is it possible for me to create my own forum here?
are there places that gives me the option to build my own forum?

check out invision power board's website they offer it
also just get server with php 5 support and download ipb v2 and just follow the instructions, real easy...
but i doubt msfn is going to offer u a place to build your own forum.

u can get a $3.95 hosting from eMaX hosting (check the banner) and host your forum in there

or if u're not going to publish anything and just want to learn the functions in the forum just install php support on your own machine and build the forum there...

some more info, since its for my friend:
he wants to get the engine of a forum so he can install on his server and "play" with it and edit it.

check out invision power board's website they offer it - what is the address?

also just get server with php 5 support and download ipb v2 - where can i find it ?

You can't download Invision Forum for free anymore or I'm wrong?
Invision Power Services
PHP
MySQL

I think that's all what you need.

u're wrong mine's free (not warez they've trial which they say is its for viewing purposes only so if u want to buy it u can go ahead but when its free they don't give u support..)

Can you show me download link?

sure thing
edit: wait they've changed their websites i've dled them from http://www.invisionboard.com/ i can send them to u if u want...
i've both 1.3.1. 2 latest

Thanks. I have both 1.3.1/2.0.1, lifetime license and copyright removal.

I asked you for download link because there is no download link anymore. You need to purchase license in order to download it.

well i've 1.3.1 and 2.0 trial for life time as well

Actually invision is no longer free from version 2.0 and up. I spoke with them today and anyone caught using it will receive a ceased and desist order.

thats so stupid!
first they release a free copy now we'll recieve a ceased and desist order?
thats dumb!

@murphy
If free forum (and hosting) is what you want, go here:
http://invisionfree.com

You can have your forum operating with the least headache - no cost/setup worries.

hey there I just checked again
http://www.invisionboard.com/?triallimited
and there is a trial version but this time its really trial which mean its limited to:

Yes, that info has been posted before.

1. Those limitations are extremely severe, to run a real forum on.
2. If the thread-starter knew what needed to be done to setup a forum from scratch (using IPB, or whatever) - he wouldn't ask


I guess the intention, is to have a ready-made forum somewhere, which can be easily put to use without headaches of having to deal with server hosting, file-uploads, PHP/MySQL db, etc. InvisionFree is a good idea in such cases.

...

Okay, I have a Charmed fan-site and what I really want to take it over the top is a decent forum (where I can easily add skins) I've tried some different ones (I want a forum software that I can INSTALL to my server), but so far, none have seen to like me.

I wish I could find a free download of Invisionboard or the forum software these boards use....if anyone can help me in anyway, I'd be totally grateful.

I have been searching and trying for almost a week now, so it's not like I didn't do some research of my own


xoxo,
Jen

Well, that board has at the bottom of its page clearly mentioned - UBB.Threads.

So if you need a free board, then forget both Invision as well as UBB - both are pay, and cost a whole lot, which is worth paying only when there is already a massive community visiting the board.
If you are interested in just getting the board software anyway, then warez downloads is the oyster..... But then, its not going to be long before you are caught and asked to pay-up, since this is online and anyone can see your board.


So what's the other option then?
1. phpBB (this one sucks, but has a huge modding/skinning community)
2. MyBB (not yet mature, but it has a good feature set, and user-base growing greatly)
3. SMF (this one's perfect - is good and has a large community for skinning/modding too. FYI, this one's the successor of YaBB-SE)

We would be pleased to hear again from you. If you have any more queries, do not hesitate to post them!
Hmm.... so what have you chosen?

My domain's CPANEL has SMF.

I just installed it, hoping this time I don't get totally confused (again).....
it's installed, but I got confused already. not with the forums themselves, but in the idea of skinning. I have five skin images....they're like a banner, I guess you could say *perfect for like tables in a way* 750x325....

SMF is wonderfully easy to install new skins or mods.... Maybe just some reading over the initial readme is required.....

Also, please remove or resize the image in your signature - its just too big since forum rules allow only 300x300.

Go with spammer, they give you a FREE forum. Very easy to set up and lots of themes available for free. It's also add free for a very long time.
(If you do join spammer please give me some of your Fbuck$ )
http://spammer.com
I've been using spammer for quite a while now and I believe it's the best out there.

does this mean that my unencoded trial of IPB 2.0.0 is illiegal or something.

Can't be. The released that for free... I don't think they can C&D it.

Just out of curiosity (XPerties can probably answer this the best), what kind of bandwidth does MSFN see per month?

I'm not expecting to set anything up to match it any time soon. I'm just wondering what kinds of numbers to expect.

What XPerties has with MSFN bandwidth?

About 1.300 GB per month.

I thought that XPerties did the hosting for MSFN... I could very easily be mistaken however.

1.3GB... that's not that much at all! I suppose that comes from the fact that most community applications are hosted elsewhere and the attachments are limited in size.

Mis-understanding!
That figure was not metric numerals. That dot would be a comma, in actuality.

Therefore..... 1,300 GB.
= 1.3 TB.

Thats much, thats plenty, thats massive!

Ah... that makes a bit more sense. Thanks prathapml.

Those confusing commas and dots... different conventions for different parts of the world (although I should have figured that with xper being from Denmark).

Tack så mycket, xper!

thanx for the fast reply now just one more question. would they be mad if i removed the (trial) from the bottom of the board i still left the copyrihgt i only removed the trial because the board is a unlimited trial and i dident want people to wonder how i added mods to a encoded version of the board since thats all thats still offered

it's against their license agreement, which you also agreed to, to remove the trial

ok guess i have to put it back but would (T) surffice or (U) like they have used on the 1.13 boards

nope, you will have to put back the entire (Trial) word.

ok guess i will do that now

Go for phpbb 3. The download for the latest version is working fine and by far it would be best out of vbullitin and IPB. Its free and has like tons of modifications. There are skins and such too for your use.

You do realize you just replied to a topic where the last reply was like 3 years old, right?

The guy looking for an answer (original poster) might have been interested in that answer, sometime in late 2004.

Funny also how you joined with the sole intent of pimping that same URL that's in all of your posts.