how to make a forum?? (1 Viewer)

[freaking_out]

yeah, how can i make a forum like this one? is it too hard...coz i wanna b an admin.

 

[Winston]

Do you have a server to host it on?

 

[flyin']

yes, we all want to be admin, and have our own little forums. but how would we attract members, should be the question, no point havin' a forum of 10 members who post once a month, like uniboardz =p

 

[chris42]

Does Vbulletin cost that much to purchase a licence ?

 

[compower1]

the question should be how do u become a moderator of this place?

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by chris42
Does Vbulletin cost that much to purchase a licence ?

Not sure, you gotta ask the admins,, but invision would be your choice since it's free

Originally posted by compower1
the question should be how do u become a moderator of this place?

You'd have to help out alot on the forums, and be pretty erudite in the area of that particular forum, furthermore, be on alot to actually moderate it.

 

[Ragerunner]

vbulletin does cost money.

www.vbulletin.com

Alternatively you can use phpBB which is an excellent and free alternative to vbulletin. It has a lot of great features as well.

 

[sukiyaki]

you have to have a server that supports php / mysql .. something like that depending on the forum script you use

here is a few
http://www.phpbb.com/
http://www.invisionboard.com/
http://www.xmbforum.com/

 

[Winston]

I highly doubt you can even manage the board freaking_out, not yet, you need a bit of programming knowledge as well, and also a good server depending on how many ppl u cater for, you also have to have the server on a good connection.

 

[flyin']

Originally posted by compower1
the question should be how do u become a moderator of this place?

Well, for others the question is more - How do you become a Super Moderator of this place?

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by flyin'
Well, for others the question is more - How do you become a Super Moderator of this place?

That will be the query for me for today lol

 

[Ragerunner]

Money solves all problems.

 

[flyin']

Well, it'd depend how much, really. I mean, if Modship is all someone wants I might be willing to sell this account. j/k

 

[Ragerunner]

I'm sure you'd accept if it was for 1 million

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by Ragerunner
I'm sure you'd accept if it was for 1 million

1 million?? i'll accept it if someone gives me 100,000.

Originally posted by Winston
Do you have a server to host it on?

i dunno, isn't there stuff like geocities and all that? :s

also i'm prepared to learn the programming needed, if its not gonna take me too long. anyways, i was just curious on how ppl usually go about making forums.

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by freaking_out
1 million?? i'll accept it if someone gives me 100,000.



i dunno, isn't there stuff like geocities and all that? :s

also i'm prepared to learn the programming needed, if its not gonna take me too long. anyways, i was just curious on how ppl usually go about making forums.

any free host wouldn't have SQL, PHP or CGI or ASP enabled, i havent seen it

and also limited bandwidth, you get like i duno 500 megs or less of data transfer in those accounts, and also ad banners.

you need alot and i mean alot of bandwidth just to cater for like 100 or even less users.

Geocities on provides like i duno 50 megs of webspace, and forums take up a large amount as more posts populate, and even if u disable image attatching it still wont help

so lets just say unless you got a hell of a good connection at home, and ur server at home is configured good and ur good at tweaking a forum (programming wise), you would have to
pay for the service every month etc... for hosting and data transfer.

i highly doubt you would go through that much to become a admin, and besides wats good about being admin, u have so much work to do for the forums to maintain it and waste time, unless u feel so good with banning powers and u feel like banning people wenever u want which will be hell stupid unless ur site populates more than the BOS equivalent, and also what forum is it gonna be about?, your gonna have to compete with other ones, if ur thinking tech site forum.. hmmm dont try the fail rate is HIGH unless u got ur connections.

Just letting uno wat ur up for if u really are so keen for it.

 

[flyin']

Originally posted by freaking_out
1 million?? i'll accept it if someone gives me 100,000.

Well, you're not the Top Poster, so it'd be alot less.

1,000,000 YEN?

 

[sukiyaki]

there brinkster has asp
but no mysql or php which doent help.

you mite have to buy you own space or something.. to ahve the forum to work

 

[freaking_out]

yeah thanx, i thought it was pretty easy, to make/maintain a forum.
and yeah, that thing abt. me wanting to b an admin was just a joke.

 

[Lexicographer]

Originally posted by compower1
the question should be how do u become a moderator of this place?

Not telling you how I did it, most closely guarded secret this side of Fuji.

Originally posted by flyin'
Well, for others the question is more - How do you become a Super Moderator of this place?

Kill Minai!