Cost of UBB - type message board?

[Trango]

Hi Gang,

I am part of another online community, which I feel could benefit greatly by moving from a listserv-type email format to a UBB-type board. I like the features afforded by UBB, and ultimately it would be a boon to the community.

I realize that Co4x4's traffic would far exceed the amount that this board would receive, so please be aware that I'm not looking for an apples-apples cost comparison with co4x4.

However, I am looking for a realistic cost-of-ownership estimate for a board that has perhaps 1000 members, perhaps 20 posts a day, and would be run not-for-profit. As much detail into all aspects of this would be appreciated - at this point, it is just a twinkle in my probably very myopic eye.

Thanks for all input
Bob

[Sound_Man]

http://www.ubbcentral.com/purchase.php list's the prices, just add the cost of the hosting service of your choice.

[AMMOtj]

I've set up phpBB 3.0 for my website, its easy to use and has a ton of templates to use. And its free too!

www.phpbb.com

[Big Dave]

We used phpBB on MallCrawlin for a while too, it was free and worked for a while. Eventually made the upgrade to vbulletin (what Eric uses here).

When MallCrawlin was at the stage you're anticipating it was costing me roughly $10-20 a month to run the site.

[Tiffany]

I just set up a site for a client using SMF, its free and very feature rich. It mimics vB a lot in the admin area and user interface.

http://www.simplemachines.org/

[1BGDOG]

Are you working on DoucheLaroux dot com?

[Alpine Spirit]

NOOOO Ubb is just outdated. If you are going to pay for a software/forum package pay for Vbulletin.

Ubb - $199
Vbulletin $160

The backend of Vbulletin is much better for member management.

https://www.vbulletin.com/order/

[TheCopperCowboy]

I just set up a site for a client using SMF, its free and very feature rich. It mimics vB a lot in the admin area and user interface.

http://www.simplemachines.org/

X2! I have a few of these forums set-up and they're damn near bullet-proof. :cool:

[Trango]

This is excellent advice, yo. Each of the posts here has great feedback, and I'm really lucky to have your advice!!! Now I guess I have to trim down the options and figure out which one would be best.... as well as decide if this is something I'll be undertaking at all. :)



Matt, this is not for douchelaroux.com, but it IS hilarious. What's even better is to read Josh's email, and then youtube "banned superbowl godaddy".

[sweater]

This is excellent advice, yo. Each of the posts here has great feedback, and I'm really lucky to have your advice!!! Now I guess I have to trim down the options and figure out which one would be best.... as well as decide if this is something I'll be undertaking at all. :)

Also lemme know if you're interested - I've set up a few of the free, open source ones (as well as researched ones for our company). Most are retardedly easy to get going and can handle a decent amount of traffic and users. The main point is that something basic like a Lunarpages.com basic account will give you plenty of MySQL and disk space to run the forum, but you'll get pinched on the CPU usage and might have to transition to a dedicated virtual server (or even dedicated physical one).

- mike