Hey gang....Could use some help from anyone that's interested. I'm trying to get a better site for my FPS/RTS clan off the ground, but I don't know where to start. I spammed Thunderblades mail box earlier today with tons of questions (sorry!), but I'm still lost. Currently I'm going through Freewebs, but it doesn't have the level of customization that I want. You can check it out here:
www.freewebs.com/wolf_raiders
to get an idea of what we have currently. It looks nice and all, but we've got our core set of players that mesh well....and we're planning on taking our name and making it big...so a better site will help attract some people and will also act as a hub for the existing members to meet up (kind of like here). The overall look I'm trying to go for is kind of like the one we have here, as well as on this other site.
www.outerzone.us
I don't want to directly rip off the design of either....but you get an idea of what I want to do. The thing is, I have no idea where to start. I know I need to get web hosting from some company...so I'll be researching that. What software am I going to need to buy, and what would be the cost? Thunder mentioned I would need Vbulletin for a forum like site, and that's gonna set me back a few bucks (was thinking about asking the good 'ol internet to "hook it up", but not sure of the consequences). I've been trying to gather up information, but like I said, not sure where to start. I know how to use HTML, but I definitely don't want to code everything...cause it makes my head hurt.
If anyone has any knowledge, please let me know, I would greatly appreciate the help. As an added bonus for your help and support, I am offering to buy you all beer/mead ingame for 2 months!! haha...alright, thanks for reading this!