Starting an online forum

**aliendavid** · 09-22-2009 03:17 AM

Hello, I love the layout of YE.

I have something that i would like to start and get people to participate in. How do i go by getting a forum layout or programmers?

**avantstar** · 09-22-2009 03:30 AM

Buying or leasing a good forum.. which is probably vbulletin.org (this board is hosted on it.)

Either buy a theme, or have one custom built =]

**my_misyel** · 09-22-2009 07:04 PM

^That is right. Subscribe and host your forum. Then use a custom built themes.

**Moxie Maxwell** · 09-23-2009 12:50 AM

Yes vBulletin is the best Forum Software to use if you are looking for extreme complexity or just a simple discussion board.

Online Web Site Builders like Soholaunch can offer you a website and a forum in 1 place and you try out the Web Site builder for free for 15 days, and if you like you can get the forum Addon to add to your Self Built site.

And there is alway phpbb, but I don't recommend that software.

**iBBnet** · 09-24-2009 11:07 PM

Starting a forum needs a lot of tender loving care! I tried in the past, but had challenges keeping the forum active. Make sure you have time to devote to it.

phpBB is a good free one, if you don't have the budget for vBulletin

**mrwhite** · 09-25-2009 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by aliendavid

Hello, I love the layout of YE.

I have something that i would like to start and get people to participate in. How do i go by getting a forum layout or programmers?

Actually I have a forum that I began developing a while ago, but the client never paid for it. If you would like to take a look at it here is the link dclimo.dyndns.org:8069/board1 . If interested let me know. I can also modify it for you. Thank you,

mr white

**mrwhite** · 09-25-2009 11:55 AM

If you are computer savvy you may want to check out phpbb as well. That is what I used to set it up. Right now it is on my test server but I can move it to wherever you want.

mr white

**mrwhite** · 09-25-2009 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Moxie Maxwell

to use if you are looking for extreme complexity or just a simple discussion board.

like Soholaunch can offer you a website and a forum in 1 place and you try out the Web Site builder for free for 15 days, and if you like you can get the forum to add to your Self Built site.

And there is alway phpbb, but I don't recommend that software.

What don't you like about phpbb? Just wondering as I have been using it for a while and like it a lot. If there are some serious flaws with it I definitely would wonder what they were so I can check into that and move to a diff platform if I need to

mr white

**SirLucius** · 09-26-2009 09:47 PM

the best way to do it is to sign up with a web host like JustHost or BlueHost. They have a backend feature called "Fantastico" that will allow you to easily create a bulletin board.

**ethansmith** · 09-27-2009 03:12 PM

Just make sure that you are willing to devote a good amount of time to your the forum that you start. Getting a forum off the ground is not easy as it requires people to come back, interact, and post.

If you were able to get a core of passionate people about your niche to be active, then you will definitely have an easier time building a successful forum community.