What costs are involved
 

From what I understand so far, I will need to register a domain name and pay for web hosting. Other than that, is there any other costs involved in running a forum.

Will I need someone dedicated to keeping the site running properly... a web tech?

Probably not. Most people don't.

I use yahoo, cost 19.95 a month, has sql, 2 gigs storage, 50 e mails, etc...
I think domain name was free from them.

Steve

I'd buy the domain seperately from the host. Less issue if you transfer somewhere else.

And don't use yahoo hosting either

Depends entirely on the complexity of the site, its features, traffic, consequences of downtime AND: your own skillset. Most people here on vbulletin.org have some degree of competence to be hacking their vbulletin scripts, so take that into consideration.

Regards,

Matt

Ive got it now, seems to be working great
, whats the issues?

The Avatar things a bear, but other than that, any known problems?

Steve

As Zach said
Dont use yahoo, I called tech support today, and they restrict web upload, no doubt to prevent their servers from being infected, but it kinda trashes the BBS idea from occuring on their servers

Sooooooo
Whats a fast server I can switch to?

lol
Steve

Spend your $85 more intelligently than on vbulletin, it is way to much for a bunch of text files

There are quite a few that are out there, try asking at the vBulletin Hosting Options forum over at .com :)

So is every other forum :) Infact every program made ever, is just a bunch of text :)

Sorry you feel this way, about our product, good luck with your endevours :)

I assume you 'wasted' 85$ to test and have a first hand experience with using vBulletin in a live environment then? Thought not. Good luck with your free boards and their limited features.

Steve, if you wish to find a good host try somewhere like www.hometownhosting.com, I personally use them right now (whilst my board is small), no problems in the several months I've been hosted with them :) Another good host is www.hostgator.com :)