# How to get a forum together?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-forum-together/22606
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 6, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-forum-together/22606 "2003-06-06T00:28:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@mindfriction](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mindfriction)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-forum-together/22606/1 "2003-06-06T00:28:45Z")
So who has started playing with K Man’s new Kirupa color styles??? I have!! Trendy stuff, all my forum stuff is orange now and icons are a little different as well. Call me a fool but does anyone know what a forum like this costs? Ie the app itself and a host to host such a foum (ive notice fkit, and actionscript,org use the same forum app as kirupa) ?? Anyway Im starting a site for my brother bit of a petrol head and he wants a forum but Ive got no idea on what forum apps are around and the hosting …
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-forum-together/22606/2 "2003-06-06T00:32:06Z")
hosting depends on what you are looking for.
[www.ipowerweb.com](http://www.ipowerweb.com) has decent hosting for $100 a year.
as far as forums go, you can get free ones from [www.phpBB.com](http://www.phpBB.com) or [www.invisionboard.com](http://www.invisionboard.com)
i’m not sure about how much vBulletin costs, but thats what Kirupa uses…
[www.vbulletin.com](http://www.vbulletin.com) is the site i believe…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-forum-together/22606/3 "2003-06-06T00:33:39Z")
VBulliten is 135 USD
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-forum-together/22606/4 "2003-06-14T20:16:16Z")
wow. and the only money kirupa gets is from his book…
hail to UB man ! :ub:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-forum-together/22606/5 "2003-06-14T21:08:54Z")
> \*Originally posted by mlkdesign \*
> \*\*wow. and the only money kirupa gets is from his book…
hail to UB man ! :ub: \*\*
[http://www.kirupa.com/me/faq.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/me/faq.asp)
Click on “How do you manage to keep everything on the site free?”
😉 😉