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brian32
Wed 10th Oct '07, 3:17pm
Hi. Let's say I want to start my own forum using vBulletin. Me and a few other folk will moderate the forums and supply the content. I want the forum to be hosted on a reliable server with personnel that ensure the uptime, maintenance and security of the server hosting the forum. 2 questions:

1. Who would be a better host for this? A web host or an application service provider (ASP)? I don't want to pay for additional services I may not even need.

2. What if I run out of moderators and I need help adding content (subforums) or monitoring the member activities on the forum? Would a web host or ASP help with this as well, or would I need some other outside help? Thanks.

Masiello
Wed 10th Oct '07, 3:23pm
vBulletin is in php not in ASP, you need a good Linux server with PHP and *SQL Database server, nothing much.