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| Points |
| As you can imagine the resources to support Boardnation do not come for free. What this means is that, while we refuse to place ads on public parts of your paid service, we must unfortunately limit the plans in some other manner. We have introduced our own "Points" measurement that keeps track of the number of boards, topics, replies, polls, members, censored words, member groups, categories, news items, and private messages your message forum contains. Each plan then comes with a certain number of points at your disposal. A free forum (with no ads) comes with 7000 points at your complete disposal. The 7000 point value was created from this schema: 10 boards, 4 categories, 20 censored words, 4 custom membergroups, 150 members, 8 news items, 500 private messages, 30 polls, 2570 posts, and 220 topics. This totaled 6996 points which we then rounded to 7000. Of course if you have, for example, only 20 private messages you will be able to have more of something else and vice versa. Points were designed to be an adaptive and easy to understand space measure.
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What If I Outgrow The Free Plan? |
| If you reach the 7000 point limit of the free plan you have two options. Either you can upgrade to a Flagship plan which is described in the next section or you can take advantage of our new banner ad program. While we have said from day one that we would never place a banner ad where your users could see it, customer feedback has motivated us to allow this as an option. In exchange for placing ads on your forum (we do not place any pop-ups or pop-unders), the point limit on your forum is lifted. In the end you receive a great forum with great features, great speed, and great support without having to worry about what you will do as your forum grows. If you wish to show a banner ad on your forum you may choose to do so from your forum's administration center. |
Flagship |
While the free forums have been our premier and we still strive to offer the best free forums on the net there was still space for more. Flagship plans are designed to offer more features and space to every webmaster out there. We currently offer four Flagship plans starting at only $4.00 USD per month. All Flagship plans include the following features and are not feature locked, meaning more features will be added over time.
The Flagship upgrade process is very easy, but must be completed after you signup for your free forum. To upgrade there is an "Upgrade Now" link in your forum's administration center. You may also view your forum's current point usage from this page.
While we provide free forum and e-mail support to all users, Flagship users also benefit from priority support via our helpdesk. This however does not mean we will leave the free users out to dry, we strive to be the best and will reach that goal.
Flagship Hosting Plans |
Plan |
Points |
Price Per Month (USD) |
Free (with ads) |
Unlimited |
FREE! |
Bronze |
20,000 |
$4.00 |
Silver |
30,000 |
$6.00 |
Gold |
40,000 |
$8.00 |
Platinum |
60,000 |
$12.00 |
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Need Even More Than Flagship? |
| While we try to offer a wide range of services with our Free forums and our Flagship plans, we do recognize that you may not fit into one of these three plans. Forums are designed to bring people together and often to achieve this you need the most control that you can achieve. This starts with the ability to pick which piece of software you wish to run. With the Advanced hosting plans you have the ability to choose between powering your forum with YaBB SE, SMF, phpBB, Invision Board, or vBulletin (You must supply the license). If you would like to run a different piece of forum software please contact us. Your forum can be hosted under either your domain name or a subdomain of your domain giving it an even more personal feel. Since the Advanced plans are designed to grow as you grow, we only measure and limit the amount of data transfer (bandwidth) that your forum uses per month. We currently offer five different plans starting with twelve gigabytes data transfer per month. If you outgrow the largest plan we will work with you to come up with a solution that will fit your needs. While our plans may be more expensive than many dime-a-dozen shared hosts we are committed to helping you grow your forum and meet your needs. We live and breathe forums and understand not only how they operate but also how to optimize and manage a server designed to run them. If you wish for us to import data from another forum that we do not currently host a $15 setup fee will be charged due to the manual process and labor. Data transfer overage is charged at $2.50 per gigabyte used over the limit of your plan. Please contact us at sales@boardnation.com if you have any questions or would like to pursue an Advanced hosting plan.
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Advanced Hosting Plans |
Plan |
Data Transfer (GB) |
Price Per Month (USD) |
Plan 1 |
12 |
$17.99 |
Plan 2 |
15 |
$24.99 |
Plan 3 |
20 |
$34.99 |
Plan 4 |
25 |
$44.99 |
Plan 5 |
30 |
$54.99 |
Features Included On All Forums
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| Full Template Control |
IP, Username, and E-mail Banning |
Members
Signatures
Avatars from a list or a user may specify a custom
one
Karma
Custom titles
Personal text |
Complex Statistics
Top 10 Posters
Top 10 Boards
Top 10 Topics (by Replies)
Top 10 Topics (by Views)
Full Forum History
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Membergroups
Post based and custom groups
Category restriction by membergroup
Ability to list who is in which membergroup |
Ability to Send Random Passwords
On Registration
When changing their e-mail address |
| Editable Forum News |
Reserved Names |
| Maintenance mode - only allow administrator login |
Disable Guests from viewing your forum |
| Enable Guest posting |
Ability to limit private message use by membergroup |
Moderation Tools
Ability to lock threads
Sticky threads for important information
Move threads from one board to another
Delete posts one by one or a thread as a whole
Ability to edit posts and polls
Lock a thread after posting in it |
Posting Tools
Smilies
Forum code
Message icons
Quick reply box
Ability to quote a post
E-mail notification of replies
Printing of threads
Post preview |
| Ability To Search Forum |
Word Censoring |
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Disable New Registrations |
Multiple Thread Mover |
Mute User |
Quick Moderator |
Disable Changing Display Names |
Return to Post After Posting |
Users Online Coloring |
Show Today's Birthdays on Boardindex |
Enhanced Search |
Disable Private Messaging |
Allow Guests to View Memberlist |
Shoutbox |
Specify Default Personal Text |
New Post Notification |
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