How long do you think about a forum before starting it?

[Beverly]

I thought about opening a forum about a month or so before actually starting one. I really enjoyed that time, going over various ideas in my head as to how I wanted things. I didn't bother rushing things. It seems like a really long time now to spend on just the planning stage for a new forum, but it was a good thing because it gave me a chance to think things through rather than rush in.

 

[MasterA]

I normally think about it for a few days. I like to take things quickly because the time I spend thinking about the idea could be used to get members into the forum. However of course its a good idea to think about it thoroughly before starting a project as otherwise, it could go horribly wrong.

 

[Cosmic]

Usually not too long, but I'll tweak it for quite a while before launching it. 🙂

 

[MrDawn]

I sit and contemplate on making one and than I never do it seeing as most of the forums I did were failure. It just wouldn't be smart for me to try at another one if all the other's were big failures.

 

[Mikaya]

I would at least spend 2-3 days thinking of ideas for the theme, advertising once the forum is ready, names for sub-forums, user ranks, writing up the rules, and all that good stuff. I think that's reasonable. It's not good to rush things because issues can arise.

 

[Chris K]

It took me about 6 months before I thought about launching Webmaster Lounge. Had a lot of planning to do and research out sites/forums within the same niche.

 

[mikado]

I've been thinking about the forum I'm building for 2-3 years now. It's gone through multiple name changes, software changes, ideas, and potential staff teams. Simply because I don't want to put something out there that i'm not 100% proud of, and I took some time off from foruming as well.

 

[Cierra]

Maybe a week or two to find the platform I wanted to use, categories, plugins, domain and hosting, theme, etc etc.

 

[chebea0429]

I thought about it from 5 years ago and now I still thinking 😀

 

[Cierra]

I thought about it from 5 years ago and now I still thinking 😀

That's a while. 😉 Do you think you're going to actually open it?

 

[CM30]

Not that long. Usually about a week or so at most.

 

[Gizmo]

Few minutes.

 

[davidper]

I lost 2-3 to tweak the ones lacking, it made me feel more exciting