How far forums have come... check out this Bulletin Board from 2005!

[veloman]

I made a very brief write-up about this weird site on my forum - but this website is almost unchanged from 2005: https://www.cycleweb.co.uk/welcome.html - and they have a bulletin board that is... ancient (and non-functioning). Thought y'all might like to see it and see how far we've come!

 

[Ken]

I'm speechless!

 

[SDL]

It's mad seeing forums like that when we're so used to the modern designs and functions. I remember when I first created a forum using SMF and thinking "wow, this is incredible" and looking back at it, it was so dated compared to now.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I remember using PhpBB1 and it was something like that.

But does anyone remember guestbooks? They were kind of like forums back in the day. Those bring back memories... Guestbooks, site counters, and animated banners from Flaming Text LOL https://flamingtext.com/

 

[SDL]

I remember using PhpBB1 and it was something like that.

But does anyone remember guestbooks? They were kind of like forums back in the day. Those bring back memories... Guestbooks, site counters, and animated banners from Flaming Text LOL https://flamingtext.com/

I'm too young to remember phpBB 1 however I do remember the site counters and animated banners from Flaming Text! I think I used that site for a lot of my graphics haha!

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I'm too young to remember phpBB 1 however I do remember the site counters and animated banners from Flaming Text! I think I used that site for a lot of my graphics haha!

Site counters was the old school analytics. Haha.

I remember Bravenet offered a bunch of site addons and plugins on Tripod-Lycos or Angelfire free hosting services. Man! That brings back some memories!!

 

[Ravenfreak]

I made a very brief write-up about this weird site on my forum - but this website is almost unchanged from 2005: https://www.cycleweb.co.uk/welcome.html - and they have a bulletin board that is... ancient (and non-functioning). Thought y'all might like to see it and see how far we've come!

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That's quite an ancient site! A lot of sites back then used ezboards so even for the time it was active it still was a bit dated. I've never really been a fan of message boards like this though. Reminds me of a primitive Reddit.

 

[Cedric]

Times were much simpler then. ☺️ glad we have evolved though.

I remember the guestbooks and ridiculous flaming texts too. 🤣

 

[Jason]

It seems like VB were fairly modern looking then. However, I didn't attempt owning forums until around 2009, I think.

 

[Shortie]

This is awesome that there is still something out there that shows what forums used to be like!

It's crazy to see how far they have come compared to what they used to be like. Things were very much simpler back then for sure.

 

[ZandraJoi]

Very cool to see this!
@Shawn Gossman I remember Guestbooks. I wonder if forums should bring them back? That'd be a good question to ask lol

 

[Kyng]

Well, that's a blast from the past... although, to be honest, it would've looked very dated even in 2005!

Maybe in the 90s, it would've looked modern .

 

[Ken]

Well, that's a blast from the past... although, to be honest, it would've looked very dated even in 2005!

Maybe in the 90s, it would've looked modern .

Nah, the modern look didn't exist yet.