TheGoofster
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I'm hoping there are some techies who might be able to help me decide if I might be trying to do something that is beyond my abilities or not.
Basically what I'm interested in doing is starting a new Community board for Pastors, a place where pastors can encourage and support one another (without so much of the bickering that you find on most pastoral boards.)
So what I'm wondering is just how much technical knowledge is needed to start such a board. My computer tech skills aren't that impressive. I can do most of the basic things that people can do (perhaps a tad more, but not much), but I've never done anything along the lines of programming or web design.
How much skill / knowledge is required to start a community board? I think that the Dis uses Vbulletin (which appears to be a paid service), but that there are other Bulletin Board programs available as well (free ones). The one that seems to catch my attention the most is PhpBB3.
Would someone like me, who doesn't possess computer programming skills be able to use such a program, or does it require enough tech knowledge that it would be overhead my head? This would include, not just setting up the basic board, but also any panels, mods, codes or data-base systems that would be involved as well.
At this point this is nothing more than just an idea I've had. Before I start giving it any more serious thought, I was hoping that someone might be able to tell me if it requires more skill / knowledge than I possess (or at least how difficult - time consuming- it might be to learn such skill), or if it is user friendly enough so that even someone like me could possibly handle it.
If you need more info before answering, or if you have any questions about my tech skills / computer abilities (or lack thereof), please feel free to ask me (quiz me) to see if I might know enough or if this is, like I said, way over my head.
I really appreciate any feedback about this.
Let me also add, that I appreciate it if you would be brutally honest (please don't worry about hurting my feelings). An honest answer might save me a lot of time and frustration.
Basically what I'm interested in doing is starting a new Community board for Pastors, a place where pastors can encourage and support one another (without so much of the bickering that you find on most pastoral boards.)
So what I'm wondering is just how much technical knowledge is needed to start such a board. My computer tech skills aren't that impressive. I can do most of the basic things that people can do (perhaps a tad more, but not much), but I've never done anything along the lines of programming or web design.
How much skill / knowledge is required to start a community board? I think that the Dis uses Vbulletin (which appears to be a paid service), but that there are other Bulletin Board programs available as well (free ones). The one that seems to catch my attention the most is PhpBB3.
Would someone like me, who doesn't possess computer programming skills be able to use such a program, or does it require enough tech knowledge that it would be overhead my head? This would include, not just setting up the basic board, but also any panels, mods, codes or data-base systems that would be involved as well.
At this point this is nothing more than just an idea I've had. Before I start giving it any more serious thought, I was hoping that someone might be able to tell me if it requires more skill / knowledge than I possess (or at least how difficult - time consuming- it might be to learn such skill), or if it is user friendly enough so that even someone like me could possibly handle it.
If you need more info before answering, or if you have any questions about my tech skills / computer abilities (or lack thereof), please feel free to ask me (quiz me) to see if I might know enough or if this is, like I said, way over my head.
I really appreciate any feedback about this.
Let me also add, that I appreciate it if you would be brutally honest (please don't worry about hurting my feelings). An honest answer might save me a lot of time and frustration.
