Quote:
Originally Posted by lisa
Wait... if the forum is already live it has to be hosted somewhere. Before you go signing up with hosting plans and buying licenses find out what software the person is currently using for the forum (vbulletin, Simple Machines, PHPBB, etc.) If they are using Simple Machines or PHPBB then the license won't cost you anything. I'm not sure you need to buy a new license, you just need to transfer ownership of the existing license over to yourself and take care of the renewals. So I would ask the seller...
1) What forum software does the forum operate on?
2) When does the license expire?
3) How much are the yearly updates? (if any)
4) Where is the domain hosted and how much are the monthly hosting fees?
Updates aren't necessary but if you want support and all the latest forum software bug fixes, etc. then you want to keep your license current. Even though vbulletin costs $170 the license renewal is only like $40. So you would only pay the renewal for whatever software they are using.
Windows 98 and XP have nothing to do with this. That is the PC operating system and don't affect the operation of the forum. When I say "software" in this case, I mean the script that the forum is running on. For example this forum uses vbulletin and that's what I mean when I say software.
Don't feel bad about the questions, that is what this forum is for.  |
Thank you so much for all your time and help through this. I actually think they're using PHPBB. I say that becuz my best friend is a software guru and he built me a site that matches the one i'm buying and he said he used PHP. It was an exact replica of the one i'm getting.. and he made it in 15 minutes. I'm not sure what he's using for hosting though, so i'll have to ask him.
I checked vbulletin and these are the prices I found:
- vBulletin 4.0 Forum Classic
Upgrade =
FREE
New License =
$195
- vBulletin Publishing Suite
Upgrade =
$160
New License =
$235
Which one would I get?
Either way I want to upgrade to vBulletin to avoid any possible issues + I'll be adding a chatroom as part of the upgrades I want to add to the forum, so an upgrade in software is a must. I'll definitely be annoying you more when I sign the contract and the upgrades begin. I'm very mechanically inclined but i'm not that knowledgeable about details of softwares, hosting, websites, etc... never done it before.
Quote:
Originally Posted by SHFarms
The hosting is a monthly fee, which is what "puts" the forum on the internet.
The domain name is a yearly fee and its the www.--.com of the website and that's the address you type in the access the forum files/scripts being hosted Online.
The hosting and domain can be bought through the same company, or different company, so you will want to ask the person your buying from who hosts the website, and the domain and how much are they montly and yearly?
Next is what Lisa said, what is the software(script) they are using that runs the forum. What is the yearly renewal cost if any.. |
lol I need to get ahold of that dude and slam him with questions about all this. I know it's a lot of headache to deal with at first, but it'll pay off in the end once I have it all set up and running.
