A forum hosting provider puts a special emphasis on supporting the most popular forum applications, along with offering all the other services of a typical hosting company. Forum-focused hosts usually provide a variety of services to make it easy to install and run an online forum, including forum upgrades and easy installation of add-ons for forum administrators. They also support a wide range of forum scripts, including phpBB, SMF, IPB and vBulletin. Other popular forum scripts include Invision Power Board, Ikonboard, YaBB, XMB, Snitz and Ultimate Bulletin Board.

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