is this how its done?

i know - silly Q - i apologise. I know that there was a way of storing messages, such as forum posts, or guestbook messages, into some database or maybe a huge file which contains all the text etc....


but is this how its done?

wish to create a forum.

design the UI
use SQL Server to store all threads, usernames, etc...
then ASP.NET to retrieve that info, format it and what not etc..

is this how its done? :)

if so - how much bandwidth (file transfer) does it roughly take? (i know - depends how many entries etc...)


thanks :D

Actually first you design the database, otherwise you will be making changes to the gui part again after you create the database. Then you write the code to get the information and finally the gui.

Bandwidth is subjective. It all depends on how many visitors you have in a gvien day. If your just starting 2-3GB a month would probably work, but as time goes on and you get more visitors you will need to increase it.

Why re-create the wheel? There are tons of forum software already on the market (both free and purchase versions).

For example, there is the free .NET forum software: YAF.NET

And there is always the one that (i think) started it all: UBB.x

i understand - but just for my own knowledge and something to work on :)