What are some good web software or hosting sites for a blog/forum?
Posted March 9th, 2010
I’m looking to create a pop culture/geek website where the main site has features in a blog format. I’d also like to put a forum on it, but have it to where the users will have the same account to comment on the blog posts and the forums. Are there any suggestions for web software or hosting websites that will accomplish this?
I like this free one: http://www.freeforums.org/ I’m just testing it.
And this are other good tested options:
Forums, Blogging, Social Sites
* Blog.com (blog community)
* Forumotion (forum)
* Free Forums (tip)
* GoogleGroups (forum)
* Grou.Ps (network forum, no ads)
* InvisionFree (forum)
* InvisionPower (forum)
* JetForum (phpbb3 forum engine)
* Live Journal (network forum)
* My Free Forum (forum)
* Nabble (forum)
* Ning (network forum)
* Ourmedia (media community)
* phpBB (open source forum)
* Podbean (podcast hosting)
* Runboard (forum)
* Simple Machines (forum)
* Tumblr (blog)
* Wetpaint (social / website)
* Xanga (blogging community)
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I recommend one of these: http://www.tophostingpicks.com
iPage has the best offer right now.
Their standard price is $84/year ($6.95) but they have
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They have one of the most popular hosting platforms, which currently hosts over a million websites. They’re also one of the oldest hosting companies, founded in 1998.
They include a free point & click online site builder so you can create a website without any programming (easily, just by drag and drop) or you could install WordPress (they include easy, one click install from their control panel), choose a theme that you like, and start adding content.
They also have a great custom control panel with OneClick installs of all the popular software like WordPress, Joomla, Forums, Chat, Galleries, Online stores and a lot more.
You need a web host supporting blog (wordpress) and forum (phpbb) softwares.
My recommended service:
http://www.threehosts.com/reviews/1st
Video tutorials:
http://www.threehosts.com/video-tutorial/phpbb.html
http://www.threehosts.com/video-tutorial/wordpress.html
Another useful link:
http://www.threehosts.com/build
Hope this helps.
hi
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All the best
Hi,
I would recommend “Web Hosting Pad” for your Web Hosting because it’s cheap and very reliable.With web hosting, you’ll get free domain. Their support service is awesome. This company offers site building tools, application vault, web mail, antivirus, Php, MysQL ,e-commerce and hosts unlimited websites in one plan. Don’t go for free web hosting.They are not reliable. Check out personal reviews direct from the users here :
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area51,
Your idea sounds good. Yes the host would have all the programs you need for forums and blogs. I help people get started with this, and I dont charge to help. You can contact me for more info.
I suggest you also check My Webbie Hosting’s Lite Plan. You can install blog scripts like WordPress and forum software like SMF and phpBB2 without hassle using their PHP script installer. The plan costs only $3.95/month and already includes a free domain name, 1.5 G disk space, 150 G monthly traffic, 50 secured email accounts, etc. They also guarantee 24/7 support, 99.9% uptime, one-hour ticket response time, and 30-day money back.
WordPress is great for blogging and also for many other features. You can also install wordpress plugins for forums, newsletter, member login and other functions.
For hosting with wordpress support I suggest you to check http://neond.com
Hi,
You can always use free blogging host or forum. But free hosts come with a price. Search engines take self hosted sites more seriously. besides, more importantly, visitors take your site more seriously if they see that you are not on any free host.
take a test yourself. Which one will you like more as a visitor?
xoogle.com
or
xoogle.bloxspot.com
so, i recommend, you go with paid host and domain to host your forum/blog.
forum softwares can also be found free or paid. Paid is vBulletin which is great (but costs alot) and a free forum software is SMF (great considering it costs nothing and superbly flexible). You can use many “mods” to make your main site (homepage) display info like a blog. You can use portals in forums to do that.
SMF site example: http://bangladeshtalks.com/index.php
vBulletin site example: http://www.cricket-highlights.com/
so my recommendation is:
1. use a paid host to host your own doamin. godaddy.com is what i use; ($56.88/yr, 10GB space, 300GB Transfer)
2. Use SMF 2RC2.0 as your forum software which is free to use.
3. Use a portal in your forum if you want its home page to be blog like.
4. or if you decide to host a blog use wordpress blogging software. it is great.
i hope this helps you.
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These guys have a good plan for you:
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hi,
i currently host my site with http://www.xnynz.com/
, which is also a wonderful host which offers hosting services with 24X7 live support