With a well-maintained and interesting message board or forum, you can build a loyal community and keep your visitors come back to
your site regularly. This is what all webmasters want, right? But you must bear it in mind that you must have time to look after your forum or else
your forum will be a mess. I personally think that no message board is better than a messy message board. Contact me if you
are aware of any similar free resources that I have not listed below, or if you find
dead or expired links.
Pro Boards
Get your own sub-domain! http://YOUR-NAME.proboards.com and start creating unlimited message boards, posting unlimited messages on your boards. You
can customize all colors on your boards so it will match nicely with your current site. 24/7 support is available in their forums and best of
all, it is 100% free.
See other features. Your forum is hosted on their server, so you don't
need to worry about setting up the board.
PHP BB
Offer one of the best free board on the web for your own server. It's simple to set up and easy to manage.
Example of Administrators Control Panel. You can
download PHPBB
from it homepage. Attention: You must have access to PHP and a database to run it.
Invision Free InvisionFree is a free service that provides online communities. InvisionFree can be used for long term discussions
with a large group of people. InvisionFree can be used for friends, clubs, and businesses.
Attention: Ideal if you web host doesn't supports PHP or a database.