how to start a forum

[mickey]

SMF will confuse you...(cause you are working presently on this site)

try Mybb, i find it more interactive than vbulltetin..

[oo7]

as i said i m bit new for these things.

can you tell where to start.

can you referrer me anything to learn mypbp and smf.

[mickey]

mybb.com

getandshare.org

its a forum and you can just browse to see how things work there



(i am not promoting any of the cited sites, no offence taken, pls)

[oo7]

thanks for help.

[Admin]

ya buddy i need a month to understand SMF/Mypbp/vbulletin how these software works.

i m bit new for this so first i have collect knowledge .

It takes an hour or so to go through the features of every script you have mentioned there... besides that why dont you just browse a few forums based on vbulletin, mybb and smf to find out which one is the best from a visitors perspective after all its the members and visitors who make a forum not a webmaster alone or how easy it is to manage from the backend.

There is no better script then vbulletin apart from invision power board which is a different breed all together but even invision only makes a difference when your forum grows to become one of the largest boards on the net because the multiple server support and stuff is better in invision and its a little less resource intensive as compared to vbulletin especially when used along with vbseo.

Happy hunting

What sort of budget are you working on if you dont mind me asking and the niche of your forum?

[mickey]

There is no better script then vbulletin

you sound like a typical brand ambassador there..

i didnt meant Mybb is better than vbulletin in all specs, but some features i really liked...

[oo7]

It takes an hour or so to go through the features of every script you have mentioned there... besides that why dont you just browse a few forums based on vbulletin, mybb and smf to find out which one is the best from a visitors perspective after all its the members and visitors who make a forum not a webmaster alone or how easy it is to manage from the backend.

There is no better script then vbulletin apart from invision power board which is a different breed all together but even invision only makes a difference when your forum grows to become one of the largest boards on the net because the multiple server support and stuff is better in invision and its a little less resource intensive as compared to vbulletin especially when used along with vbseo.

Happy hunting

What sort of budget are you working on if you dont mind me asking and the niche of your forum?

buddy i easy invest more than 10k the thing is first i have to understand how things works.

[Admin]

Do let me know if there is anything I can help you with.

[oo7]

Do let me know if there is anything I can help you with.

buddy thanks for taking deep interest


I will tell you where i m facing problem when i start the forum work.


thank for help

[sb21pro]

mybb.com
 
getandshare.org

both sites are down, one is only sale and other had vb database error

lots of chit chats, here goes my words,

vbulitin is no doubt a very stable script, but is it really worth 180 $$ ?? think about the maximum you can achieve in one year and tell me is it worth it?? and yes it is only if you have a hell of a marketing strategy and lots of advertising planned, otherwise go with a free script, trust me its worth it.

on to free, options are phpbb/SMF1x/2x/MyBB

phpbb was the only actual free script available in old days so ot has a advantage of experience, has a stable script, and great
me: works very slow for me, plus took me a day to under stand a board structure

MyBB i love this tiny little script , very fast light and fully ajaxed
this script has a very bright future.

SMF , well frist of all i my self now am involved with smf development, i make mods(hacks/modules/plugins) for smf,so info is very much from smf team.

i had test installation of vb, have mybb,smf 1x/2x , believe me SMF lives upto the name Both the smf family are very different in features and coding so might want to take a look, 2.0 rc2 is about to be released , it will come out with a new core theme, which looks really good.

SEO, all the scripts does seo quite well, and Google actually prefers dynamic urls for scripts like these, meaning have names "name-of-topic.html" will not make a very huge difference in indexing in comparison to "?showthread?=200", but has more effect indeed

SMF and mybb has similar vbseo modules that you can use to rewrite urls, no idea about phpbb.

i still have test installation, i can provide admin access if you want for
SMF 1.x
SMF 2x
MyBB xx

about performance, all will perform similarly until you get really big nos, then you also have worry about your server hardware, not just forum script.

some demo sites
vbulitin - http://www.indiabroadband.net/
SMF 1x - S-Ace (portal used, nt standard)
SMF 2x - Simple Machines Community Forum - Index


Pm me, if you want the test accounts, for vb ask admin

[Luke Skywalker]

What about nextBBS( which once was consider way beyond other & also was 5th largest downloaded app from sourceforge)?
& jiva?

[oo7]

thanks for nice info sb21pro

[Luke Skywalker]

How much bandwidth does a forum consume?

I see hostgator had option to host unlimited domain in baby plans. Does it mean that I can host two forums & a site of different domain?

[Admin]

How much bandwidth does a forum consume?

I see hostgator had option to host unlimited domain in baby plans. Does it mean that I can host two forums & a site of different domain?

Bandwidth usage depends on the number of visitors you get.

Yes you can host two different forums on two different domains with that plan you are talking about... check out with the host themselves, they have a live chat thing as well.

[Luke Skywalker]

What is the bandwidth usage of IBF if you will like to share?

Also what about SSl certificate? I can't find any info on that.

What is database quota limit in some plans of others hosting?

[Luke Skywalker]

I will like to ask one thing if you don't mind are mod paid? & if yes how much.

Also are they given remittances if forum is under loss?

[mickey]

What is the bandwidth usage of IBF if you will like to share?

Also what about SSl certificate? I can't find any info on that.

What is database quota limit in some plans of others hosting?

I will like to ask one thing if you don't mind are mod paid? & if yes how much.

Also are they given remittances if forum is under loss?

I think Smoothy mentioned somewhere(in some old thread) that such questions may not be asked by fellow members...
i can share some info with you, but i am not the part of Admin section..
so better hear it from Admin himself.:18:

[Luke Skywalker]

I have asked the admin in visitor messages. I didn't know about that thread.

[mickey]

^^No problems bro!!

[Admin]

I will like to ask one thing if you don't mind are mod paid? & if yes how much.

Also are they given remittances if forum is under loss?

No mods are not paid.

[oo7]

I have two more questions

1. How i choose the moderator for new forum, how many moderator i choose, and how i trust, he will do good things for forum.

2. second questions is same what is the it out come {you have to gave me hint about what is its outcome} this important for me.

[mickey]

first you need to run your forum yourself..

in 5-6 months, you will know who is the better person to be a mod..
trust, knowledge and post count and seniority is required..

first you need to run your forum yourself..

in 5-6 months, you will know who is the better person to be a mod..
trust, knowledge and post count and seniority is required..

[Admin]

I have two more questions

1. How i choose the moderator for new forum, how many moderator i choose, and how i trust, he will do good things for forum.

2. second questions is same what is the it out come {you have to gave me hint about what is its outcome} this important for me.

1) You are worrying about this too soon... You would need to think about mods a year or so down the line or may be 7-8 months if you start getting a lot of traffic that soon.

2) If you mean outcome as in profits... No one on earth can give you an idea of an outcome of something that doesnt even exist yet. If you give me an idea of what niche it is I might be able to give you an idea of what to expect...

The kind of questions you ask make me believe that you dont even have a blog yet... dont jump into forums and just start a blog about your niche you want a forum for and see how it goes ... You will get an idea of ads revenue for your niche that way and there wont be too much to loose if the idea turns out to be a flop...

[oo7]

thanks mickey and admin for reply.

@admin

i just only want to know outcome in the scene i m get how much money in month i get when forum working fine.

for Eg. if i have decent traffic like 1000+ member how much google adds pay me.

[mickey]

decent traffic like 1000+ member .

you think its very easy to achieve...

i am a mod of a forum which had around only 340 members.. later this month the admin of that forum mixed up his other forums into one,,,(its a ware site)..

now that makes up around 40k members(some are of anime, some of warez, some from writing material, some are just from a interactive forum he has,,,) its no easy..
i couldnt even call more than 10 guys for him,,, blieve me.. .you have to...