Forumer
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| URL | www.Forumer.com |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Internet forum hosting |
| Registration | Free (restrictions) |
| Owner | "Limez" |
| Created by | Keith Kacin |
| Launched | 2003 |
Forumer is a forum and blog hosting service that provides phpBB 2 and IPB 1.3 hosting. The service was created in 2003 under the name FreeIB; later that year, the service was sold.
In 2004, the new management deemed the existing software (and hardware) outdated and not powerful enough, thus an Angel Investor was found and a team of programmers were hired. The site was redesigned and re-launched under a new name, Forumer.
After the improvements the popularity of the site skyrocketed, resulting in almost 3000 percent user growth to date. Forumer service has been known for its support forums, where many volunteers (both existing customers and others) offer their expertise by helping members who need it. The support forums are administrated by Forumer owner "Limez", support team leader "awebb", and the fSupport (Forumer Support) team.[1]
There are many other "divisions" of Forumer, outside the main forum hosting service, including "FileHive" a free video/image hosting service, and fMods (Forumer Modifications Centre) which provides forum skins and modifications to Forumer users.
Forumer is proud of its additions to the box-standard phpBB and IPB, which include a multitude of skins, a custom portal modification, domain name support, ad removal and META Tag Customization.
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[edit] Statistics
- Forumer is currently running on 21 web servers.
- Forumer forums are ad-supported (ads can be removed for $5 per 30,000 page views)
- Forumer servers have an average up-time of 31%.
- Forumer's servers host 151,212 forums [2]
- There are a total of 8,523,226 "forumers" (total number of members on the whole service) [3]
- The forums on Forumer servers hold a total of 30,234,112 threads, and 120,741,974 posts. [4]
[edit] Criticisms
- The ad removal service can prove pricey for larger forums with regular visitors.
- The uptime of the servers is often complained about, 31% being one of the lowest of the free hosts. [5] [6] [7]
- Forumer does not allow the users access to the forum backup, or to access FTP, so should they need more freedom, less advertising, or more uptime, there is no way the user can leave Forumer. [8]
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ Forumer Staff List. Forumer.com. Retrieved on 2006-11-11.
- ^ Forumer Home Page (see "Quick Stats" box). Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ Forumer Home Page (see "Quick Stats" box). Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ Forumer Home Page (see "Quick Stats" box). Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ Forumer owner seems confused by recent downtime.. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ Many forum owners meet in outrage over excessive downtime.. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ Forum owner complains of regular downtime.. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ Staff member clears up backup rumors on official support forum.. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
