Curious question - # of boards hosted by proboards

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Hi,

This is a question based on curiosity,

How many boards are hosted by pro-boards, or forum.net boards?

Thanks!!!

[Scott]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProBoards

[bigballofyarn]

This isn't a complete answer to your question, but because I looked for data, I will share it with you anyway.

The highest forum ID I came across was 7381183, meaning that over 7 million forums have been created. However, most of the IDs I checked no longer existed.

For reference, the forum with ID 7381183 was created in April 2024.

My forum has an ID of 355429 and was created in January 2003.

ProBoards Support has an ID of 1 since it was the first forum created and has existed since a few years before mine.

So, even though over 7 million forums have been created, not that many are currently online.

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May 2, 2024 6:59:43 GMT -8 Scott said:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProBoards

WOW

Thank you !!!!

It never occupied to me that there might be a wiki.

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May 2, 2024 6:59:54 GMT -8 bigballofyarn said:

This isn't a complete answer to your question, but because I looked for data, I will share it with you anyway.

The highest forum ID I came across was 7381183, meaning that over 7 million forums have been created. However, most of the IDs I checked no longer existed.

For reference, the forum with ID 7381183 was created in April 2024.

My forum has an ID of 355429 and was created in January 2003.

ProBoards Support has an ID of 1 since it was the first forum created and has existed since a few years before mine.

So, even though over 7 million forums have been created, not that many are currently online.

Wow,

Thank you!

Is it possible that we can find our proboards ID in our admim panel?

Thanks!

[bigballofyarn]

May 2, 2024 12:58:48 GMT -8 moveforward said:

May 2, 2024 6:59:54 GMT -8 bigballofyarn said:

This isn't a complete answer to your question, but because I looked for data, I will share it with you anyway.

The highest forum ID I came across was 7381183, meaning that over 7 million forums have been created. However, most of the IDs I checked no longer existed.

For reference, the forum with ID 7381183 was created in April 2024.

My forum has an ID of 355429 and was created in January 2003.

ProBoards Support has an ID of 1 since it was the first forum created and has existed since a few years before mine.

So, even though over 7 million forums have been created, not that many are currently online.

Wow,

Thank you!

Is it possible that we can find our proboards ID in our admim panel?

Thanks!

You can hover over the register or logout links on any forum. The # at the end of the URL that appears in the status bar at the bottom left of the browser is the # I'm using. It's not really important to know. If numbers and statistics amuse you, you can just use it for reference. 

[shaxper]

May 2, 2024 14:58:42 GMT -8 bigballofyarn said:

May 2, 2024 12:58:48 GMT -8 moveforward said:

Wow,

Thank you!

Is it possible that we can find our proboards ID in our admim panel?

Thanks!

You can hover over the register or logout links on any forum. The # at the end of the URL that appears in the status bar at the bottom left of the browser is the # I'm using. It's not really important to know. If numbers and statistics amuse you, you can just use it for reference. 

Awesome. I never knew this. Greetings from community #5603554, created in April 2014!

[Chris]

Quick tips regarding the forum ID

1. You can also obtain the forum ID through JavaScript with pb.data('forum_id')
   
   
2. When posting a link to an online library plugin you can include that forum ID in the link so the user gets the name of their forum displayed along with a button targeting their forum for a single-click install
   

   Jan 24, 1998 22:12:00 GMT -8 nobody said:

   Forum URL: (private)
   
   Hello,
   
   When doing a global search on any page of the forum the results are not highlighted.
   
   Do we have to explicitly activate something to see search results highlighted?
   
   Thanks in advance for the help,
   NoBody

   
   You'll need to install a plugin on your forum to get search highlighting enabled:
   
   

   
   www.proboards.com/library/plugins/item/210

   Related:

   • Installing Plugins
     
     

   • Targeted Installs

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       https://www.proboards.com/library/plugins/item/210?forum_id=1
       
       

       

       
       
       

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       https://www.proboards.com/library/plugins/item/210?forum_id=355429
       
       

       

       
       
       

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       https://www.proboards.com/library/plugins/item/210?forum_id=5603554
       
       

       

       
       
       

   *Of course the user has to be properly logged into the online library and the target forum with the same global account and possess the appropriate permissions to install plugins/themes for this to successfully complete