Websites
Community and forum
Discussions by topic rather than a feed. Needed when people have already gathered around a product or interest and need a place where answers do not sink within a day.
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How it differs from a social network
Value accumulates in the archive
On a social network a post lives for a day. On a forum, a thread with a good answer works for years: people find it in search, link to it and come back to it. That is why section structure and search quality matter more here than a feed.
A forum brings people from search in a way a feed cannot — but only if discussions are open to indexing and not diluted by off-topic chatter.
Social network →[ 02 ]
What’s included
What’s included in a forum
Click an item and it goes straight into your request
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How we work
How work on a forum goes
Section structure
Sections and topics based on what people actually discuss, not an imagined category tree.
Threads and roles
Discussion threads, roles and permissions, reputation and ranks, topic subscriptions.
Moderation and anti-spam
Moderator tools, report queue, filters against spam and bot registrations.
Launch with the first topics
Seeding with starter topics, inviting the first members, setting up indexing.
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Stack and what we need from you
Stack and what we need from you
Tech stack
- React + Vite
- Threads, roles and permissions
- Full-text discussion search
- Anti-spam and moderation
- SEO markup for threads
- Hosting on our side or yours
What we need from you
- The first topics the forum starts with
- Who the moderators are
- Whether there is already a messenger community that can be moved over
- Whether private sections are needed and for whom
- Feedback on mockups within ___ business days
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Pricing
How much a forum costs
from
per project
The price depends on the number of roles and permissions, the depth of moderation and whether private sections are needed. We name the exact figure after reviewing the community structure.
Get an estimateIncluded in the price
Sections, topics and threads
Roles, reputation, topic subscriptions
Discussion search
Basic moderation tools and anti-spam
SEO markup for threads
Priced separately
Importing the archive from an old forum
Complex permission and group system
Gamification beyond reputation and ranks
Revisions after approval round ___
Moderation and support — from ___ per month
We fix the estimate before work begins. Migrating an old archive and non-standard permissions are estimated separately.
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