SMF For Free Support Forum

thats why theres a support forum
and idk how much more simple it could be

It is already really easy, and only very rarely are the servers slow .

smfforfree.com  -  results from my forum...  I would say its NOT slow...  there may be times it is, but overall it runs very well

Page created in 0.088 seconds with 4 queries.

There is a lot of help here at Support  (check the Guides and Tutorials Board)  There are Guides for almost every option in your Admin Panel.   Click the Guides & Tutorials Index link in my sig.   The Index is pinned to the top of the Guides  & Tutorials Board for future reference.
There is also help scattered throughout your forum itself.    Clicking the "?" icon next to options will give you a popup with explanations of the features.
And as stated there is help here via members who help out here at the Support Forum.

There are limits to what we can do for free.

The pages are generated in under a second, most of the time. Slowdowns do happen during peak times, but they are minor and rarely noticed. Page generation times under a second is good for a forum, even on paid hosting.

SMF For Free is waiting for the next version before we start adding more features. For now most new features can be found for a cost. The new version of SimpleMachines comes with more stuff built in...so that'll be cool.

We can't add more features AND make it simpler though!
Sibyl and I try to ensure there is fairly comprehensive documentation on SMF For Free. Between contributions of members and guides of our own we've pulled off a pretty great set of documents for this version of SMF. In the next version we'll have to rewrite everything! Just like how we had to rewrite everything during the last upgrade.

Much fun eh?

  We appreciate all you two do for us 

I love SMFforfree. If it weren't for this I wouldnt' HAVE a place for my friends and I to visit and keep up with one another. I certainly don't have the skill to make my own forum without the templates he offers. and I am the most computer literate person that I know in real life!

(which shows how little my friends know!)

Good tips Jade.
I would add that I see many forums that have a bunch of Youtube videos, music boxes, and very large graphic images on the forums.    All of that "stuff" has to load up and it does slow down the load time.   Give some real thought to what you really NEED on your forum.   It is afterall a place for people to gather and post.   Some of the "fluff" really can slow it down a lot.   Don't make your banner take up half of the screen.  Using full screen images for backgrounds takes time to load up.    Always keep in mind that any members you may have that are on a slow connection are having to wait for all of that to load.

All i can say is before i found smf i didnt have a clue. now thanks to you guys and all your hard work i understand things i didnt even know the meaning of months ago.

I felt that way when I first came here.   I first checked out the Support Forum before even creating a forum to see how Support was. I was impressed and decided creating a forum with this service was a wise move.   There are a whole lot of posts from the beginning made by me;  fumbling around, trying to figure out how this all works.   I was lost!

Thank you for the positive input..  it is always very much appreciated!