We could use an off-topic forum.
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Beamrider, if you really want more, why don't you pay for it? Then we'll all happily agree that it doesn't cost much. Illusion provides this forum for us at his own expense and asks nothing from you in return, so show a little more appreciation!
But in any case, the whole point of opening the off-topic forum was so that the users here could meet up and talk about other stuff but still as part of the KM crowd. It'd be completely redundant setting up an off-topic board on here. As Rob said, it's easy to join the off-topic.
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It's okay, HStorm. I don't expect everyone to understand how web hosting works, but The Brollachan pretty much illustrates how the costs can add up. Bandwidth is indeed costly, far more than webspace allowance. It's not like this site can run on 10MB of free webspace as it once did!
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Well the thing is, I don't think an extra forum will take up much bandwidth. I do have experience with running forums and I KNOW that adding another forum is not usually an expensive thing, nor is it a difficult thing to do. This isn't a big board - and if things are that restrictive then why not get an ezboard - or better still, a free forum from www.forumer.com? I understand that a big website like knightmare.com costs a lot of money in bandwidth, I also run a couple of websites, but with all respect, as good as this forum is, its relativly low-traffic especially when compared to the website - so you could quite easily get away with running the forum part of the website on a free forum host.
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Well, yes technically we could move to a free forum such as the one you suggested and that would probably solve the bandwidth/cost issue (although I've often found that free forums have some restrictions, and if not now then maybe months/years down the line).
However, personally I dislike off-topic discussion on the main forum. Hence why I previously invited someone to create and run an off-topic sister to this forum. Also I'm not keen on moving forums again as we've just settled into this one, and the hosting problems seem to have been resolved.
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Also with free forums, you tend to get a few or lots of popups which irritates people who don't have and browser with built in popup blocker like I do. Even if you do have such a browser, some don't seem to stop all popups. The browser I've got is really great though.
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Although this is an interesting debate about forums, may I go back to the suggestion about the Off Topic forum that we ALREADY HAVE!!!
It is easy to get on, a lot easier then setting up a brand new one!
I dont understand all the hassle, are you that lazy that you cant open up an extra window?
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Also with free forums, you tend to get a few or lots of popups which irritates people who don't have and browser with built in popup blocker like I do. Even if you do have such a browser, some don't seem to stop all popups. The browser I've got is really great though.
There are some providers, like the one that I linked to, that have no advertising. I'm not quite sure how they can do it - but it works, I've seen it working. All fully-customisable of course, you'd hardly realise it was a free provider. But its not my website so its up to you - I'm just suggesting.
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There's no such thing as a free lunch.
The best free message boards are usually the one that you have to setup and run on your own website. These only have a text link in the footer to the company of the forums.
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