTML tweaking, there are basic control panel options that are checkbox driven, so you can do things like set attachment size limits, file types, minimum time between posts, color schemes, etc.
Creation of forums, mod privileges, customized user access, etc. is also done easily from the administrator's control panel.
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I although suggest Ikonboard or IBF with the hosting solutions I proposed, as it wouldn't be good for Zylka to waste cash on a vB license, if he doesn't know how popular the forums are, plus those are cheaper and easier solutions."Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - SolverComment
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I wanna be a mod. But I demand to be able to ban 3 anti-Israelis per month with no reason.
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