Need solution for hosting an disabled forum.

[JohnCardin]

Hello,

I have a Vbulletin forum that is currently disabled and I need to keep it around for reference for a few years. It's currently hosted internally but I'd like to find away to move this off prem and have someone else keep an eye on it. It doesn't need to be moderated or anything as it needs to be fully disabled, just searchable. What do I need to look for with something like this?

[Wayne Luke]

Any hosting provider or even vBulletin Cloud should be able to handle this. All you would need to do is turn off registration and permissions to post on the site.

[JohnCardin]

Thank you Wanye!

[Mattwhf]

The idea's Wayne is a good way but you should not turn off your forum, just open it but put all your posts under moderation, you only approve good posts/members, that will help your forum grow without spams.

[Wayne Luke]

The idea's Wayne is a good way but you should not turn off your forum, just open it but put all your posts under moderation, you only approve good posts/members, that will help your forum grow without spams.

I did not say to turn off the forum. I said "turn off registration" and prevent posting with permissions. This is very different from turning off the forum.