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  • 28-03-2013 02:29PM
    #1
    clint_silver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭


    for building a site like boards.ie?

    have an idea for a discussion site, have design in my head, sketched out, but I keep coming back to boards and thinking that's pretty much it.

    I'm quite techy and can take over running of it but just not the development of it. Can look at a maintenance contract later if it takes off.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 793 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The answer is anything between €500 and €500,000 depending on the precise definition of "a site like boards.ie". You can get a forum up for tiny money, although vBulletin has a license fee. When you consider the custom modifications, hosting, security/anti-abuse measures, ad management, staff, etc. for the boards.ie operation it gets expensive quickly.


  • #3
    ChRoMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭ChRoMe


    clint_silver wrote: »
    I'm quite techy and can take over running of it but just not the development of it. Can look at a maintenance contract later if it takes off.

    Buy a http://xenforo.com/ licnese, its like vbulletin except its a not a steam pile of $hit


  • #4
    clint_silver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The answer is anything between €500 and €500,000 depending on the precise definition of "a site like boards.ie". You can get a forum up for tiny money, although vBulletin has a license fee. When you consider the custom modifications, hosting, security/anti-abuse measures, ad management, staff, etc. for the boards.ie operation it gets expensive quickly.

    thanks, I ran a forum type thing a while ago on a free forum site but it was very restricted in features. Im aware of costs of running, it was the build/setup I was interested in.

    ooo, just looking at vbulletin and then found xenforo, this has opened up everything for me. cheers. I can get close to what Im looking for with this.

    http://www.forum-software.org/forum-comparator/vbulletin4-vs-xenforo


  • #5
    clint_silver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    clint_silver wrote: »
    thanks, I ran a forum type thing a while ago on a free forum site but it was very restricted in features. Im aware of costs of running, it was the build/setup I was interested in.

    ooo, just looking at vbulletin and then found xenforo, this has opened up everything for me. cheers. I can get close to what Im looking for with this.

    http://www.forum-software.org/forum-comparator/vbulletin4-vs-xenforo

    I swear to god I hadnt read the previous post before posting this. :)


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