Free Remotely Hosted Message Boards From Boards2go
Boards2Go offers webmasters fast, reliable, and easily managed remotely hosted message boards for free. The message boards are hosted on their server so that there is nothing for you to set up. All customization and management of the message boards is done using the password protected administrators area.
These message boards can easily be customized to match to your current site's layout and colors. Therefore your visitors will never know they left your site to use your message board.
Message board features and options
- Assign Moderators - You can assign multiple moderators to help moderate your message board
- You can use emoticons on your message board
- Post as Admin - You can have your name in a different color to everyone else
- Bold Main Topic - You can make the main topic of a thread appear in bold (so it is easier to find).
- Edit Posts - Your users will have the option to set a password for their posts. If they want to edit their post after they post it, they can go to their message, click "Edit Post" and edit their post
- Backup/Restore Boards - This feature allows you to back up your message board data. Just in case something bad happens, it's always nice to have a back-up that you can restore to.
- Flood Control - Protect your board by turning on this feature. This records the IP number of the people who post messages, and it won't let them post another message until one minute has passed. So for example, if someone wants to leave 60 spam messages, it will take them 60 minutes to do it
- View/Delete Registered Users - This allows you to do is delete and view your registered users. Now if someone forgets their password, you can give it to them.
- Email Forwarding New Posts - Whenever someone posts a new message on your message board, you can have it emailed to you
- Choose Your Date Format - If you live outside the USA where your date is displayed DD/MM/YYYY instead of MM/DD/YYYY ? This feature enables your to choose from three (3) different time formats.
- Thread Spacers - A Horizontal Rule ( <HR> ) Or white space will be placed between threads when this feature is turned on. It makes reading the message boards much easier
- Reply Email Notification - When a user posts a message, they will have the option of having an email sent to them whenever someone replies to their post
- You can use .css files (stylesheets) on your message board making it easy for you to match the rest of your web site
- You can select the time zone of your message board. And you can change the Time Style from "Military" to "Regular"
- Instant Upgrades - new features are added from time to time and your account will be upgraded without you having to do anything! These updates will be announced via email.
- Searchable Board - Allow your users to have easy access to the information they need by letting them search your message board. Users can use this to search for the newest posts!
- Ban Users - You can ban users who abuse the Message Boards with ease. You can ban one individual IP or ban a range of IP addresses.
- Your free message boards can hold up to 300 posts. When the 300 limit is reached the oldest posts will be removed automatically.
- Highlight New Posts - The dates and time on the newest posts can be highlighted in a color of your choice - to make them more visible
- Bad Word Filtering - Enable this option and all the bad words will be filtered out
- Optional Images - Your users can choose to leave a URL for an image they please, which is displayed with their posts.
- Optional Links - Your users can choose to leave a URL, this will be displayed along with their post. (It acts as a "signature")
- Fully Customizable - These free remotely hosted message boards allow you to fully customize them. You can customize font colors and sizes as well as background images so you can integrate the message board into your site.
- HTML is allowed - If you wish, you can have users use HTML code in their posts.
- B2G Code - If you don't feel safe allowing HTML on your message boards you can use the special B2G code instead
- IP addresses displayed on posts - You can choose to have the IP of the person who posted the message to display at the top of their message! (Useful for banning purposes)
- Easy Administration - The administrative section on your message board is as simple as can get. Almost everything is self-explanatory
- Password Protect - If you don't want strangers accessing your message board you can password protect it
- Register Your Users - You can have it set so that users have to register before they can post a message. Every time they post a message they will be prompted for their username and password. (This prevents people from imitating a user.)
Visit the web site of Remotely Hosted Message Boards From Boards2go
|
