Sorry,  missed one choice

 

 

 

Ignore #4)   Use this instead.

 

#4)  A private dedicated server for a Pro Board like set up.

A group I belong to has started this option.      This is a PAID site.    

Meaning that there is an annual charge to whoever sets it up and is the administrator.     I do not know the cost.

But,  as this is not from a free hosting site,  there are absolutely no adds or popups.

The administrator is the ONLY one who can tell any user what is or is not allowed on that site.

 

It is easy to use,  like proboards.    Easy to set up,  as long as you think proboards is easy.

Again it requires a secondary photo hosting site to use any photos for the URL.

I have no idea if Chat is supported.

 

The site in question is my Star Trek Legacy site from Msn groups.       The owner is from Australia,

and she is one of the nicest people I have ever met(online),  and does this type of thing for a living.  

She owns several of the biggest fan networks on the web.     

It took her less then an hour to set up the new trek site and that includes setting up the different skins as well.

 

I think she is a genius.    She denies this.