Forum Setup Guide: Free Options, Choosing .pl Domains, and Selection Criteria for Newbies

Question

Where is the best place to set up a free forum, preferably with a .pl domain. Although I suspect that .pl free will not be.
I'm green on the subject, so please bear with me. What should I look out for when choosing?

traszka · Answer

If you want to set up a forum with a .co.uk domain, it would be best if you could find reasonably cheap and good hosting, preferably with no transfer limit - but first check the uptime, i.e. the uptime.
With admin and MySQL access, of course.
If you want to buy a .pl domain, find a company that will offer you a good price and a renewal for the next year.
It is known that after one year the domain will cost +/- an extension of about PLN 100.

mita · Answer

And of the free ones without a .pl domain, which are the best?

xSzwagier · Answer

czo.pl, Hostinger or freeforums.

mita · Answer

Does any of the above sites offer forum browsing when logged in, or limit you to a few pages without logging in. Is this as standard or a paid luxury?

xSzwagier · Answer

In bbcode this can be set, this is the standard.

Starboy · Answer

There is also cba.pl, aaf, wxv, forumpolish, xaa. From what you know about cba and xaa you can handle the forum using FTP.

Elektrooonik · Answer

If you insist on free, how about forums.co.uk?

ziomka22 · Answer

Let me join the topic.

I would like to set up a forum, free or not too expensive. I'm very keen on being able to control access - adding or blocking access to particular sections of the forum.
Free forums work with Tapatalk?
Does anyone have any experience?

Thanks for your advice!

Anonymous · Answer

If I were creating a forum, I would set it up on fora.pl or on cba.pl and upload phpbb. On cba.pl you have PHP5, MySQL, FTP, cms to choose from and you can also plug in your own .pl domain. Consider whether you can afford the .pl domain and whether you really need it. Be warned that it is not cheap. Don't be fooled by offers such as a domain for 0 PLN. Sooner or later they will make you pay about PLN 100/year.

ziomka22 · Answer

@hubotx thanks for the reply. The cost of £100 per year is manageable. The question of putting up the forum itself remains.

Anonymous · Answer

. If you care about: (a) to set up the forum quickly, phpBB on cba.pl or fora.pl would be a good choice b) gaining experience in programming and webmastering then PHP, Python, CGI, Django (highly recommended!) etc. would be a good choice.

Pablo14 · Answer

I recommend dhosting, with the link below cheaper

kwiatek_123 · Answer

I recommend 5v.pl as free hosting. The domain will be 5v.pl.

jarekcda · Answer

It's best to buy a domain with history, it will always be yours and you can move it anywhere, even for free hosting. You can also capture a good domain. Here are some suggestions for free hosting without ads free web hosting without ads

patrykspiny · Answer

You can use WordPress and bbPress plugin in WordPress, it will help you configure it easily. I also set up a forum on my website: [link removed]

jarekcda · Answer

It is best to set up a forum on a phpBB script, there is a lot of information on this topic.
The domain is best captured on the aftermarket with history and links.
I can recommend hosting on SEOhost with free HTTPS.
Here are some proven hosting suggestions without ads: https://bazafirmy.pl/blog/wlasny-blog-za-darmo.php

spinex · Answer

If anyone would like to set up a forum, I am happy to host it at my place. I will help and advise what and how, because I am passionate about it for years I actually love phpBB, but today a much better choice may be Vanilla or such a Discourse. It all depends on the momentum .

markooff · Answer

Oh, that's cool . And may I ask - what platform for this type of activity - does the colleague have?

spinex · Answer

Nothing special, I just have hundreds of phpBB installations behind me and a lot of forum experience from the SEO, content creation, etc., but also the logic of the phpBB system.

markooff · Answer

And it's nice to meet

.
I myself, for about a decade and a half - also dealt a lot (but also modifications) with phpBB.
Also, on more than one occasion, I rescued such forums - after various "falls" and crashes.

Greetings .

markooff · Answer

Yep... Except that all these freebies are sometimes very expensive afterwards. Not strictly financially, but they do cost a lot of time and hassle in terms of providing such services. For me - personally - this works out to be a disadvantage, because I waste my work and time.

Theofilos · Answer

Better than fora.pl seems to be mojeforum.net, which is set up at http://www.forum.pun.pl.
foruma.pl block access of Google bots, they also do not display images for non-logged-in users. All this makes for poor positioning of the forum page.
On top of that, there is no way to add this page to Google Search Console Tools.
myforum.net makes all this possible, but there is another problem with it.
Activation emails do not reach users who have Gmail accounts.

spinex · Answer

I do not recommend it. It is a waste of passion, enthusiasm or energy for such services. The websites have engines from 10 or more years ago. No responsiveness, completely lame.

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