Dummies guide to starting a webforum

**kingwilly** · 07-02-2010, 09:04 AM

Well, that's the plan. First you need unique angle, say all things simian. Then you need a webaddress, I'm thinking Willyking.com, forget all the other .orgs and .tvs, .com is were its at. How do I register my name?
Do I do that on my own or get someone like Xzyte to host it for me?

Then, seems clear to me that free forum software is not the way to go, ask nickA about obsomo. So vbullet
in seems to be everywhere, can you just buy a copy in panthip plaza? Or are the computer dudes who made it smarter than the chinese pirates? So how much for an original?

Now, i'll need some moderators, how much do you have to pay them? Obviously I get to be superdupper head admin.

Should I use my own server, or no need yet?

Writers, suppose I cannot just rip stuff off the web eveywhere. Is it better to open a skeleton and hope it gets filled, will posters not get disenfranchised if there is naught there and not come back?

Money, google add sense is shite, so targeted ad banners is the way to go, I can think of a couple of businesses that would like to pay to advertise on a monley forum, the zoo, the pet store, partyhire shops

**Mid** · 07-02-2010, 09:09 AM

monley

seems you forgot proof reading / spelling , Mr English Teacher

**kingwilly** · 07-02-2010, 09:17 AM

Munkies caint spell, it'll be one of the unique quirks of my forum

**Mid** · 07-02-2010, 09:19 AM

touche

**corned dog** · 07-02-2010, 09:57 AM

I'm going to tell DD

**good2bhappy** · 07-02-2010, 10:17 AM

^ well I am sure the Dog angle would fit in

**baldrick** · 07-02-2010, 10:49 AM

cause you are a numpty head just go for the 50USD a year option

fully hosted simple machines forum - SMF Hosting by SiteGround - FREE Installation, Tutorial and Domain

saves you fcuking around getting hosting with php and sql access and then setting it up.

check your dommain name first http://samspade.org/whois/willyking.com

**PlanK** · 07-02-2010, 10:56 AM

The monkeys & simple primates angle has been done before, just look at Ajarn & TV.

**Thetyim** · 07-02-2010, 11:05 AM

^
Yes, but only in English
This will be in text speak

**Marmite the Dog** · 07-02-2010, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Thetyim

This will be in text speak

don't you mean txt spk?

**Thetyim** · 07-02-2010, 01:22 PM

Prbly, but I 8 txt spk & no unerstd it.

**baldrick** · 07-02-2010, 01:57 PM

f'kngwlly nt hndsm mn

**Marmite the Dog** · 07-02-2010, 05:31 PM

fkn kw cn go fk hm slf

**Thetyim** · 07-02-2010, 06:09 PM

whr du i sine ^ 4 dis nu 4rum ?

**dirtydog** · 07-02-2010, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by kingwilly

So vbullet in seems to be everywhere, can you just buy a copy in panthip plaza? Or are the computer dudes who made it smarter than the chinese pirates? So how much for an original?

If you use a fake vbulletin your server will be notified and most likely will take your site down, good chance you wont get your database back aswell, vbulletin is around $200 and the seo software for it about $150, ipb is just as good and a bit cheaper.

**Butterfly** · 07-02-2010, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

If you use a fake vbulletin your server will be notified and most likely will take your site down, good chance you wont get your database back aswell, vbulletin is around $200 and the seo software for it about $150, ipb is just as good and a bit cheaper.

not if you own the server, you could always block the IP that is being called for "license ping"

**Muadib** · 07-02-2010, 09:10 PM

^ How are you going to know what IP is checking your heartbeat???

A lot of software broadcasts it's presence to HQ also...

**Butterfly** · 07-02-2010, 09:18 PM

tcpdump ? never heard of it ? plenty of other tools to monitor your net traffic,

get the IP from your net trace, and block it. Quite easy.

**Butterfly** · 07-02-2010, 09:20 PM

actually, the IP might be somewhere in the source file in PHP, don't think you need to run a special apache_mod for VB as encrypted PHP pages ?

**dirtydog** · 07-02-2010, 09:37 PM

^Is it worth the hassle for a couple of hundred bucks?

**Muadib** · 07-02-2010, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

tcpdump ? never heard of it ? plenty of other tools to monitor your net traffic,

Err, yeah... Been there, done that...

get the IP from your net trace, and block it. Quite easy.

and just how do you identify which trace element services this request???

actually, the IP might be somewhere in the source file in PHP, don't think you need to run a special apache_mod for VB as encrypted PHP pages ?

You ever attempted to reverse-engineer someone else's code, whether in source or de-compiled??? It can be done, but it's not for the faint of heart...

Originally Posted by DD

^Is it worth the hassle for a couple of hundred bucks?

That's what I was thinking... Boils down to how much your time is worth trying to crack the code, then support it downstream when you don't get updates...

**kingwilly** · 08-02-2010, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Originally Posted by kingwilly

So vbullet in seems to be everywhere, can you just buy a copy in panthip plaza? Or are the computer dudes who made it smarter than the chinese pirates? So how much for an original?

If you use a fake vbulletin your server will be notified and most likely will take your site down, good chance you wont get your database back aswell, vbulletin is around $200 and the seo software for it about $150, ipb is just as good and a bit cheaper.

Couple of hundred dollars, pretty reasonable really.

**kingwilly** · 08-02-2010, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by corned dog

I'm going to tell DD

I've got a vague feeling that he might already know.

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