Miz
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Well I have seen my share of failure websites here XD
and trust me I never posted my failures but I know them
There are very basic things that happen that can screw up a new person to site making
I'm making these basic tips because I'm getting tried of failed sites
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I will add more if people suggest because I feel like I'm missing something but I don't seem to think of it
Hope this helps
and trust me I never posted my failures but I know them
There are very basic things that happen that can screw up a new person to site making
I'm making these basic tips because I'm getting tried of failed sites
- Don't plan to big every Big Website, Company, etc. Started small.
This is the Number 1 problem with new sites that I see...
You can plan for the future but always start small or your destined to fail (Not always but usually)
This means
For Forums- Don't plan to make a million forum if its a new forums start with one idea of what your forums is for... Then support that only. You can keep building more forums when you get more people. (Or if people suggest it)
- Don't start with a huge program that cost alot like vBulletin, Yeah it rocks but its for huge forums and its expensive. So I suggest SMF or other forum hosting and programs.
- Note: Sometimes this can happen
DDRtists said:If you use a free forum, you will not be able to make backups of your DB ( meaning you can't decided to move to a paid host ), or you have to pay to do so most times.
- Note: Sometimes this can happen
- Just as the forums start with one idea, and support that. Then when you get popular. Add more as you grow...
- As well don't buy the most biggest and expensive plan 1st. Start with a free website hoster, sure there not the best but we all start somewhere. but usually you can transfer your data etc. and go and buy a bigger plan as you grow.
- Don't plan to make a million forum if its a new forums start with one idea of what your forums is for... Then support that only. You can keep building more forums when you get more people. (Or if people suggest it)
- Pick a site topic that is interesting
- If you want users to join your forums and actually have an interest in them, you have to give them some content, and you have to keep it coming, and keep it fresh.
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- If you pick a site topic don't pick a topic that over picked or is already used by a big forum...
Like
Submit Custom WC3 stuff on this site and theres the Hive
or Tech Support like TH
you won't get that much but doesn't mean you won't succeed
So always pick a topic that you like but make sure theres no major Website
If your new to website making...
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- [Forums] If you make a new forum make sure that your always active... Members like there head to be active this way they feel like they aren't in anarchy...
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- [Forums] Always keep it fun, make some kind of a rep system because new members want to feel important so they will post post post to get rep... And maybe make a contest or 2
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- Before you even start make sure you know HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
Also XHTML (which is an update to HTML), and other
It is suggested that you wait to do PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) till your done with HTML and other basic coders because it can be quite confusing
I suggest starting with W3 Schools
__________________________________________ - Advertisement is always a handy tool and just because you don't have have a lot of money doesn't mean you can't have Ads
- Such as Adwords (Google) Sadly this does cost alittle money
- Also try to become Affiliations with other Sites
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- Such as Adwords (Google) Sadly this does cost alittle money
- Try to make as much money as possible to keep your site alive __________________________________________
- Bandwidth (Digital Web Bandwidth) - refers to the amount of data that can be transferred from your web site to the world. Which means for people who don't understand, Your sever information, Downloads, Etc.
- Example: Let's assume that your home page, the first page served to your visitors, has a file size of 50 KB, 15 KB for the actual HTML page and 35 KB for images included on that page - backgrounds, buttons, logo, photos, etc.. Lets also assume that your site gets 10,000 visitors per month and the average visitor views 3 pages of your site, also 50 KB each. Lets say you got a 1.5 GB of Bandwith...
Based on those numbers, your site would serve: 50 KB x 3 Pages x 10,000 Visitors = 1500000 KB or 1500 MB or 1.5 GB per month.
- Let's look at your data transfer based on server load. Assuming this traffic was evenly distributed, your server would be distributing 1.5 GB per month <insert long math equation here> or about 6 KB per second. At this rate your server is barely working. Let's assume that all of you visitors come to your site during the same hour of every day. Even then, the server load during this hour would only be 833 KB per second or less than 1 MB.
- But your hosting sever if you have a Shared Sever with a hoster (Which means hosting companies like to put most of there sites in one sever as much as they can) So this means this could effect your site just as well but don't doesn't mean Shared Severs are bad so don't go in and buy a 2 grand sever just for your new website
- Example: Let's assume that your home page, the first page served to your visitors, has a file size of 50 KB, 15 KB for the actual HTML page and 35 KB for images included on that page - backgrounds, buttons, logo, photos, etc.. Lets also assume that your site gets 10,000 visitors per month and the average visitor views 3 pages of your site, also 50 KB each. Lets say you got a 1.5 GB of Bandwith...
- Always take in suggestions... Don't take them personal. Listen to the people, it might just help you get more members
Links
Free Website Hosting
http://www.free-webhosts.com/webhosting-01.php (list)
Freewebs (No Coding Needed)
Non-free Website Hosting
(Note if you use a Forum Program you can use these Hosters as well for Forums)
Go Daddy
Websitesource Hosting
Free Forum Hosting
http://www.myfreeforum.org/
http://invisionfree.com/
http://www.freeforums.org/
http://www.proboards.com/index.html
http://www.freebb.com/home.php
http://www.eamped.com/
http://www.forumer.com/
http://www.bestfreeforums.com/
http://www.aceboard.net/
http://www.jconserv.net/
http://www.phpbbserver.com/phpbb/new_forum.php
http://smfforfree.com/
http://www.smfhost.com/home.php
http://www.onlineinstitute.com/forumsoftware.html
http://www.invisionplus.net/
http://www.forumhoster.com/
http://www.forumsvibe.com/
http://www.forumspring.com/
http://boardster.net/
http://www.yy2.com/
http://www.forumsland.com/free-forum-hosting.html
http://www.iphorum.com/
http://www.forum5.com/
http://www.iforumer.com/
Others
W3Schools
[TIPS] Making money from Websites
Google Adsense
Adwords (Google)
Credits
(Creator) Mizuio Ken
(Affiliate) DDRtists
(Affiliate) PurgeandFire
(Affiliate) Ghan_04
(Suggestor) Hero12341234
(Suggestor) Esb
(Suggestor) Rad
(Suggestor) KC102
Special Creditor Sites
www.Webmastergate.com
www.Thehelper.net
www.google.com
Note:
I will add more if people suggest because I feel like I'm missing something but I don't seem to think of it
Hope this helps