Editing ProBoards (section)

==Hosting==
Although a number of subscription style features are optionally available, there is no obligation for any user to purchase anything from ProBoards. Forums are hosted for free, with no [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]] or webspace cap,<ref>"[https://www.proboards.com/tos.html Terms of Service, Section 2.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512030934/http://proboards.com/tos.html |date=2012-05-12 }}" ProBoards.com. 01-02-2002. 16 May 2007</ref> provided users allow advertisements to be displayed on their forum. ProBoards continues to offer forums with no bandwidth or webspace limitations, supported by advertisements. Users can purchase subscription-based features to unlock advanced functionalities, such as ad removal and forum branding options.

Until September 2003, ProBoards was supported by [[Pop-up ad|popunders]], but these were discontinued in favor of less intrusive methods of advertising. Currently a typical forum will contain a [[AdSense|Google AdSense]] [[banner ad]] and some small text links on every page. ProBoards also sells advertising directly to users through a selfserve system.<ref>"[https://banners.proboards.com/ Advertise.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206114106/http://banners.proboards.com/ |date=2012-02-06 }}" ProBoards.com. 26 June 2008</ref>

ProBoards also has an agreement with a third party chatroom provider, addonInteractive, to provide Java-based chatrooms to users. Each forum admin can activate a free version of the chat on their forum, with paid upgrades available for busy forums. The chats integrate fully with forum accounts.