I need help with my forum

[mastermind1337]

Hello there!
This is my first post here and I would like to ask few things first.
I'm making blackhatworld type forum but in totally different nieche and the biggest problem that I have faced is that website builder providers don't offer enough ways to customize payment solutions for us. So it looks like I have to find new way to build the forum. The things I need to combine in my forum:
- paid membership with hidden threats
- MLM service provider
- Crypto payments
- high-level data security.

which service providers you could suggest? These should be easy to scale up when business grows.

 

[mastermind1337]

I was looking for wordpress but they don't have any templates to forums? And was thinking should it be good platform to include infinite mlm plugin? Or is there some better options to do this?

 

[flprocess]

WordPress, even though has a phpBB bridge, might not be your best solution. Perhaps vBulletin or XenForo with using appropriate mods and even help from experts could solve you bunch of issues.

 

[mastermind1337]

WordPress, even though has a phpBB bridge, might not be your best solution. Perhaps vBulletin or XenoForo with using appropriate mods and even help from experts could solve you bunch of issues.

You think there isn't any easy "plug in" methods to site like that? The goal is to make the page withstand the stress of 20,000 monthly users.
EDIT: XenForo looked like a platform we could use. Has anyone had any experiences with them and how good the support is there for customers that need help to make everything work as they want?

 

[Gogol]

You think there isn't any easy "plug in" methods to site like that? The goal is to make the page withstand the stress of 20,000 monthly users

If I was in your place I would divide and conquer the problem by having the application in multiple server instances (then load balance them), move the database to a different server, with a queue manager for handling the writes (e.g. like Rabbitmq, so that the write queries don’t get messed up). I would save the user uploads in a separate server, so that the files can be accessed by all the app instances. Tech like kubernetes is perfect for handling these if you don’t want to handle all that hassle by yourself.

Or may be you could have a giant server manage everything. The problem with that is the availability, and wastage of unused server resources.


Also, this is not about a plugin, or the script… It is about how you deploy it.