Big question for staff of this site

[Nosfra_2]

okay i know this off the diablo subject but not really,and i didnt know where to post this at so sorry if its in the wrong spot. First off i was wanting to know how you guys did your site and what i mean by that is you guys running a server or you doin like a package plan from someone that does web hosting,the question for this because a buddy and i wanted to start a clan on diablo but didnt know where to start,and i came across this site here while back and its pretty sophisticated thats why im askin this question so any helpful details you can throw my way i would really appreciate it and would put you as an affiliate on my site. if you need to get ahold of me my email is [email protected] or i have yahoo messenger at its sluff_19 and thanks again. By the way great site keep up the good work!!

[Luke]

This is a dedicated server. Mainly because of the multiple sites and it would get costly having to have a hosting package for each. Plus d2sector.net uses well over 500GB a month in bandwidth, no normal packages have that much.

Sites are made with DreamweaverMX 2004 / Adobe Photoshop CS and the forums are vBulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com)

[Nosfra_2]

Cool man thanks for the info,and how much does it usually cost ya guys a month? or does someone actually own the server.

[Luke]

Server usually around $150-200 a month. Then there is things like the Hivemail Licence, Vbulletin Licence etc etc.

[Nosfra_2]

thats not bad for the server itself ofsourse this site is huge how much does the Vbulliten license cost or is it on the link ya posted earlier. you think i could get away with runnin off a web hosting site and still run run the Vbulliten or does that have to run off the server cuz its to big for a web hosting site.

[Luke]

It would probably run off of a normal hosting account. These particular forums cant, since they get a lot of views its processor usage is high and hosts often suspend your account for that.

Vbulletin is about $160.

[logic.]

u shuld just start with free hosting
cuz u dont know how big the clan will get

[Grave]

yes if you make a website that you pay for and you fdont get amny recruits that would just be a waste of money having a website for like 10 people or so...

[cyberfire2k4]

i personaly would start out with a EZboard forum with a free webhost. Then if you want you can put some cash into EZboard to make it popup free and such... but thats just me

[A|fzZz]

yea...make a free hosting site first....get members or w/e to know ur site...den if u see the numbers are right....promote your new site there...