Free vs. Membership
We were (un)lucky enough to learn some very important information about our target market for the membership site we’re developing. Unfortunately, it seems like a very tough market to penetrate (not open to outsiders) and a group that really, really, really doesn’t like to pay for anything.
But that’s ok. We’re going to trim [...]
Back to The Forums
I think I jumped the gun a little bit selecting a forum. After a lot of research I’m now leaning towards vBulletin. I got caught up in the “freeness” of other boards and didn’t consider the fact that vBulletin is relatively cheap–a couple of hundred bucks is nothing compared to the time I’d [...]
Seminars and Survey Software
To kick off the actual content end of our membership site, we’re going to conduct a seminar for some local people who are in our target market. We’re doing this for free, by the way. The way we look at it, it’s the least we can do for the valuable service they’re providing us.
The attendants [...]
Narrowed Down Forum Choices?
The two options I’ve been looking at today are phpBB3 and bbPress, which is supposed to integrate well with WordPress, but still seems a little shaky. My other big issue with bbPress is that I’m going to need to be able to handle several different account levels.
Here’s what we were thinking as far as memberships…
Admins–obviously, [...]
Getting Started With a Membership Site
We have a really good idea for a membership site, and I’ve spent a lot of time lately looking at the technical side. What CMS should I use, and what type of message board? Do they integrate well? How do I handle membership and payments?
Right now I’m leaning towards Wordpress as a CMS and phpBB [...]
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