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This forum software is very good

DafojkDafojk Member Posts: 111
edited February 2013 in Off-Topic
Hey there.

I like this forum alot. The features, reward things etc.

Does anyone know what the running cost for such a forum is, how hard it is to customize and manage?

Vanilla Forums is mentioned by a logo in the buttom on the site, but is bg forum running paid or open source versions?
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  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    If only we could do something about that search function. :/
  • Troodon80Troodon80 Member, Developer Posts: 4,110
    edited February 2013
    Last I heard, Beamdog is rolling with the Enterprise package. If you host it yourself, then it is as expensive or inexpensive as you want. If you have your own server and domain name, you can be up and running in minutes with no additional cost.

    From what I remember, the paid plans don't give access to the many plug-ins that are available. You get a featured set, but not all of them, apparently. On the free download, there is no badge/reward system, and it's very basic - it does have access to the plug-ins, however, so functionality is much more in that regard.

    Hosting the downloaded package yourself will be free. If you don't have the ability to do that, then a hosting service, such as HostGator, will be required. Note that hosting a forum usually requires that you use a dedicated service, due to the traffic as compared to a standard business site, which is much more expensive than a shared service.

    For a small to medium size community, you are probably as well off going with the Vanilla packages; $49/mo or $500 per year for the small group package or $149/mo for the advanced package. At a quick glance, a comparative basic package on HostGator will be about $180 (or ~$1700 per year), since there is a 20% discount on right now, and not forgetting that domain name registration is about $15, and there are some other security related features that are a wise addition (which are about $20-25 extra), which is about the same as Vanilla.
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  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    Its not that good. Every number of thread view ends with the digit "1"
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    @Bhaaldog 837 clients were served the free Bhaaldog comment in the last 30 days as well... at least that's what the forum statistics say :)
  • MadhaxMadhax Member Posts: 1,416
    @Bhaaldog
    You just @'d yourself!
    /headsplode
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