How to Make a Free Web Forum
A Web forum, also called a message board, is a simple way to make your website more interesting and interactive. It can also help bring more traffic to your website if guests discuss important issues in the news. Many Web hosting providers allow you to create a forum for a website as an included feature. If this option isn't available, you can use one of a few free forum-building Web services online instead.
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Use the free phpBB web forum software to add a message board to your website. Download the phpBB files to your hard drive then upload them to your web server to install the forum to your website. Choose the "Customizations" menu on the website to download add-ons called "Modifications" and "Styles" that change the look and feel of your forum. Upload these modification files to the same folder on your web server. Test out the functionality of the web forum before you decide to install the software to your website.
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Create a free web forum using Forumotion. Select a design from the list of options and continue to start adding your data, including forum title, website address and your contact email address, then retrieve the link to your new forum. Create sub-forums under the main Web forum for your website. The service hosts images posted on the message board and allows you to add chat boxes as well.
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Add a web forum to your website for free with ForumCity. This is a basic no-frills option for establishing a forum. Choose a general category, such as business or music, and one of multiple languages to apply to your new forum. Create an account with the service and activate the message board via email. The domain will include "forumcity" in the name, link the URL to your website for visitors to access.
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