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(This is an important discussion as we move forward. - promoted by Seth Baum)
Seth has suggested I take the lead on creating a Felicifia forum. I'm willing in principle, though somewhat daunted. I'd been planning to abuse from the sidelines rather than stick my head in the noose...
If anyone competent wants to take up the project, I'll happily cede it to the, but failing that I need to quickly figure out the basics of forum software etc., so am seeking advice.
Various questions then, for anyone who feels competent enough to answer them:
Ideally of course a free forum with no severe limitations would be nice, but in the online world, price comparisons usually seem like quite a relialbe guide to quality. So I'm also contemplating one of the one-off fee jobs.
Wikipedia's comparison seems useful, but not enormously detailed.
1) Obvious question - does anyone know any free software that's (almost) equally as good as the paid options? (at a glance AEF, phpBB and MyBB look ok, but I'm really not sure what I should be judging by... maybe others are much better)
2) With vBB, how important are the updates ? I don't earn much, so while I could just about scrape together the initial fee, I'm wary of committing to an extra $60 a year.
3) If not free or vBB, I'd prefer a one-off investment to constant payments. Only a couple seem to offer that - WowClassic, WowUltra, WSNforum(?), Invision(?), Burning Board(?), ExpressionEngine Discussion Forums(?). Anything to separate these from the best of the free boards? And if so, anything to choose between them?
4) Do any or all of these things have hidden costs I should know about? By 'hidden' I pretty much mean 'anything not mentioned on Wikipedia'. This is the first time I'll have ever tried to put anything bigger than a photo onto the internet...
5) Related, will I need anything else besides the forum software itself (or will that depend on the forum software)?
