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Tongan Hut · Member Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 8

Hello all,

Is there anyway that I can OWN my forum??
I dont mind paying.

For example..these two forums here

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Its just that I find it unnerving that even though I may run my forum, other people (forumup) still has control of it.... Confused

I would like a forum to call my own..one where "I" am the boss....

Is there anyway I can achieve this with ForumUp?? Money is no problem for me.

Thank you.

gg'ssimon · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: Re: Owning My Forum

Tongan Hut wrote:

Hello all,

Is there anyway that I can OWN my forum??
I dont mind paying.

For example..these two forums here

>>>>

Only registered users can see links on this forum!
Register or Login on forum!

>>>>

Only registered users can see links on this forum!
Register or Login on forum!

Its just that I find it unnerving that even though I may run my forum, other people (forumup) still has control of it.... Confused

I would like a forum to call my own..one where "I" am the boss....

Is there anyway I can achieve this with ForumUp?? Money is no problem for me.

Thank you.

No, you cannot own your ForumUp forum.

If you want to have full and total control of a forum, you need to host it yourself on your own server/computer that you own.

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Tongan Hut · Member Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 8

gg'ssimon wrote:

No, you cannot own your ForumUp forum.

If you want to have full and total control of a forum, you need to host it yourself on your own server/computer that you own.

ooh ok!

Anymore advice?

Kana3 · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject:

There is a half-way option.

You buy yourself some web space. eg. You register your own Domain. You rent web-space on which to build your site.

You can then download the Forum software, such as phpBB from phpBB.com (the software we use).

And off you go. You need a web-site provider that allows FTP access, and can run mySQL, but all those technical specs ar at phpBB.com.

You have full control over how your Forum looks, and the data. Which you can pick up and move to another Provider whenever you like.

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gg'ssimon · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: Owning My Forum

Tongan Hut wrote:

gg'ssimon wrote:

No, you cannot own your ForumUp forum.

If you want to have full and total control of a forum, you need to host it yourself on your own server/computer that you own.

ooh ok!

Anymore advice?

Those other forums you gave links to are not ForumUp forums, but you can't buy and have total control of a forum hosted by someone. For one thing, the forum would be on their computer, so of course they have total control of it. They can unplug their computer and then no forum for you!

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Tongan Hut · Member Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 8

Thank you Kana3 and gg'ssimon!!!

I now have some idea of where to go from here!!!

hugs!

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