How to Create a Forum for Graffiti Pictures

Create a forum for graffiti pictures and discussion of this urban art form.

If you share a love for graffiti art with other urban design artists, you might like to create a forum for graffiti pictures and discussion. With limited internet and design knowledge, you can create a forum where graffiti enthusiasts can gather and share their art.

Things You'll Need

• Internet connection
• Website hosting
• Forum software
• Design
• Graffiti pictures

Instructions

1. Purchase website hosting with MySQL and php capabilities. These are needed to run an internet forum with a membership database. Purchase a domain name that has something to do with graffiti pictures and set the nameservers for the hosting to that domain name.

2. Upload a forum software application, such as VBulletin or MyPhpb to your website hosting. This will create both a forum on your website hosting, and an administration section where you can create forum sections, change graphics, and regulate membership among other things. Take some time to learn how to use the admin section before launching your forum for graffiti pictures.

3. Take a picture of your favorite graffiti art or design your own graffiti style pictures in a computer graphics program. Use them to create a graphic design for the forum. You may search for graffiti or urban style forum templates on the internet as well. Creating a forum style that matches the topic is important to create a successful discussion board.

4. Post a welcome message on your forum for graffiti artists and those who appreciate this art form to join the forum and post their best graffiti pictures. Start discussions about graffiti and other similar topics on the forum to help it become active.

5. Market the forum for graffiti pictures by linking it to other website and forums that touch on graffiti art and similar topics. Besides strictly graffiti artists, you might like to expand to cover hip-hop or pop music, urban exploring, skateboarding, and other urban activities. Invite all your graffiti artist friends to sign on and start posting pictures as well.

Tips & Warnings

• Discourage gang-related graffiti pictures.

• Keep things PG-13 with no nudity or vulgarity unless you password-protect your forum.