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Free
Message Boards for Your Site
In this section, We take a look at free services
that let you easily set up a message board on your
Web site. Message boards are a great way to get
feedback, as well as encourage interactivity with
your visitors. Most of the services we list let you
easily set up a message board by simply filling out
a series of forms. With most of these services, you
can even customize the appearance and features of
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Boards2Go.com
This service offers free, remotely hosted
message boards for your Web site. The boards
here are customizable and offer features such as
a search function, a counter and bad word
filtering. For now, the boards display no banner
ads, (although this may change in the future).
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ProBoards.com
This service offers a free, highly configurable
message board for your Web site. You can easily
customize your board to match the look of your
site. Many features, including password
protection, a read only option, E-mail
notification for replies, etc.
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Xsorbit
A popular free, ad-supported service that lets
you easily set up your own message board
"community." Xsorbit boards are remotely hosted
(which means you don't need to install any
scripts). These message boards are customizable
and offer a nice array of helpful features.
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HatTrickHost.net
Here's a free message board service that gives
you unlimited bandwidth, posts, and users. The
message boards here include free tech support
and are run via the popular Invision Power Board
1.3 software.
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Noonhost forums
At this site, you can sign up for your own free
remotely hosted message forum. The forums here
are ad-free and there are no limits on your
space, number of members, or bandwidth.
Noonhost's forums are powered by phpBB (a
versatile, customizable open source bulletin
board system).
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Get A Forum
Here, you can sign up for a free message forum
for your site. The message forums here are
powered by Invision Power Board, a versatile,
feature-rich program that lets you easily
administer and customize your forum.
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Ravelly.com
This free service lets you easily set up a
message board for your Web site. The message
boards here are highly customizable and are
offered in three styles. The service offers spam
control and includes a search engine, as well as
many other helpful features.
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RunBoard.com
Here, you can sign up for a free message board
that offers full HTML and CSS customization, as
well as predefined skins. RunBoard.com gives you
advanced management features and you can have up
to 90 forums per board.
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Aimoo
Looking for a message board for your site? Aimoo
offers free, remotely-hosted message boards that
are easy to set up. The service's features
include a WYSIWYG message board editor, chat
room support and full customization.
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HyperBoards.com
A solid, new free message board service that
offers unlimited boards, posts and threads. The
message boards here are easy to set up and may
be customized. You can also get a personalized
subdomain for your board.
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ForumForFree.com
This service offers free message boards that are
easy and quick to set up. ForumForFree.com has a
lot of nice features, including a calendar, as
well as a "group promotion" feature that rewards
your loyal users with custom member titles,
ranks and icons.
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FastBoards.com
Need a message board for your site? Here, you
can sign up for a free, customizable, remotely
hosted message board. The boards here offer lots
of features, including a search engine, HTML
support and the display of posters' IP
addresses.
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