and better choose a com domain name.
than u buy it. ( so yes buy first the domain name.
if u have the money buy Vbulletin or if u whant a open sourge script take mybb.
i would suggest choose 1 and stick to it.
both have a easy manuel to install the script.
take a real partner not only a person for being a mod.
is better for the long run.
design a good template or buy one.
put u website live.
ask u friends fam to be mods.
ask all u friends and fam to be a member.
promote u website on other game related websites.
make social websites like facebook tweeter and so on.
and promot u website ther get more friends.
invest alot of time in to it.
be very active on u forum.
dont take a free host pay 5$ a month and upgrade slowly when u get more visitors.
in cpanel make backups from u website.
The design of the forum is just one relatively small factor in it's success or failure, you will have to do a lot of promotional legwork off site to get it to catch on. I see lots of forums using open source code, that should be find, the quality of the hosting is a factor, there are not so many free hosts for forums, an $8/mo "unlimited" account would allow you to run more than one not too busy forums.
There are some ways by using which you can create a new forum.To create new forum you just need special knowledge about the website programming to create a new forum through the internet.You can host the forum from your own domain.Download the forum software,download ftp clients,create the database,set up your forums,then cleanup the time and then log in to the forum created by you.
Get your domain first and choose your host.
Hi so for a while I have been wanting to creat a forum. I am wanting to buy a domain from register.com and I know its a good idea to have a free forum script before going to an expensive forum script like Vbulletin. But I am wondering should I buy the domain first then get the free forum script? i am good with computers inside and outside and I know how to do stuff online and use photoshop and other stuff but I don't have experience making a website or a forum but I have been wanting to make a forum for almost a year and I have a VERY good idea for one. Its going to be a forum for Video games and you might say there are dozens of those but no mines going to be different and have custom backgrounds and all that stuff. But I need help, tips and advice on creating it and step by step and if your a nice and good guy who is knowegheable about games AND computers and internet and your not a elderly old person(im 18) and you want to maybe be a mod or help me please do.
