How to create a bulletin board.

• Posted by Ben Denison September 25, 2022 Filed in Technology #  #  web development  310 views
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  An announcement board is a site where any user can publish an announcement—for example, the sale of goods or services, notifications of events, etc. The main feature of this web portal is that the content is themselves from users. Creating a site is not so easy. There are many nuances, not only technical but also legal. This article will discuss how to create a bulletin board and what to pay attention to.

   

  What are the notice boards?

   

  There are three main types of bulletin boards:

   

  General. By the name, it is clear that such a resource publishes everything and even more. From the point of view of those who post, it"s convenient. But those looking for specific information may notice that a general bulletin board has its characteristics. There are many sections and categories. It isn"t easy to structure the resource. And the site owners may face the fact that monetizing and promoting a resource is almost unrealistic.

  Thematic. Here everything is clear and compact. There is a certain CA. For the most such boards are regional. For users of the web, this approach is convenient. Minimum time expenditure, maximum useful information. By the way, promoting such a resource is much easier than the previous version.

  Regional. They can be both general and thematic. The second option is the most convenient for users.

   

  What board to create easier and simpler? Universal or thematic?

   

  Narrowly focused bulletin boards are also thematic and have high popularity among certain CA. This means that untwist them will be much easier. Traffic is quite stable, which is important for a young site. Regular traffic contributes to the rapid promotion of a resource.

   

  Before you create a board, analyze all your competitors. Even in this direction, they exist. And, to succeed in this business, try to limit your resource to a particular region.

   

  A huge advantage of bulletin boards is that the site is constantly self-updating, and you do not need to do anything for this. Users do everything themselves. In addition, the content will always be unique and fresh, which is very important for developing a site of any type.

   

  The conclusion here is that creating a thematic board focused on one region is easier and more profitable.

   

  I am creating a bulletin board - step by step instructions.

   

  The first thing to do - is to decide the purpose of creating such a site. It is logical that for placement of ads, but what? Choose a subject, a region, or a region. Determine who exactly will apply to your services and why you? The start-up capital will not be enough for everything, eventually running out. By this time, the resource should come to pay off. So, think about how the monetization process will take place. Maybe you"ll take a percentage of the transaction or for submitting ads. There are plenty of options.

   

   

  1. Choosing a platform

  You must deal with technical issues or turn to professionals if you want a good site.

   

  2. Configuring the engine.

  We will consider the options for creating a board on uCoz. To enable your site, you must activate the control panel module. Going to the "Settings" section, you can edit the category menu, section page, etc. Forming a set of fields required for publishing an ad is possible.

   

  Ad fields can also be edited and added. For example, set the size of previews, limit the length of ad text, etc. You can activate ad lift settings, filtering/searching. There are a lot of interesting things in the control panel. You can even delegate rights over the project to a moderator. But to do this, you must configure the rights in the "User Groups" section.

   

  The platform uCoz has a free version, but your site will publish extraneous advertising. You will have to pay to turn it off—a basic tariff of 4.19 USD/month. You can connect the module SEO. Then the cost per month will start from 5.59 USD.

   

  3. Your domain.

  Logically, working on a free third-level domain will not go far. You will not find anyone. It is better to buy a domain name of the second level. If you do not know how to do it, buy a domain through the same platform.

   

  Set up redirection in other cases (when you buy a domain on another site). To do this, specify DNS servers:

   

  ns1.ucoz.net

  ns2.ucoz.net

  ns3.ucoz.net.

   

  After the DNS system is updated, your site can open in a new location.

   

  4. SSL and HTTPS traffic.

  Again, in the case of uCos, there is no problem. Do not forget SSL certificates if you purchased a domain at another service. Installation of SSL is described in detail in the uCoz documentation.

   

  5. Change of design.

  For the user to enjoy being on your site, work on its design. You can do this on your own, for example, on the platform uCoz, where you can choose one of the free templates. And you can have it done webflow designers for hire, then it will be faster, prettier, and will attract more users.

  If I suddenly forgot to specify some points, I would be happy to read additions in the comments.