Tuesday, February 14, 2017

myBB, Custom Gaming Clan Community Forum Example

So I've spent the last few weeks dabbling in the realms of web hosting, specifically a forum for gaming clans, that being myBB with a custom theme.

I wanted to attempt at creating my own custom forum, as I had never attempted it before. I chose myBB as a base due to having used it within the gaming realm before and I quite liked it, although it was all front-end, and not anything involving customization or administration. As I always do... I jump in the deep end, and hopefully stay afloat... and yes, I did stay afloat. I got a web hosting presence, set up myBB and a base theme then customized it a lot. Layout, icons, text, etc etc etc were changed, custom pages added, custom widgets (donate, gametracker, teamspeak, discord) all themed to the base theme.

You can check out my creation below (screen shot) which is based upon the gaming clan "Total Annihilation Gaming" to which I am a founder/administrator there. The [TAG] color scheme is green/yellow, to which all the graphics shown are also my own creation (yeh, I can kinda do it all, hehe). Anyway... check it out below.


 
Had a look? What did you think? I'm quite proud of what I accomplished in very little time... as I thought manipulating the code (HTML and CSS) would have been more difficult than what I encountered.

None the less, what I am presenting as an example (as above) I am now offering gaming clans that want a web/community presence, but don't want to pay-the-earth for it. Yes it will cost you, and pricing will also depend on if you want the 'whole package' or just a myBB 'theme' or such.

If you or your gaming clan is interested, I can provide the following (based in the USA) for an up-front cost as a package deal...
  
+ WWW Domain name (.com/.net or such)
+ Unlimited sub domains (based on your domain name)
+ Unlimited storage
+ Unlimited bandwidth
+ Unlimited email addresses (based on your domain name)
+ Unlimited MYSQL databases (myBB uses 1 database)
 + Automated R1Soft daily backups
+ myBB installation and set up
+ Custom myBB theme (created by me)


and if needed as an extra...

+ Custom graphics
(check out other links on my blog for examples of my graphic design)

or I can use existing graphics that you already have.

The pricing I can offer is very competitive and is close to half price of what IPS (Invision Power Services) costs per month (which seems to be the go-to forum base for start-up gaming clans).

See what you like? Interested in checking out the LIVE forum? Want something created for yourself or your gaming clan? Send me a private message via one of my social media accounts via my links on the front page of my blog and we can discuss things further.

-soul.