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Sep 20.2003

  • 1. How can I make a forum with HTML? I am lost and confused.

  • 2. Where is a good place to host a site for free?

  • 3. Does my site have to be valid to be good?

  • 4. Is it legal to charge people for a site that was made for free?

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    @AdamGundrySep 20.2003 — 
  • 1. The browser will only see HTML, but you need a server-side language such as PHP to run the forum script. There are plenty of premade forums available in many languages.


  • 2. There are many free hosts available, but few are perfect. Search for one with the features you need. There are also directories such as http://www.freewebspace.net/.


  • 3. "Good" is a very subjective term, and depends on the individual. I would say a good website should be valid XHTML 1.1 or HTML 4.01 Strict, valid CSS and complies with accessibility legislation. You can validate your markup at http://validator.w3.org/, CSS at http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ and test accessibility at http://www.contentquality.com/.


  • 4. I don't understand this point exactly - could you elaborate, please.


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    @Aronya1Sep 20.2003 — 
  • 1. You're going to need more than pure HTML to make a forum site.


  • 2. IMHO, although others will disagree, there is no such thing as a good place to host a site for free. There is always advertising to put up with, multiple pop-up windows, etc, and as a user, I leave those sites immediately.


  • 3. Charles (you'll meet him if you hang around) will no doubt say Yes, but validation & a "good" site are not necessarily bound together. Again, my opinion.


  • 4. Why not? Just because you get something for nothing, doesn't mean you have to give it away for nothing. You will have put work into it, right? - Just to cover my *#s: this is not intended as legal advice...
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    @MotherNatrsSonSep 20.2003 — Answers to your questions:

    1 no

  • 2. Many places just do a search


    • 3 No but it sure helps to make sure it renders properly in all browsers and will eventually need to.

    4 Not sure I understand what you mean. It was built for you for free and you want to charge members or you want to charge somone else for a site that someone built for free.

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    @starrwriterSep 21.2003 — The best free web host is http://www.brinkster.com.

    No banners or ads of any kind.
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    @iniquity101Sep 21.2003 — 
  • 1. No, [URL=http://www.teemz.com/]but for a free one click here[/URL]


  • 2. The best place i found is [URL=http://www.freewebs.com]freewebz[/URL] , as it has no popups or anything, just a small text banner you can put anywhere on you site. And its completely free.
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    @spykemitchellSep 21.2003 — And Brinkster is free How???
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    @iniquity101Sep 21.2003 — another good free hosting site is [URL=http://europe.webmatrixhosting.net/]Web Matrix Hosting[/URL] as it supports Asp.Net and its free because Microsoft sponser it.
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