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Originally Posted by AutolautsprecherBoxen
Hi, I am new to the forums and have been trying to build my own forum with information on hifi. Is there aryone here that can give me any suggestions on how to do this? Honestly, I am not computer savy and really dont understand the whole process with hosting, web design, etc. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
I also wanted to say that I love this forum. It's layout is so nice and functional. I really wish that I could have something this nice for myself.
Thanks
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The answer to that is you can have something like this for yourself but with any forum it will take allot of work. I don't really mean building it but getting visitors to your forum will be the hard part.
If you wish to start your own forum like this you need:
- A domain name (web address for example
www.mydomain.com)
- Web hosting (this allows your visitors to see your files (pages, images etc)
- Unless you can code yourself you will need forum software
The good thing is if you wish to start a forum without a website you don't need any programming experience. You can simply buy a domain name and web hosting then install a forum on your hosting account. This will include all of the pages, you will simply need to create the structure of your forum and change aspects of your forum using the admin area.
If your looking for a forum like this you will need to purchase V Bulletin (this forum is v bulletin) im not exactly sure on the prices but it's not cheap.
Or you can use phpBB, which is a free and is quite simply amazing! I have used it before and it's the most popular free forum software.
If your going for the free phpBB forum look for a host with 'Fantastico' this allows you to install phpBB (and many others) on your hosting account with a few simple clicks.
Hope I helped a bit. If you have any more questions just post here and myself or anyone else will be able to help.