Starting up

[User500]

How long do you think you should put into;

A website:
A forum:

All before they launch, Codding, adding content etc.

 

[AquaTeen]

I like to finish web pages before I even put them on the net. You can do all the coding in notepad.

A forum should be setup before you start to advertise, but changes are expected.

 

[Slix]

Heck, when I started, I put stuff up as I went, and it definitely turned out great. People were posting and talking about the site before we even had an actual domain.

But everyone is different in this regard.

 

[Kevin X Dragon]

Coding and design for website and forum should be complete along with having some content before it is open to the public.

 

[Magik]

For me personally a website+forum will take me a month before I'm pleased with it and maybe 2 before i open it to the public.

 

[Fiona1964]

I worked for about a week with some friends adding topics and posts before we went live we have had a few wee changes since opening

 

[Branden]

Personally it really depends on the person. Some people can get a stunning website done in about a month. Some can get it done in about 2-3 hours.

For a forum, there is not much that you have to do other then create the custom theme and install mods and set everything up. So I would have to say that I would spend about 2-3 weeks creating a forum.

 

[Zuinag]

I plan to launch my new forum tomorrow. I've put about a weeks worth of off and on time into it.

 

[AnAccount]

I know one thing a person should do when launching a forum at all is put some content into it, and more than one post per forum, preferably. I used to be bad at that, but now days it aggravates me more than anything when I stumble upon a seemingly good forum, only to find one measly post in all categories, except perhaps Intros and announcements. It really throws me off and I honestly think that a person should spend some time getting content on their site before launching If you're that hard up for ideas, do a few post exchanges to get some form of conversation going.

 

[Fait]

I just launched a new forum we opened 2hrs early but i got some users (Shole etc) to help me get topics going and so far the forum is doing OK

 

[AnAccount]

I just launched a new forum we opened 2hrs early but i got some users (Shole etc) to help me get topics going and so far the forum is doing OK

It's still never a good idea to open a forum with only one topic in every section, though. Doesn't give people much to respond to.

 

[kavin]

I usually spend a couple of days before starting.

Install Forum and blog (which one is needed). Design a custom theme and install it, install mods, make dummy accounts and post like anything.