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entwisi · 06-01-2005, 18:51

You can get forum running quite easily. I have used YaBB and SMF before, running on my own server took less than an hour to install to the point it was running accepting threads etc. The cost comes from the hosting company. You need one that will support either php/MySQL or there are some that use old style CGI. If you have a bit of spare HD you can 'have a go' quite easily and if you are running a server on an ADSL connection you can get away with publishing it for a while on that till it gets going. This way you can try it wihout any real cost. To give you an idea the one I was playing with was running it on an old P2 300 IBM box with 160M RAM and a 40 gig HD over a standard 512/256 ADSL connection. Some testing showed it would handle ~25 concurrent users without any problems. The limiting factor was the 256M upstream, the box never hit more than 50%CPU.

The hard part is getting it known and used. Getting a good search engine rating takes time.

If you want more details feel free to email or PM me. I'm also normally online with MSN messenger, userid in my profile.

Ian

06-01-2005, 18:51	#4
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4389	Re: Website constuction? You can get forum running quite easily. I have used YaBB and SMF before, running on my own server took less than an hour to install to the point it was running accepting threads etc. The cost comes from the hosting company. You need one that will support either php/MySQL or there are some that use old style CGI. If you have a bit of spare HD you can 'have a go' quite easily and if you are running a server on an ADSL connection you can get away with publishing it for a while on that till it gets going. This way you can try it wihout any real cost. To give you an idea the one I was playing with was running it on an old P2 300 IBM box with 160M RAM and a 40 gig HD over a standard 512/256 ADSL connection. Some testing showed it would handle ~25 concurrent users without any problems. The limiting factor was the 256M upstream, the box never hit more than 50%CPU. The hard part is getting it known and used. Getting a good search engine rating takes time. If you want more details feel free to email or PM me. I'm also normally online with MSN messenger, userid in my profile. Ian