I've been toying with the idea of starting a website that's sort of half forum, half store. I have a general understanding of how the web works, but I haven't done anything web design-ey for about ten years, and even then I was definitely quite amateur. What would I need to do to get going? [more inside]
posted by Scientist on Oct 5, 2011 - 7 answers

Recommend an online forum where video production for the Web is discussed? [more inside]
posted by jacobean on Jul 8, 2010 - 1 answer

How much would an online expert expect to be paid? [more inside]
posted by cherie72 on Sep 2, 2008 - 6 answers

Is there a Metafilter about sex? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 5, 2008 - 3 answers

Recommend a web forum software that allows for an arbitrarily large number of sub-forums. [more inside]
posted by zorro astor on Mar 5, 2008 - 6 answers

Recommendations needed for mailing list software [more inside]
posted by zooropa on Nov 26, 2007 - 4 answers

Is it ever OK to change peoples posts on a web forum? Say theoretically a government department ran a consultation via web forum, with invited, non anonymous participants, and wasn't happy with what some of their own staff said. Would it be ok for them to order the staff to edit the posts? Are there any useful examples of the consequences?
posted by anonymous on Aug 7, 2007 - 10 answers

I am looking for a good source of both modern and classic film reviews/discussion with fairly long and intelligent commentary on plot/cinematography/history of the films. [more inside]
posted by Bengston on Jun 21, 2007 - 8 answers

I run a very dynamic web forum, but I need suggestions for how to make it really shine. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 24, 2006 - 8 answers

Can any recommend a good, free and, most importantly, secure web-based forum? [more inside]
posted by emptybowl on Feb 22, 2005 - 7 answers

Web forums: I need forum software without a presentation layer. [more] [more inside]
posted by normy on Mar 6, 2004 - 2 answers