2010-12-09, 04:16 PM
I would like to create a Star Wars message board, but I'm not sure what forum software I should use. I like vBulletin, but I'm not going to pay $175 ($285 for premium) for it, especially since I'm currently unemployed. I like InvisionFree and ZetaBoards, but ZetaBoards doesn't look very professional, and InvisionFree doesn't have a couple of the features I like. I also like MyBB, but but the only free hosting company I like (x10hosting) has a lot of downtime and is really a hassle when setting up a domain (which I still haven't figured out how to do with x10hosting). I plan on this Star Wars forum being really popular and look very nice and professional. Is it really worth spending a lot of money getting really good forum software, a good hosting company, and a domain? Me and one of my friends made our own forum once, and it's a nice little friendly active community, but it's run on ZetaBoards, whereas I want this Star Wars forum to be huge with thousands of active members. What do you recommend? Thanks in advance.
). It's $10 or so dollars a year and gives you a name that should be easy to remember. And, if you do get big you don't have to worry about switching everything over to a domain when you need to later and messing up your visitors.