CMC stands for
Content Management System
it is basically a concept/technology to help you manage the information on your web-site in an extremely easy manner
btw i am preparing a response to sum of ur queries, will post it sum tim
plz dont get overwhelmed by jargons and terms dat people may throw at you here and give up the idea of mantaining a forum, i think it is a rocking idea, keep persevering
pt999 said:
i m in New Delhi R.K.Puram,
waise how 'll i know which plan suits me like the MB's & bandwidth???
and wat to look for in a good offer & a developer???
tc cr
as sukhdepsingh said start off with a modest bandwidth allocation [the least actually in your case, since i dont visualise physiotherapists, logging on 2-3 time a day and posting away 2glory and relishing any flaming ware thrown at them
]
As for going to a devloper to get a forum setup,
hmmmmmm!!!!!!, it doesnt really sound very
the way it is done kinda thing. Forums are setup based on pre-formatted packages that makes setting up a forum pretty much a no-brainer.
@Desi-Tek.com
forum packages have integrated CMS, dont they??? Actually arent they a specialised form of CMS, optimised 4 forums
The two
Fast Track issues
Fast Track to Web Design
Fast Track to Your Web Presence
would have
seriously explained to you all about web designing/hosting/mantaining in an
extremely easy and simple manner, reading which would have made you an Internet Guru
. Also reading the
Fast Track to Internet would have made you an
Internet Evangelist
Aslo pt999, 1 thing that I wanted to ask you was that, is this forum a part of some larger organistaion or is it your private pet project, because if it is the latter, then I would actually suggest not going for the professional setup that you are thinking of
right away, but test the waters by starting a free forum
you could try using
forumer.com
start a forum here, spread the word around, se how it is working, then se if it still holds your interest, and once you are convinced about your forum,
then go for your own hosted forum
Please note that my repeated insistence on you reading Fast Track stems only from the fact that its content is top-class and reproducing the same over here is beyond the scope of my time. The detailed but simple manner in which they have explained stuf is really comendable
BTW I hope you are aware of the fact that starting a forum is not the end of it, infact it is just the beginning. Because you will have to constantly monitor the forum, or delegate that task to somenoe else to ensure that spammers do not create frudulent account and then use
your forum to indulge in unpleasent activities [leaving it to your imagination]. That is why this forum also has many mods/sup-mods/admins to do the dirty work
you need to keep all these in mind before venturing into the forum creation pursuit
