What software and hosting do I need to start an online community site where people can post articles or music?
I’d like to start an online site like ezinearticles or other article posting site. What host and/or what software is required?
Also, I’d like to start an online site for musicians to post their songs and blogs.
What hosts do you recommend and what software or program for these? Thanks.
Phpbb is open source and plus its more userfriendly than vbulletin ..
More themes and more support ..Vbulletin mostly used by large professional organisations and is expensive..Very few templates and themes..Me I prefer Phpbb3 cuz its more modern ..ALot cooler to me
Currently I am sellimg a loveley established phpbb3 board
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Plus a vbulletin board
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Dont think it has to do with software. You will need a community or social network platform. You can try:http://www.ning.com/
However, if you like to make some revenue from your website, you should develop your own website. You can however, download free templates.
Then you will need to host your website. There are many hosting companies that can do that for you.
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Hope this helps
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I recommend one of these: http://www.hosttell.com/
Powweb is on a 50% sale – $3.88/month ($46.56/year), and you get a free domain from them.
They offer easy, one click installs of Wordpress, phpBB forums and lots of other software.
You need a web host supporting multimedia.
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